Deck 11: Christianity

Question 1

Protestant churches insist on the right of every Christian to read the Bible individually.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Marcion made a Christian canon out of the Gospel of Mark and ten Pauline letters.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

What was the name of Mary's husband?

A) Jochabed
B) David
C) Simon
D) Joseph

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The word "catholic" means "universal."

Question 5

One way the Pauline letters are arranged is by length.

Question 6

All Christians share the same 27 books of the New Testament.

Question 7

God's act of making believers right with God is called

A) humility
B) salvation
C) righteousness
D) justification

Question 8

The common name for the entire Christian scripture canon is

A) New Testament
B) Bible
C) Old Testament
D) The Christian scriptures

Question 9

Jesus had twelve main disciples,one of whom was a woman,Mary Magdalene.

Question 10

The New Testament was completed about thirty years after Jesus' death.

Question 11

The Second Vatican Council occurred in the 1970s.

Question 12

The Protestant Reformation occurred in the sixteenth century.

Question 13

Paul probably died around 65 C.E.

Question 14

Who had a famous conversation with Jesus?

A) Timothy
B) Onesimus
C) Nicodemus
D) Judas Maccabeus

Question 15

Another term for the letters of the New Testament is "epistles."

Question 16

Marcion rejected the Jewish Bible as a part of the Christian canon.

Question 17

According to Dan Brown's recent novel,The Da Vinci Code,what was the name of the sinful woman who anointed Jesus' feet with perfume?

A) Mary Magdalene
B) Euphrates
C) Priscilla
D) Johanna

Question 18

If one member of the Church sins against another member,the offended member should never forgive the offender.

Question 19

The official Roman Catholic view of the Pope refers to the role of Peter as disciple.

Question 20

The Greek word for "rock" is similar to the Greek word for "Paul."

Question 21

The longest and most influential collection of Jesus' teaching in the Gospels is the Sermon on the _____.

Question 22

"Gentiles" are

A) non-Jews
B) Muslims only
C) Christians only
D) Jewish priests

Question 23

The governor who sentenced Jesus to death was named Pontius ___________.

Question 24

Jesus was ______ at Golgotha.

Question 25

According to the Gospel of John,Jesus was

A) the son of Muhammed
B) the son of Moses
C) the eternal son of God
D) the Holy Spirit

Question 26

"Testament" is a synonym for

A) Speech
B) Book
C) Covenant
D) Convention

Question 27

Jesus was betrayed by ______.

Question 28

The Pastoral Letters give qualifications for the church offices of _______,presbyters (elders)and deacons.

Question 29

"One sent out" is

A) An apostle
B) A disciple
C) A messenger
D) An exile

Question 30

The apostles were twelve in number to suggest the twelve tribes of ancient ________.

Question 31

Who called Christian believers members of the new covenant?

A) Paul
B) Peter
C) Saul
D) Mark

Question 32

John combats

A) False teachers
B) Romans
C) Paul
D) Judaism

Question 33

______ are acts of divine power for salvation.

Question 34

Jesus new life after his death on the cross is called his ___________.

Question 35

What word for Christian views of the end of time do many people today see as "disaster?"

A) visions
B) fulfillment
C) apocalypse
D) revelation

Question 36

Two ______ were executed with Jesus.

Question 37

Jesus had a ______ rather than a trial before the Roman governor.

Question 38

Jesus was conceived miraculously by

A) Joseph
B) The Holy Spirit
C) The Holy Dove
D) Mary Magdalene

Question 39

Letters that scholars believe were written by the stated person are called

A) Genuine
B) Miraculous
C) Providential
D) Authentic

Question 40

How many letters are there of John?

A) 3
B) 5
C) 7
D) 9

Question 41

Roman Catholics believe that to believe in Jesus and be baptized is to be "______ again."

Question 42

What are some of the New Testament attitudes to women?

Question 43

How is the Gospel of Thomas similar to the four canonical gospels,and how does it differ?

Question 44

What is the most exalted view of Jesus in the four Gospels? Why is this view especially laudatory?

Question 45

______ are stories by Jesus that compare an experience in everyday life with some aspect of religious life.

Question 46

How did the early Church understand its relationship to Judaism?

Question 47

Why did Jesus allow himself to be killed? What is the symbolic importance of his execution?

Question 48

What is the parable of the sower,and what is the point of it?

Question 49

The gospels of _________ and Luke present Jesus as conceived by the action of the Spirit of God in the Virgin Mary.

Question 50

The Gospel of John begins with the famous words,"In the beginning was the ______."