Chapters 12,13,14,15 test

Question 0

Adoptionism

Answer 0

Belief that because Jesus was a good man, God adopted Him as a “son.” Condemned by Church.

Question 1

Docetism

Answer 1

Belief that Jesus is God but only appeared human. Condemned by Church.

Question 2

Arianism

Answer 2

Belief, originally from Arius, that Jesus is above humans but below God, something like a demigod. Condemned by Church.

Question 3

What did the Council of Nicea in 325 say to combat Arianism?

Answer 3

Jesus is “God from God, light from light, true God from true God, begotten not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made.” (Nicene Creed)

Question 4

What did the Council of Chalcedon declare in 451?

Answer 4

The Son is fully like God as regards divinity, and fully like us as regards humanity.

Question 5

Trinity

Answer 5

There is one God; three “persons” in God: Father, Son, Spirit

Question 6

Saint

Answer 6

Any holy person

Question 7

Doctor of the Church

Answer 7

Honorary title for great teachers

Question 8

Father of the Church

Answer 8

Influential man who wrote in early times

Question 9

Grace

Answer 9

God’s love at work within; God’s gift of the power to do what you could not do on your own

Question 10

Confessions

Answer 10

The first autobiography, written by Augustine

Question 11

St. Monica

Answer 11

Augustine’s mother, who prayed for Augustine for 30 years

Question 12

What happened in 410?

Answer 12

The Goths attacked Rome for 3 days

Question 13

City of God

Answer 13

A book written by Augustine to answer the question, “Why worship the Christian God who does not protect the Empire from defeats?” and, less specifically, “Why does God let suffering happen?” Augustine uses the idea of providence to answer.

Question 14

Providence

Answer 14

A Stoic (Seneca) idea. Overseeing; God watches over human events

Question 15

Seneca’s idea of Providence

Answer 15

1. Orderliness of the world proves that there’s an Overseer
2. The gods are like friends to virtuous men. Like a stern parent, lets you suffer hardship so you can learn.
3. Get rid of material things. Prosperity=wall of fog
4. Fate controls all, even the gods

Question 16

What Bible passage inspired St. Anthony?

Answer 16

Matthew 19: 16-30 Jesus says to a rich young man, “If you would be perfect, give away all you own and follow me.”

Question 17

St. Anthony

Answer 17

The first monk/hermit. Was inspired by a Bible passage, and went out into the desert to live alone.

Question 18

Monk

Answer 18

A person whose entire life is ordered around prayer and cultivation of his relationship with God

Question 19

Hermit

Answer 19

A subset of monks; live in solitude and harsh conditions

Question 20

Simeon Stylites

Answer 20

A famous hermit who lived atop a pillar for 40 years in Syria.

Question 21

Pachomius

Answer 21

Tried to make monasticism more accessible/less harsh. Created a community of monks who prayed alone, but worked together to meet their physical needs.

Question 22

Advent

Answer 22

4 weeks of preparation for Christmas. Adventus=arrival of the Messiah

Question 23

Traditional hymn of Advent

Answer 23

“Oh Come Emmanuel” Emmanuel= God with us

Question 24

Christmas

Answer 24

12 days of celebrating the Incarnation of Jesus (beginning with his birth.)

Question 25

What event in the Rick and Jerry in the Cascades story needs to be explained?

Answer 25

Why didn’t the men die? That is, why did they suddenly leave their campsite on the ridge right before lightning struck it?

Question 26

4 common explanations for the mens’ survival in the Rick and Jerry in the Cascades story

Answer 26

1. It was luck/random
2. God intervened
3. Fate/destiny/”Not their time to die”
4. Rick’s instinct/6th sense

Question 27

C.S. Lewis

Answer 27

An extremely prominent Christian writer. Wrote Narnia and the Problem of Pain.

Question 28

What happened in C.S. Lewis’s life that caused him to suffer?

Answer 28

He fell in love late in life with a woman named Joy, who then was diagnosed with cancer and died.

Question 29

What was C.S. Lewis’s theory about the cause of suffering?

Answer 29

God has created a world in which we can operate with free will. To exercise free will we need a world which has fixed laws of physics and biology.