Final Exam

Question 1

What are the five pillars of epistemology

Answer 1

Experience, Holy Spirit, Scripture, Tradition, Reason.

Question 2

By pendulum swing we mean…

Answer 2

Swing between Scripture and Tradition

Question 3

Very early Christian worship and gathering was structured around the practice of the?

Answer 3

Eucharist

Question 4

The Didache was?

Answer 4

-Dated to the 1st century
-teaching from the disciples for church
*16 chapters
*Virtuous way of life
*The Lord’s Prayer in its full current version
*Instructions for fasting
*Some church organization
*Instructions for baptism
*Refence to Abortion

Question 5

Councils and Synods are the same thing?

Answer 5

-Councils are legally conviened assemblies of ecclesiastical dignitaries and theological experts for the purpose of discussing and regulating matters of church doctrine and discipline.
-Synods are held locally, within various regions of the world, to deal with local disciplinary issues. Discuss byt nor resolve

Question 6

The first empire-wide persecution was:

Answer 6

Decius (249–251)

Question 7

The “lapsi” are:

Answer 7

Those who compromised and renounced their faith to avoid persecution

Question 8

Constantine made Christianity legal by the Edict of Milan in the year:

Answer 8

313 CE

Question 9

In the late fourth century, there was concern about music in worship because:

Answer 9

Pagan influence
Sensuality of the arts
Certain instruments forbidden

Question 10

All 27 books of the New Testament were finally agreed on by:

Answer 10

All 27 NT books – finally confirmed by councils of Hippo (393 CE) and Carthage (397 CE)

Question 11

An important issue discussed at the Council of Nicaea in the early 4th century was:

Answer 11

-Arianism
*Consubstantial unity
*Date of Easter
*Supress the Melitian sect
*Did address the Trinity, the
biblical Canon

Question 12

An important issue discussed at the Council of Nicaea in the late 9th century was:

Answer 12

Iconoclasm
Veneration and Adoration

Question 13

Monasticism was about:

Answer 13

Perfection and Maryrtdom

Question 14

Apostolic succession was:

Answer 14

The idea that all the popes succeed from Peter, who was given the keys to heaven and hell

Question 15

Christendom is:

Answer 15

The “Christian world”
*where Christianity dominates
imperium (political authority)
Sacerdotium (church authority)
Studium (intellectual authority )

Question 16

Liturgy is best defined as:

Answer 16

-to edify the congregation
-a form or formulary according to which public religious worship, especially Christian worship, is conducted
-what the people do

Question 17

The Eastern Orthodox cross has this characteristic:

Answer 17

The sign above Jesus and the cross on the bottom, where he is standing (focuses on the victory of Jesus,
not suffering)

Question 18

The most correct order of the church year is:

Answer 18

The Church Year
*Advent – 4 Sundays
*Christmas – 12 days
*Epiphany – Mission
*Shrove Tuesday
*Lent – Ash Wednesday
*Passion days
-Palm Sunday
-Maundy Thursday
-Good Friday
*Easter
-Resurrection
-Ascension
-Pentecost

Question 19

The four-fold model of worship is:

Answer 19

-Entrance/Gathering
-Service of the Word
-Service of the Table
-Sending out/Dismissa

Question 20

The Great Schism of the 11th century was between:

Answer 20

-The East and the West
-Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox

Question 21

The term “filioque” relates to:

Answer 21

“and the Son” at the end of the Nicene creed, added by the Catholic pope without the calling of a council

Question 22

A Papal Bull is:

Answer 22

Public Decree that the Pope uses, and when he does, he is supposedly infallible. (edict)

Question 23

The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches both believe this about the infallibility of the
Pope:

Answer 23

They are equal authority, bit rome wanted to be more equal

Question 24

The Crusades around the 11th to 14th centuries CE were:

Answer 24

to kick the Muslim “infidels” out of the Holy Land
-Officially sanctioned war efforts

Question 25

The first major Crusade was in the year:

Answer 25

1096 CE

Question 26

Frederick Barbarossa’s crusade:

Answer 26

-Well Organized -Drowned before he got to the Holy Land

Question 27

Key cities in the crusades:

Answer 27

Jerusalem, Constantinople, Acre, Antioch, Edessa, Zara

Question 28

What are the seven sacraments?

Answer 28

1. Eucharist 2. Baptism 3. Confirmation 4. Reconciliation (confession, penance) 5. Anointing of the sick (unction) 6. Orders (Ordination) 7. Marriage

Question 29

The Waldensians (late 12th century) did not reject:

Answer 29

Personal choice faith, rebaptism, Lord's supper (once a year), foot-washing

Question 30

Medieval church buildings tended to emphasize:

Answer 30

transcendence of God

Question 31

The simple meaning of sacrament

Answer 31

means of grace

Question 32

In the Orthodox Church, the sanctuary is:

Answer 32

part of eternity

Question 33

The issues that contributed to the Protestant Reformation:

Answer 33

Simony (paying to be a priest) Greed and scandal Transubstantiation Indulgences

Question 34

Martin Luther posted his “95 theses” on the church door in:

Answer 34

Wittenberg, October 31, 1517

Question 35

Zwingli was opposed to:

Answer 35

-The mass -Any real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist -Music and Icons in the church -Celibacy and fasting

Question 36

John Calvin wrote:

Answer 36

Institutes of Christian Religion

Question 37

Henry VIII separated the Church of England from Rome because:

Answer 37

He wanted to divorce his wife becuase she did not give him a son

Question 38

The King James Bible was translated in which decade?

Answer 38

1604-1611

Question 39

Anabaptist literally means:

Answer 39

"One who baptizes again"

Question 40

Which group believes in no visible ordinance or sacrament

Answer 40

Quakers

Question 41

Many believe the age of Reason began with this person:

Answer 41

Descartes

Question 42

The Regulative Principle proposes that:

Answer 42

Only practices prescribed in scripture could be used.

Question 43

The Great Awakening is associated with the following leader:

Answer 43

Wesley, Whitfield

Question 44

Which of the following was part of the camp meeting service?

Answer 44

Prayer, praise, fervent preaching, the harvest.

Question 45

The age of reason resulted in which of the following in the church?

Answer 45

Fundamentalism

Question 46

The Azuza Street revival was about:

Answer 46

Diversity, pentecostal movement

Question 47

Which of the following was characteristic of Christian fundamentalism?

Answer 47

-Reaction to liberalism and modernist thinking -can be militant -Completely literal interpretation of the Bible -Biblical inerrancy as necessary -Rejected evolution and most science -Pan-denominational -Connected with religious extremism

Question 48

Dispensationalism is connected with:

Answer 48

Evangelicalism(?)/ Latter Rain Movement

Question 49

The free church movement believed strongly in:

Answer 49

Autonomy (of the local church)

Question 50

The praise and worship movement

Answer 50

-emerged in the 60s-70s about the Jesus Movement -desire for intimacy with God and community -Characteristics (music was dead, desire for intimacy with God, undoes some reason and enlightenment, recapture Davidic movement/acts) -distinguished praise from worship

Question 51

The following was a result of Vatican II

Answer 51

-Described the church as "people of God" -Gave more authority to bishops -Affirmed scripture of salvation (academic reading) -affirmed greater participation of laity- vernacular -Centrality of preaching and architecture -Congregational song encouraged -Psalms and intercessory prayer -Crucifix (not always)

Question 52

Dispensationalism is connected with which version of the Bible?

Answer 52

Scofield Reference Bible (1909)

Question 53

The pioneer of the 20th century seeker service model was:

Answer 53

Bill Hybels (1980s, Chicago)

Question 54

Liturgical renewal happened among some evangelicals at the end of the 20th century

Answer 54

-relates both to historic renewal in liturgical churches and to the rediscovery of liturgy - Emphasizes symbol and ritual - Participation oriented

Question 55

Which are the “hallmarks of postmodernity”?

Answer 55

-Tolerance -Subjective truth -Individual choice -hunger for community -hunger for the spiritual

Question 56

According to a recent study by the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, the percentage of Canadians who claim to be evangelical is:

Answer 56

6%

Question 57

Hellenism is...

Answer 57

Greekness and Greek culture

Question 58

Baptism replaced...

Answer 58

Circumcision

Question 59

Montanism is...

Answer 59

A group of people who claimed to have charismatic power abandoned by the rest of the church. (surfacedin phygria)

Question 60

Donatism is...

Answer 60

Emphasis on the purity of the church. Believed that clergy must be faultless.

Question 61

Persian Christians and Nestorianism

Answer 61

Persians were being persecuted for Christianity because it was a Roman thing, so they went as far as they could the other way-- Nestorianism

Question 62

The Carolingians are...

Answer 62

A royal line (pressed for reform, new model for Christain kingship, canon law). Came out of Frace

Question 63

The fall of the Byzantine Empire

Answer 63

Fell to Ottoman Empire (Turks), Center shifted to Russia (became 3rd Rome)

Question 64

The Pietists were...

Answer 64

-known as the religion of the heart -beginning of evangelicalism -those who stressed Gods love

Question 65

Japanese Christians in the 1870s

Answer 65

Last anti-chrsitain edicts were lifted Samurai class were most open to new faith

Question 66

The United Church of Canada

Answer 66

Was formed in 1925 with Methodists, Presbyterians, and Congregationalists.

Question 67

According to the Didache, Baptism was to be done

Answer 67

In living water (cold running water)