Deck 16: Letters From Prison

Question 1

The letter to Philemon was a personal letter addressed to

A)Philemon,Epaphroditus,Euodia,and Syntyche (who all lived together).
B)Philemon.
C)Timothy.
D)Philemon,Apphia,and Archippus (who were probably a husband,wife,and son).

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What does the author of 2 Peter say will happen to the "ignorant and unstable" who misinterpret Scripture (in this case,Paul's Gospel)?

A)They will burn in hell.
B)They do so to their own ruin.
C)They are guaranteed the chance to learn the correct interpretation before they die.
D)They are forgiven.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Early church tradition held that Paul wrote four of the canonical letters (Ephesians,Philippians,Colossians,and Philemon)while in a Roman prison.These are known as

A)the pseudepigrapha.
B)the epistles.
C)the captivity letters.
D)the apocrypha.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In the second of the six parts of Philippians,Paul meditates on

A)his prison experiences.
B)the authority of the Twelve.
C)the practice of circumcision.
D)the dualistic nature of humanity.

Question 5

In the third chapter of Philippians,Paul denounces circumcision as

A)mutilation.
B)self-aggrandizement.
C)vain.
D)fastidious.

Question 6

With whom did Paul establish the church at Philippi?

A)Saul
B)Titus
C)Peter
D)Timothy

Question 7

What characteristic of Jesus does Paul most encourage his readers to emulate?

A)the warrior spirit
B)compassion
C)humble servitude
D)omniscience

Question 8

What was the "Ephesian theory?"

A)the theory that archeologists will eventually find Noah's arc buried under the city of Ephesus
B)the theory that the Parousia would happen in Ephesus
C)the theory that Paul actually wrote Philippians from Ephesus rather than Rome
D)the theory that Paul had his revelation in Ephesus rather than on the road to Damascus

Question 9

Onesimus was a runaway slave who was converted to Christianity by Paul.Paul later sent him back to his master,telling the master

A)to treat Onesimus as a servant with pay,but to kept him segregated.
B)to keep better control over his property.
C)to treat Onesimus "no longer as a slave,but ....as a dear brother."
D)to flog Onesimus for disobedience.

Question 10

Paul compares his life to a race,running to win

A)the ultimate prize of life after death and union with the Lord.
B)the crown of glory.
C)a place at the right-hand of God upon death.
D)the apostleship.

Question 11

Which of the four works (Ephesians,Philippians,Colossians,and Philemon)do all scholars still accept as genuinely Pauline?

A)Ephesians,Colossians
B)Ephesians
C)Philippians,Philemon
D)Colossians

Question 12

What is the most important theological concept in Philippians?

A)the directive to place others' welfare above your own
B)the freedom from further ritual
C)the freedom to worship in any manner one chooses
D)the directive to tithe

Question 13

In Paul's view,God created the universe through what agent?

A)the host of angels
B)the Holy Spirit
C)the Son,i.e.Jesus
D)Adam

Question 14

What does Paul consider to be a piece of evidence that his contemporaries were living in the "last days?"

A)the series of plagues they were experiencing
B)the gifts of the Spirit
C)meteors that began hitting the earth
D)that believers' souls were beginning to separate from their physical bodies

Question 15

How does the Torah handle the issue of slavery?

A)with detailed regulations about the maximum length of time a master is allowed to keep the slave,what to do if the slave wants to be with his family but they are also slaves,the differences regarding Hebrew or Gentile slaves,etc.
B)with outright condemnation
C)delicately,with implicit assumptions about the "natural order" of things
D)by ignoring the subject

Question 16

When was Christianity introduced to Egypt?

A)unknown
B)50 CE
C)62 CE
D)88 CE

Question 17

When was the doctrine of the "Trinity" officially adopted by the church?

A)first century CE
B)fourth century CE
C)1852
D)1955

Question 18

What does Paul tell Philemon to do about the money Onesimus may have stolen?

A)forgive and forget
B)make Onesimus work to repay the debt
C)allow Paul to reimburse him
D)ask the church for reimbursement

Question 19

What did Paul mean by "Justification?"

A)security in God's bosom
B)approval by the Twelve
C)right standing with God
D)obeying the Torah

Question 20

Euodia and Syntyche were

A)a husband and wife evangelical team.
B)two active opponents of Paul.
C)two estranged women with whom Paul urged reconciliation.
D)Paul's jailers.

Question 21

Paul was the first to create a coherent theology about Jesus and is therefore counted as Christianity's first theologian.

Question 22

The amount of area Paul covered to establish churches (throughout Syria,Asia Minor,Macedonia,and Greece)impresses scholars with the sheer physical stamina he must have had.

Question 23

Onesimus was a slave-owning aristocrat with whom Paul pleaded to open his eyes to the intrinsic human value of every person and to release his slaves from bondage.

Question 24

Epaphroditus was a prison guard that Paul thanks for helping him when he was imprisoned.

Question 25

In Paul's view,because God grants his rewards freely,a person can neither earn nor deserve them.

Question 26

In his letter to Philemon about a runaway slave,Paul takes the opportunity to generalize and denounce slavery as an intolerable evil.

Question 27

Paul describes Christians as "like stars in a dark world."

Question 28

In Paul's view of human history,Adam is considered the earthly prototype of humanity,while Jesus is considered Adam's moral opposite.

Question 29

By "faith," Paul is referring to more than individual awareness of God,but also of a set of religious doctrines that permit the individual to experience faith completely.

Question 30

Paul was born and raised in a polytheistic home.

Question 31

Scholars have uncovered evidence that Paul founded the Italian churches,including the main one in Rome.

Question 32

The Jerusalem church leadership was conspicuously missing from Paul's defense in his arrest,imprisonment,and transportation to Rome.

Question 33

Paul discounts his Jewish heritage as "garbage," worthless when compared to the new life God gives in Christ.

Question 34

The distance between Rome and Philippi was almost 2,000 miles,a journey that would have taken Paul's friends at least three years to cover,if indeed they visited him in Rome.

Question 35

Philippians is important because it permits insight into Paul's volatile character and also gives clues as to early Christian beliefs about Jesus' nature.