Christian

Question 1

20th Century Christianity focused on what concerns of oppressed groups?

Answer 1

Liberation Theologies

Question 2

Christian synoptic gospels refer to:

Answer 2

Matthew Mark Luke

Question 3

Martin Luther in 1517:

Answer 3

Posted 95 Theses of indulgences

Question 4

Central debate of Council of Nicaea?

Answer 4

Whether Jesus was same/similar but different substance as God (The Father)

Question 5

Eucharist commemorate

Answer 5

Last meal that Jesus shared with his disciples.

Question 6

What was decided at the 2nd council of Nicaea in 787?

Answer 6

Icons were permissible & would be tolerated as long as the faithful didn’t actually worship them.

Question 7

Black elk was famous for:

Answer 7

Indigenous wisdom & Christian belief were complementary.

Question 8

Important question that emerged within Christian community during Paul evangelism?

Answer 8

Whether or not gentiles needed to observe the Jewish law.

Question 9

How did Christian monks who chose cenobitic paths live?

Answer 9

In a community with others committed to religious life.

Question 10

True Jesus of Nazareth

Answer 10

Was an itinerant teacher in prophetic tradition of his day.

Question 11

Term “anchorite” refers to in early Christianity:

Answer 11

A hermit devoted to silence, prayer, and sometimes mortification of flesh.

Question 12

Renewal movement that gave rise to Christian Pentecostalism was led by what American Evangelist?

Answer 12

Charles Parham

Question 13

How many distinct denominational groups are in Christianity?

Answer 13

25,000

Question 14

what is heresy

Answer 14

Belief/Practice contrary to accepted doctrine of Church.

Question 15

What is not required of medieval monks/nuns:

Answer 15

Ordination

Question 16

In early Christianity, worldview that separated idea of God the creator from God the supreme being, positing that the creator was a lower being or “demi-urge”?

Answer 16

Gnosticism

Question 17

What is Mysticism?

Answer 17

Specific tradition that emphasizes the certainty of profound personal experience

Question 18

World glossolalia refers to?

Answer 18

speaking in tongues

Question 19

Year that’s final break between Churches of Constantinople & Rome?

Answer 19

1054

Question 20

How many books are in the Christian New Testament?

Answer 20

27

Question 21

Under which Roman Emperor was Christianity first practiced freely?

Answer 21

Constantine

Question 22

The Christian response to apartheid in South Africa was?

Answer 22

There were Christians on both sides of the debate

Question 23

Christian Denomination grew out of Christian Anabaptist movement?

Answer 23

Mennonites

Question 24

Event that began Jesus’s public ministry?

Answer 24

HIS BAPTISM

Question 25

Largest Christian Denomination in the world?

Answer 25

Roman Catholic

Question 26

Christian reformer believed only God could bring salvation and even by creation, he predestined some people to salvation?

Answer 26

John Calvin

Question 27

Defining Roman Catholic religious order of Counter-Reformation

Answer 27

Jesuits

Question 28

In Christianity, kind of heavenly senate/honor society and can serve as powerful allies in quest for spiritual benefit?

Answer 28

Archbishops

Question 29

Scholasticism in Christian thought was:

Answer 29

Effort to reconcile philosophy of ancient Greek/Rome within Christian theology.

Question 30

How did Christian deists envision God?

Answer 30

A divine clockmaker

Question 31

Foundational office in early Christianity

Answer 31

episcopacy

Question 32

Sacrament in all Christian denominations?

Answer 32

baptism

Question 33

Year the crusades began?

Answer 33

1095

Question 34

Formed in 1985 to study Jesus sayings and discuss/debate whether it originated with Jesus or was attributed to him later

Answer 34

Jesus Seminar

Question 35

What two lesser offices opened to women in early Christian Church?

Answer 35

Widow and Deaconess

Question 36

Which was not a change made to Roman Catholicism by 2nd vatican council?

Answer 36

Allowing women to be ordained priests

Question 37

English word "icon" comes from Greek word that means

Answer 37

Image

Question 38

When Christian New Testament became a standard canon

Answer 38

Shortly after Christianity became the established religion of the Roman empire

Question 39

Pauline Epistles are:

Answer 39

Series of letters written by Apostle Paul