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1
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  1. Christian literature from the first two centuries is written in:

a. latino
b. greco
c. copto
d. armeno

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Greek

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  1. Patrology studies The Father, but not from the perspective of:

a. works
b. life
c. theology
d. sanctity

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Sanctity

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  1. Patristics studies:

a. The life
b. The works
c. The theology
d. The sanctity

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b. works

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  1. The Fathers of the Church are:

a. All apostles
b. All bishops
c. All apologists
d. All heretics

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c. All apologists

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  1. Which of these characteristics don’t pertain to the Fathers?

a. Antiquity
b. Sanctity
c. Episcopacy
d. Orthodoxy

A

c. Episcopacy

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  1. Is not a Doctor of the Church:

a. St. Ambrose
b. St. Iraneus
c. St. Augustine
d. St. Jerome

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b. St. Iraneus

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  1. Doesn’t belong to the “Great Ecumenical Teachers”:

a. Origen
b. Basil the Great
c. Gregory Nazienzen
d. John Chrisostom

A

a. Origen

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  1. The Fathers of the Church are witness to:

a. Scripture
b. Tradition
c. Teaching
d. Sanctity

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b. Tradition

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  1. The Apostolic Fathers are seen before the year:

a. 130
b. 140
c. 150
d. 160

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c. 150

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  1. Is not one of the Apostolic Fathers:

a. Clement
b. Ignatius
c. Justin
d. Erma

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c. Justin

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  1. The Apostolic Fathers write completely in:

a. Latin
b. Greek
c. Coptic
d. Armenian

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b. Greek

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  1. The Didache is:

a. a manual
b. an apology
c. a letter
d. a treatise

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a. a manual

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  1. The Didache does not have primarily this content:

a. liturgical
b. disciplinary
c. escatalogical
d. spiritual

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d. spiritual

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  1. Clement of Rome was successor of Peter in the years:

a. 80-90
b. 90-100
c. 100-110
d. 110-120

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90-100

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  1. The author of the Letter to the Corinthians is:

a. Clement
b. Ignatius
c. Justin
d. Erma

A

Clement I

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  1. The Letter to the Corinthians is important for the topic of:

a. Primacy
b. Fasting
c. Ecumenism
d. Exegesis

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Primacy (of Rome)

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  1. The Letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch are (how many):

a. 3
b. 5
c. 7
d. 9

A

7

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  1. St. Ignatius of Antioch was sentenced not long before the year:

a. 105
b. 135
c. 165
d. 195

A

135

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  1. Which of the following communities is not a Letter of St. Ignatius of Antioch directed to Christians:

a. Ephesus
b. Magnesia
c. Tralli
d. Corinth

A

Corinth

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  1. The Letter of Pseudo-Barnabas is important in this context:

a. Dogmatic
b. Exegetical
c. Moral
d. Apocryphral

A

Exegetical

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  1. The Pastor of Erma is a writer:

a. Dogmatic
b. Exegetical
c. Moral
d. Apocryphral

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Apocryphal

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  1. The Pastor of Erma was near the year:

a. 50
b. 100
c. 150
d. 200

A

200

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  1. The Pastor of Erma work is composed of:

a. 2 visions / 12 precepts / 10 words
b. 5 visions / 5 precepts / 10 words
c. 5 visions / 12 precepts / 10 words
d. 2 visions / 12 precepts / 12 words

A

5 visions / 12 precepts / 10 words

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  1. The Christology of the Pastor of Erma is characterized by:

a. Rigorist
b. Ambiguity
c. Nicene
d. Heterdoxy

A

Ambiguity

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  1. Is not one of the Apologists:

a. Quadrato
b. Atenagora
c. Erma
d. Aristide

A

Erma

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  1. The author of the Dialogue with Trypho is:

a. Clement
b. Ignatius
c. Justin
d. Erma

A

Justin Martyr (Giustino)

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  1. Under the name of “Ippolito” we surely find:

a. 3 authors well defined
b. 2 groups of works
c. one unity of thought
d. no elements of heresy

A

2 groups of works

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  1. St. Iraneus wrote:

a. Lettera a Diogneto
b. Adversus Haereses
c. Il Pastore
d. De Principiis

A

Adversus Haereses

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  1. Doesn’t belong to the School of Alexanadria:

a. Clement
b. Origen
c. Iraneus
d. Panteus

A

Iraneus

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  1. Clement of Alexandria wrote:

a. A Diogneto
b. Pastore
c. Adversus Haereses
d. Stromata

A

Stromata

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  1. The author of “De unitate Ecclesiae” is:

a. Origen
b. Tertullian
c. Cyprian
d. Jerome

A

Cyprian

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  1. The author of “Contro Noeto” is:

a. Origen
b. Tertullian
c. Cyprian
d. Ippolito

A

Ippolito

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  1. The author of Apologeticum is:

a. Origen
b. Tertullian
c. Cyprian
d. Ippolito

A

Tertulliano

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  1. The author of Ad Donatum is:

a. Origen
b. Tertullian
c. Cyprian
d. Ippolito

A

Cipriano (Cyprian)

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  1. The author of De carnis resurrectione is:

a. Origen
b. Tertullian
c. Cyprian
d. Ippolito

A

Tertullian

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  1. The author of De anima is:

a. Origen
b. Tertullian
c. Cyprian
d. Ippolito

A

Tertullian

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  1. The author of Anticristo is:

a. Origen
b. Tertullian
c. Cyprian
d. Ippolito

A

Ippolito

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  1. The author of De dominca oratione is:

a. Origen
b. Tertullian
c. Cyprian
d. Ippolito

A

Cipriano (Cyprian)

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  1. The first to teach of the concept of a person in the Trinitarian context was:

a. Origen
b. Tertullian
c. Cyprian
d. Ippolito

A

Tertullian

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40
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  1. Fought against the “confessors”:

a. Origen
b. Tertullian
c. Cyprian
d. Ippolito

A

Cyprian

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  1. Didn’t write a work on prayer:

a. Origen
b. Tertullian
c. Cyprian
d. Ippolito

42
Q
  1. Ippolito the Martyr didn’t write:

a. Elenchos
b. Peri pantòs
c. Cronica
d. Contro Noeto

A

Contro Noeto

43
Q
  1. Bishop Ippolito did not have the characteristic of:

a. Ecclesiastic
b. Binitarian
c. Exegetical
d. Millenarian

A

Binitarian (binitarismo)

44
Q
  1. Tertullian did not write:

a. De ieiunio
b. De pudicitia
c. De pallio
d. De principiis

A

De principiis

45
Q
  1. Tertullian became a:

a. Gnostic
b. Lapsed
c. Montanist
d. Martyr

46
Q
  1. Iraneus refuted:

a. Gnosticism
b. Old Testament
c. Montanism
d. Martyrdom

A

Gnosticism

47
Q
  1. Polycarp of Symrna wrote a letter to:

a. Romans
b. Philippians
c. Corinthians
d. Ephesians

A

Filipesi (phillippians)

48
Q
  1. Papia di Hierapolis was:

a. Docetist
b. Gnostic
c. Milleniarist
d. Lapsed

A

Millenarista

49
Q
  1. Il Diatessaron is from:

a. Taziano
b. Atenagora
c. Teofilo
d. Quadrato

50
Q
  1. Valentino is a:

a. Gnostic
b. Lapsed
c. Montanist
d. Martyr

51
Q
  1. Eusebio di Cesarea wrote a life of:

a. Traiano
b. Nerone
c. Constantino
d. Tibero

A

Constantine

52
Q
  1. La Historia Ecclesiasic of Eusebius was written in the year:

a. 313
b. 324
c. 337
d. 339

53
Q
  1. St. Athanasius participated in the council of:

a. Chalcedon
b. Constantinople
c. Ephesus
d. Nicea

54
Q
  1. The catechetical mystagogy was written by:

a. Cyril of Constantinople
b. Cyril of Chalcedon
c. Cyril of Jerusalem
d. Cyril of Alexandria

A

Cyril of Jerusalem

55
Q
  1. The “Cappadoci” were:

a. The Cyril’s (Constantinople, Chalcedon, etc.)
b. The Gregory’s (Nazianzo, Nyssa) + Basil
c. The Clement’s (Rome, Alexandria) + Origen
d. None of the Above

A

The Gregory’s (Nazianzo, Nissa) + Basil

56
Q
  1. The exegesis of Origen is, above all:

a. Typological
b. Spiritual
c. Literal
d. Moral

57
Q
  1. That of St. Ambrose, in turn, is:

a. Typological
b. Spiritual
c. Literal
d. Moral

58
Q
  1. And that of Didamo il cieco:

a. Typological
b. Spiritual
c. Literal
d. Moral

59
Q
  1. St. Hilary of Poitiers wrote:

a. De Trinitate
b. Regula Pastoralis
c. De Consolatione philosophiae
d. De viris illustribus

A

De Trinitate

60
Q
  1. St. Ambrose had much influence on:

a. Clement of Rome
b. Augustine of Hippo
c. Diodoro of Tarsus
d. Teodoro of Mopsuestia

A

St. Augustine (Agostino di Ippona)

61
Q
  1. Which is the work of Ambrose of Milan that is similar to one by Cicero?

a. Hortensius
b. De officiis
c. De amicitia
d. De viris illustribus

A

De officiis

62
Q
  1. St. Jermone wrote:

a. De Trinitate
b. Regula Pastoralis
c. De Consolatione philosophiae
d. De viris illustribus

A

De viris illustribus

63
Q
  1. The term “homousios” was defined in:

a. Chalcedon
b. Constantinople
c. Ephesus
d. Nicea

64
Q
  1. St. Augustine wrote:

a. De Trinitate
b. Regula Pastoralis
c. De Consolatione philosophiae
d. De viris illustribus

A

De Trinitate

65
Q
  1. The Donatists affirmed that:

a. Holy Spirit not consubstantial with Father
b. Madonna was not Mother of God
c. Grace is only to help for not sinning
d. The true Catholic Church is that of the pure and the martyrs

A

The true Catholic Church is that of the pure and the martyrs

66
Q
  1. Who wrote The Life of Moses?

a. St. Augustine
b. St. Gregory the Nazianzus
c. St. Gregory of Nyssa
d. St. Basil the Great

A

St. Gregory of Nyssa

67
Q
  1. St. Augustine, before his conversion, was:

a. Monophysite
b. Montanist
c. Manichean
d. Monergist

68
Q
  1. St. Augustine, after his conversation, si e’ recato a:

a. Philadelphia
b. Ephesus
c. Cassiaca
d. Ariccia

A

Cassiciaco

69
Q
  1. St. Augustine died in the year:

a. 313
b. 424
c. 430
d. 450

70
Q
  1. Nestorio affirmed that:

a. Holy Spirit not consubstantial with Father
b. Madonna was not Mother of God
c. Grace is only a help for not sinning
d. The true Catholic Church is that of the pure and the martyrs

A

Mary is not the mother of God

71
Q
  1. Didimo il cieco was director of a school of:

a. Alexandria
b. Athens
c. Antioch
d. Ariccia

A

Alexandria

72
Q
  1. Epifanio di Salamina is noted principally for:

a. Panatenaiche
b. Panteno
c. Pandecta
d. Panarion

73
Q
  1. Eutiche was condemned in the council of:

a. Chalcedon
b. Constantinople
c. Ephesus
d. Nicea

74
Q
  1. Leone Magno wrote his famous Letter to:

a. Eutiche
b. Athanasius
c. Cassiodoro
d. Flaviano

75
Q
  1. Giovanni di Domasco fought against:

a. Gnostics
b. Lapsed
c. Iconoclasts
d. Martyrs

A

Iconoclasts

76
Q
  1. Giovanni di Domasco wrote:

a. The Source of Knowledge
b. The Lives of the Patriarchs
c. The Wedding at Cana
d. The Life of Moses

A

The Source of Knowledge

77
Q
  1. Pelagio held that:

a. Holy Spirit not consubstantial with Father
b. Madonna was not Mother of God
c. Grace is only a help one not sin
d. The true Catholic Church is that of the pure and the martyrs

A

grace is only a HELP for not sinning

78
Q
  1. Pelagio held that:

a. Baptisms of heretics were not valid
b. Adam was only a bad example
c. The will alone cannot avoid sin
d. The initial state of man is of grace

A

Adam was only a bad example

79
Q
  1. Typological exegesis is that which:

a. Prefers the moral
b. Respects history
c. Prohibits the letter
d. Imposes the allegory

A

respects history

80
Q
  1. Fausto was:

a. Monophysite
b. Montanist
c. Manichean
d. Monergist

81
Q
  1. Celestio was:

a. Donatist
b. Pelagian
c. Manichean
d. Monergist

82
Q
  1. There is an ecclesiastical problem with the:

a. Pelagians
b. Donatists
c. Manicheans
d. Monergists

83
Q
  1. Monophysitism was condemned in the council of:

a. Chalcedon
b. Constantinople
c. Ephesus
d. Nicea

84
Q
  1. The monophysites recognized in Christ:

a. One person
b. Three natures
c. Three person
d. One nature

A

ONE NATURE

85
Q
  1. The son of St. Augustine was named:

a. Nebridio
b. Adeodato
c. Fortunato
d. Arcadio

86
Q
  1. Augustine was born at:

a. Tagaste
b. Cassiciaco
c. Hippo
d. Carthage

87
Q
  1. Augustine was called Doctor of:

a. Mellifluous
b. Poor
c. Doctors
d. Grace

88
Q
  1. Manichaeism held the existence of:

a. 2 persons in Christ
b. 2 natures in God
c. 2 principles of reality
d. 2 diverse worlds

A

2 principles of reality (competing)

89
Q
  1. Rufino of Aquileia was known for:

a. Biblical Commentary
b. Apologies
c. Translations
d. Poems

A

His translations (le traduzioni)

90
Q
  1. The definition of “person” is most well known in:

a. Isidore
b. Boethius
c. Gregory the Great
d. Erma

A

Boezio (Boethius)

91
Q
  1. L’Octavius is a work written by:

a. Minucio
b. Ottavio
c. Cassidoro
d. Un anonimo

92
Q
  1. Maometto is a comtemporary of:

a. Isidore
b. Boethius
c. Gregory the Great
d. Erma

93
Q
  1. Arius was condemned by the council of:

a. Chalcedon
b. Constantinople
c. Ephesus
d. Nicea

94
Q
  1. Boethius wrote:

a. De Trinitate
b. Regula Pastoralis
c. De Consolatione philosophiae
d. De viris illustribus

A

De Consolatione philosophiae

95
Q
  1. Cassiodoro died in the year:

a. 428
b. 583
c. 312
d. 123

96
Q
  1. Il monastero founded by Cassiodoro was called:

a. Cassiciaco
b. Vivarium
c. Ariccia
d. Salamina

97
Q
  1. St. Isadore wrote:

a. Le etimologie
b. De officiis
c. De fide
d. Quicumque

A

Le etimologie

98
Q
  1. The brother of St. Isadore was named:

a. Leonzio
b. Leocadio
c. Leonida
d. Leandro

99
Q
  1. St. Isadore of Seville wrote:

a. De Trinitate
b. Regula Pastoralis
c. De Consolatione philosophiae
d. De viris illustribus

A

De viris illustribus

100
Q
  1. The Father of the Church from Britain:

a. Gregory the Great
b. Hillary of Poitiers
c. Teodoro of Mopsuestia
d. Venerable Bede

A

Venerable Bede

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