Sunday School Test

Question 1

When were the Chronicles written?

Answer 1

330 - 300 BC

Question 2

What is the old name of Jerusalem?

Answer 2

Jubas

Question 3

Where did the Lord God appear to Solomon?

Answer 3

Israel while he was enthroned

Question 4

What were the major reasons for the division of Israel?

Answer 4

Some supported Rehoboam while others supported Jeroboam.

Question 5

Name the prophetess who conveyed the message of lord to King Josiah.

Answer 5

Haldah

Question 6

What was the main reason for the Maccabean revolts in Israel?

Answer 6

Antiochus Eppipanus made the lives of the jews very difficult.

Question 7

How did the Maccabean become known as such?

Answer 7

Judas took the surname Maccabias and he was their leader so they got named after him.

Question 8

Why did his own people become displeased with John Hircanus?

Answer 8

The war caused his citizens to pay more in taxes.

Question 9

Which are the captivity epistles?

Answer 9

Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians

Question 10

How was the epistle to Romans sent to Rome?

Answer 10

Through a lady named Phoebe

Question 11

Bidding farewell in the name of the Holy Trinity is seen in one Epistle. Which one?

Answer 11

Epistle to Corinthians

Question 12

According to St. Paul, when did god select him?

Answer 12

From birth

Question 13

Which was a miracle that happened in Ephesus through St. Paul?

Answer 13

His clothes were used to cure many people

Question 14

Who was with St. Paul when he reached Philippi for the first time?

Answer 14

Silas, Timothy and Luke

Question 15

Which other epistle was written in the same circumstances as the epistle to Colossians?

Answer 15

Epistle to Ephesians

Question 16

In the Epistles to the Thessalonians who are the other co-writers mentioned by St. Paul?

Answer 16

Paul, Silas and Timothy

Question 17

Who was when Timothy became a martyr?

Answer 17

Roman emperor Domitius

Question 18

Besides being the Episcope of Crete, what were the other activities of Titus?

Answer 18

Collected money from churches for the poor

Question 19

Who is Onesimus?

Answer 19

A slave of Philemon

Question 20

Jesus is greater than many apostles mentioned in the old Testament. Who are those prophets?

Answer 20

Moses and Aaron

Question 21

Who ordained Mathew MOR Athanasius?

Answer 21

The Patriarch of Antioch

Question 22

To which position did Mor Koorilose come to India?

Answer 22

Delegate of the Patriarch of Antioch.

Question 23

Who ordained Rev. Fr Joseph Pulikottil as bishop Dionysius V and at which place?

Answer 23

Patriarch Mor Yakkoob II ordained him at Diarbekker

Question 24

When was the Mulanthuruthy Synod Convened?

Answer 24

1876

Question 25

Who were the plaintiff and the defendant in the seminary case?

Answer 25

The plaintiff is Mor Dianasius V and the defendant is Thomas Mor Athanasius.

Question 26

What are the four components of the sacraments?

Answer 26

The celebrant, The sacramental items, The Holy Liturgy, Recipient

Question 27

How many sacraments should one take for salvation?

Answer 27

5

Question 28

Who are the Apostles that named the church as a holy building?

Answer 28

St.Peter and St.Paul

Question 29

True or False, The church is compared to the body of Jesus Christ?

Answer 29

True

Question 30

What are the 4 features of the church?

Answer 30

Catholic, Apostolic, The One, Holy

Question 31

The commander of David’s Army.

Answer 31

Jaob

Question 32

The prophet who conveyed to David that he should not build the House of Lord.

Answer 32

The prophet Gad

Question 33

The place at which Solomon was anointed.

Answer 33

Geehan

Question 34

The earlier owner of the threshing floor where David sacrificed the burnt Offerings to God.

Answer 34

Ornan

Question 35

Name 2 of the cruelties the Jews suffered during Antiochus Eppipanus’s reign?

Answer 35

He had set up an idol of Jupiter, a Greek God at the most holy place of the Lord God and thus desecrated the temple.

He forced the Jews to make sacrifices of pig flesh to the idols. He put to death the Jews who did not obey his orders.

Question 36

What were the reasons for the failures of Maccabians?

Answer 36

The internal fight between the younger generations of Maccabians had resulted in destruction of the Maccabians.

Question 37

What is the main subject in the epistle to the romans?

Answer 37

God’s plan of grace, which lifts man up from his state of sin that he cannot get rid of by himself.

Question 38

St. Paul start the epistle to Galatians by emphasizing his status as an Apostle. Why?

Answer 38

St.Paul wanted to clear any questions regarding his position as an apostle.

Question 39

What were the miracles that happened in Ephesus done by St.Paul?

Answer 39

His clothes were used to cure many people and to drive away many evil spirits.

Question 40

What were the major heresies spread among the Colossians?

Answer 40

Some people there had given more importance to the angels than to the son of god.

Question 41

St.Paul wrote the first epistle soon followed by the second one. Why?

Answer 41

Some people lived disorganized lives and others circulated false letters putting his name on them which prompted St.Paul to write the second epistle.

Question 42

How does St.Paul describe Timothy?

Answer 42

“My true son in faith ” and “ Man of God” and “My dear Son”

Question 43

What is meant by “ Mulanthuruthy padiyola”

Answer 43

It was a consent letter that said all the decisions taken by synod must be written and submitted to the patriarch, duly signed and registered by the members present and that a copy should be kept in the office of the Malankara Metropolitan.