Test 2

Question 1

Name 5 countries

Answer 1

USA
BRAZIL
MEXICO
RUSSIA
PHILLIPPINES

Question 2

What is the portion of writing included in the Catholic and Orthodox Bible that is not included in Protestant Bibles called

Answer 2

Apocrypha

Question 3

What does Huston Smith mean when he says Christianity is a historical religion?

Answer 3

Based on historical events that actually happened

Question 4

What are three things about the historicity of Christianity that scholars have questioned in the last 150 years

Answer 4

1. Jesus never lived
2. We know nothing
3. Jesus was wrong about when the world would end

Question 5

5 historical facts about Jesus concerning which there should be little reason for doubt

Answer 5

Born in 4 bc 
Group up in Nazareth
Baptized by John 
He taught/healed in his 30's for 1-3 years
He was crucified

Question 6

What attribute of God did Jesus emphasize most

Answer 6

Gods love

Question 7

What was the relationship between Judaism and Christianity

Answer 7

Jesus embraced Jewish ideas but opposed Judaism

Question 8

What claim does smith make about the disciples understandings of Jesus during his lifetime? What three types of information pushed the disciples in one direction on their view on Jesus

Answer 8

Disciples didn’t believe Jesus was God in the flesh
1) what Jesus did
What Jesus said
What Jesus was

Question 9

What events were the end of Jesus earthly ministry and beginning of Christianity

Answer 9

Begins with resurrection

Ends earthly ministry with crucifixion

Question 10

What is the content of the Good News and what symbol commnicated the message to Christians

Answer 10

Good news is not ethical teachings but that Jesus Christ is God’s son the savior
Ixthus: symbol that means Jesus is gods son

Question 11

What three burdens in life did the Good News remove in order to transform lives? Also, in what ways did removing these burdens make Christians unique

Answer 11

Fear
Guilt
Ego

They had respect for eachother and joy. gods love changed them

Question 12

What did early Christians call their community and what does the word mean

Answer 12

“The called out ones”

Question 13

To what did NT authors compare the church and who in particular

Answer 13

Christ’s body

Paul

Question 14

Three views smith identifies concerning the issue of whether or not a person can go to heaven apart from the church and Jesus?

Answer 14

1) liberal Protestant : anyone can be saved without embracing the church or Jesus
2) fundamentalist Protestants: only those who are knowingly and formally Christians will go to heaven
3) makes a distinction between the 2 types of churches
1) visible church in world -Christians
2) invisible church - see God thru creation

Question 15

Three distinctive theological tenets of Christianity mentioned by smith and explain basic info

Answer 15

1) Incarnation:
Jesus is God in the flesh
100 percent God and 100 percent human
Creed of Chalcedon and nieces agree with incarnation

2) atonements: metaphors are used to describe them
Adam and Eve sinned by eating fruits of the tree
Sin was Infinate in proportion
Infinate sin requires Infinate repayment
God has to assume our guilt as payment
Bondage metaphor: humans in bondage to sin
Sin is separation from God
We are in bondage bc of separation from God
Christ rescues us from bondage

3. The trinity: separates Christians from other monotheists 
God son Holy Spirit 
Son through Jesus 
Father through Old Testament 
Spirit thru Pentecost and later 
God is love points to trinity

Question 16

Two areas where Roman Catholicism is most prominent

Answer 16

Ireland

South America

Question 17

What does smith say is the Roman Catholic view of Biblical Interpretation

Answer 17

It needs to be guided by the church bc people can interpret wrong

Question 18

Who is the final authority on issues of interpretation In the Roman Catholic Church, why can he not be questioned, and how is his correctness protected?

Answer 18

Pope
Holt spirit protects his correctness
Infalable- cannot be quesadillas

Question 19

What purpose does smith say is the purpose of the sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church

Answer 19

Help comes from God through the sacraments

Question 20

7 sacraments

Answer 20

Baptism 
Confirmation 
Marriage 
Holy orders 
Annointing the sick 
Confession 
The mass/eucharist

Question 21

Two areas for Eastern Orthodoxy

Answer 21

Greece Russia

Question 22

What year did EO break away and what are two of the purposes

Answer 22

1054 AD
geography 
Culture 
Language 
Political

Question 23

What are two commonalities between EO. And RC

Answer 23

7 sacraments

Very liturgical

Question 24

What is the Eastern Orthodox understanding of how to settle issues of biblical interpretation

Answer 24

Unamity to decide issues addressed by scripture

Church can interpret doctrines but not create them

Question 25

Two distinct features of Eastern Orthodoxy

Answer 25

Corporate view of the church

It’s mysticism

Question 26

2 areas for Protestantism

Answer 26

North America, England

Question 27

When did Protestantism break away from Roman Catholicism and what does smith say is the primary reason for that split

Answer 27

16th century

Emphasis

Question 28

5 categories of Protestant churches

Answer 28

Fundamentalists 
Conservative evangelists 
Mainline Protestants 
Charismatic 
Social activists

Question 29

Two main features of Protestantism

Answer 29

Justification by faith : faith restores people to right standing with God
Protestant principle: idea that God can speak to individuals instead of through the pope. Creates differences of opinion.

Question 30

Percentage of world is Christian?

Answer 30

31 percent

22 billion