Saint Augustine, the leading Church Father in the West, taught all of the following except
A) the “spoiling of the Egyptians” using Classical learning for Christian purposes.
B) a definitive rejection of the Classical idea of humanity as good and capable of self-improvement.
C) the identification of the City of God with the Christianized Roman Empire.
D) that the validity of the sacraments is not dependent on the worthiness of the priest.
E) the theory that the fall of Rome was the result of the abandonment of the teachings of Christ.
C) the identification of the City of God with the Christianized Roman Empire.
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a. powerful and wealthy empires. b. decentralized political and social authority. c. religious disagreements between Christian rulers and the Muslim masses. d. acceptance of and strong devotion to Islam on the part of rulers and people.
The Supreme Court became more liberal as President Roosevelt replaced justices who retired with his own choices
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
All of the following universities were named for late-nineteenth-century philanthropists except
a. Drew University. b. Johns Hopkins University. c. Vanderbilt University. d. Loyola University. e. Stanford University.
Filibusters were used by United States Senators from the South in the 1950s and 1960s to
(a) block passage of civil rights bills (b) protest United States involvement in Vietnam (c) override presidential vetoes of environmental bills (d) gain approval of presidential appointments to the Supreme Court