RELIGIONS
CHRISTIANITY
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Question
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This pope was a former monk and excellent administrator who tried to bring about reforms in the church.
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Augustine
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Constantine
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Gregory I
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Leo III
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A Roman senator’s son and himself the prefect of Rome at 30, Gregory lived in a monastery he established on his family estate before becoming a papal ambassador and then pope. Although he was the first pope from a monastic background, his prior political experiences may have helped him to be a talented administrator.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Catholic Church did not mount an organized and deliberate response to the Protestant Reformation until the election (1534) of Pope Paul III, who placed the papacy itself at the head of a movement for churchwide reform.
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