Christianization Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Italy === {{See also|Early centers of Christianity#Rome}} [[File:Heiligenkreuz.St. Benedict.jpg|alt=painted portrait of St.Benedict standing by a desk writing his Rule|thumb|Heiligenkreuz depiction of St. Benedict]] Classicist J.H.D. Scourfield writes that Christianization in Italy in Late Antiquity is "most aptly described in terms of negotiation, accommodation, adaptation, [and] transformation".{{sfn|Scourfield|2007|p=4}} Christianization in Italy allowed for religious competition and cooperation, included syncretism both to and from pagans and Christians, and allowed secularism.{{sfn|Lim|2012|p=498}} In 529, [[Benedict of Nursia]] established his first monastery at [[Monte Cassino]], Italy. He wrote the [[Rule of Saint Benedict]] based on "pray and work". This "Rule" provided the foundation of the majority of the thousands of monasteries that spread across the continent of what is now modern day Europe, thereby becoming a major factor in the Christianization of Europe.{{sfn|Butler|1919|pp=[https://archive.org/details/BenedictineMonachism/page/n13 4], 8-10}}{{sfn|Koenig|King|Carson|2012|pp=[https://archive.org/details/handbookofreligi0000koen/page/22 22β24]}}{{sfn|Monroe|1909|p=253}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page