Benedict wrote a plan that dictated every activity a monk should undertake each day. This discipline and organization __________.

A. brought the Benedictines economic and political power
B. was adopted by a majority of Christians
C. threatened potential Muslim invaders
D. was heresy according to the Eastern Orthodox Church


Answer: A

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