The Dark Age Quiz
Question 11
While the secular world was undergoing many political changes that made day-to-day life uncertain and at times downright dangerous, the monastic movement was growing. Though originally monks were "men alone," living separately from civilization and each other, they soon joined together to live in monastic communities. Such communities did best when they agreed to a set of rules to govern their behavior, lifestyle, and spiritual goals.
Which of the following wrote a "rule" for monastic living in the sixth century that would govern the lives of most monks in western Europe for centuries?
A St. Anselm of CanterburyB St. Benedict of Nursia
C St. Thomas Aquinas
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