Question

This excerpt from the Rule of Benedict demonstrates the

importance of obedience among monastic orders
power of the pope over the Church
spread of the Christian faith by missionaries
nature of changes to medieval church structure

Answer 1

"And so as it were at the same moment
the master's command is given
and the disciple's work is completed,
the two things being speedily accomplished together
in the swiftness of the fear of God
by those who are moved
with the desire of attaining life everlasting."