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| What uniquely Pauline gospel revolutionized Christianity? |
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| Salvation by Faith alone (343) |
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| Those people of the early Christian churches who advocated circumcision for all males were called... |
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| Paul's opponents had the tendency to mix together aspects of Greco-Roman cult worship and select Torah requirements. This process of mixing together is called |
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| Paul's twofold purpose in writing to the Galations was first to prove that he was a true apostle and second, |
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| to demonstrate the validity of his gospel that faith replaces works of law. (344) |
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| Paul claimed that his apostolic rank was derived |
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| directly from the Deity (345) |
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| If the Toray cannot really help anyone, as Paul claims, then why was it given? |
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| All believers are spiritual children of |
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| Why does Paul say Torah obedience is meaningless? |
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| Because it implies that God's revelation through Jesus is not sufficient. (347) |
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| Paul's most extensive analysis of Judaism's role in the divine plan was laid out in which chapters of Romans? |
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| What were the implications of God's pronouncing Abraham "righteous" while he was still uncircumcised? |
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| Paul used that story as a model of God's plan to save people through faith, thus, it was not necessary to have Gentile converts circumcised. (351) |
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| T/F: Paul tried to persuade the Galatians that Gentile Christians are adopted heirs of Abraham. |
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| T/F: Although the Gentile Christians were free from Torah requirements, Paul expected those with a Jewish heritage to adhere fully to the Torah. |
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| T/F: The pillars (Peter, John, and James) agreed to recognize the legitimacy of Paul's Gentile mission. |
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| T/F: Paul used Habakkuk 2:4, "he shall gain life who is justified through faith," to help justify his Gospel. |
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| T/F: Paul used Habakkuk 2:4, "he shall gain life who is justified through faith," to help justify his Gospel. |
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| T/F: Paul sees all irreconcilable differences between God and humanity as overcome in Christ. |
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| T/F: Romans was written by Paul to the first congregation he founded and visited frequently. |
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| False, Paul never went to Rome. |
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| T/F: Paul argues that the Torah fails to effect a right relationship with God; it serves only to make one conscious of sin. |
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| T/F: In the Book of Genesis, the narrator never uses the words sin, evil, rebellion, fall from grace, disobedience, punishment, or damnation. These terms are interpretive and were supplied later by theologians. |
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| T/F: Paul asserts The Torah is "spiritual," but human beings are "unspiritual" and enslaved by sin. |
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| T/F: Paul reveals himself to be uniquely sinful amongst humans in this long passage (Romans 7:7-25) detailing all his sins. |
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| Early church tradition held that Paul wrote four of the canonical letters (Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon) while in Roman prison. these letters are known as... |
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| Which of the four works (Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon) do scholars still accept as genuinely Pauline? |
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| With whom did Paul establish the church at Philippi? |
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| What was the "Ephesian Theory"? |
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| the theory that Paul actually wrote Philippians from Ephesus rather than Rome |
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| In the second of the six parts of Philippians, Paul meditates on |
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| What is the most important theological concept in Philippians? |
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| The directive to place other' welfare above your own |
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| What characteristic of Jesus does Paul most encourage his reader to emulate? |
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| In the third chapter of Philippians, Paul denounces circumcision as |
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| The letter to Philemon was a personal letter addressed to |
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| Philemon, Apphia, and Archippus (who were a husband, wife, and son) |
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| Onesimus was a runaway slave who was converted to Christianity by Paul. Paul later sent him back to his master, telling the master |
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| to treat Onesinus "no longer as a slave, but...as a dear brother." |
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| T/F: Philippians is important because it permits insight into Paul's volatile character and also gives clues as to early Christian beliefs about Jesus' nature |
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| T/F: Paul describes Christians as "like stars in a dark world." |
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| T/F: Paul discounts his Jewish heritage as "garbage." worthless when compared to the new life God gives in Christ. |
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| Epaphroditus was a prison guard that Paul thanks for helping him when he was imprisoned. |
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| Onesimus was a slave-owning aristocrat with whom Paul pleaded to open his eyes to the intrinsic human value of every person and to release his slaves from bondage. |
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| T/F: In his letter to Philemon about a runaway slave, Paul takes the opportunity to generalize and denounce slavery as an intolerable evil. |
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| T/F: The amount of area Paul covered to establish churches (throughout Syria, Asia Minor, Macedonia and Greece) impresses scholars with the sheer physical stamina he must have had. |
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| T/F: In Paul's view of human history, Adam is considered the earthly prototype of humanity, while Jesus is considered Adam's moral opposite. |
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| The practice of writing under the identity of a well-known deceased personage, with the intention of honoring him rather than fooling the readers, is called |
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| some early converts who, in an apocalyptic fervor, thought that the Parousia was extremely close, refused to |
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| work and support themselves (375) |
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| Paul thought that God's plan for cosmic renewal, i.e. the Lord's Day, would be completed |
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| at the apocalyptic End of history. (375) |
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| What is 2 Thessalonians' advice to Christians? |
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| Be alert and prepared; also, realize that certain signs must occur before the Parousia. (375) |
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| 2 Thess. states that the eschaton cannot happen until |
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| the final rebellion against God's rule (375-76) |
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| According to 2 Thess., evil forces are already at work and gathering strength until someone disappears, allowing the evil personage to reveal himself. Who is it that will disappear? |
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| What is the Christian equivalent of circumcision? |
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| Believers are supposed to behave well because |
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| The are being re-created in Christ's nature and "image" (378) |
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| What is not a difference between Ephesians and other genuine Pauline letters? |
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| language in which it was written (378) |
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| T/F: After being released from prison in Rome, Paul; went to Crete, where he was imprisoned again. |
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| T/F: Analysis of the Pastoral Epistles strongly suggests that they were wrtten long after Pail's time, and therefore could not have been authored by Paul. |
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| T/F: In the Book of 2 Thess. the demonic entity in human form that desecrates the Temple is held at bay by the unidentified "Redoubter" |
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| T/F: According to Colossians, God didn't use a "mediator" to create the universe, he acieved it all alone. |
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| T/F: In 2 Thess. an evil parody of the Messiah functions as an anti-Christ. |
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| T/F: According to Eph., the secret revealed in Christ was the divinity of all people, i.t. we are all God |
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| T/F: One difference between Col. and Eph. is in how the "secret' revealed in Christ is characterized. |
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| T/F: The phrase "in Ephesus" (identifying the recipients of the letter to the Ephesians) does not appear in any of the oldest manuscripts. |
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| Timothy had a Jewish father and a Greek mother |
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| What form of writing is Paul known for? |
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| Letters directed to individual congregations |
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| Seven of the eight canonical writings situated between the book of Hebrews and Revelation in the New Testament are known as |
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| the catholic epistles (393) |
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| All of the epistles are attributed to |
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| The prominent leaders of the original Jerusalem church (393) |
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| 2 Peter reaffirms Christianity's apocalyptic vision that however long the Parousia is delayed, Christians must live as if |
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| Jesus will return at any moment (393) |
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| Which author is alone among New Testament writers in attempting to show how Christ's sacrificial death links the two opposing realms of perishable matter and eternal spirit? |
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| the author of Hebrews (394) |
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| The authorship of Hebrews is uncertain. Scholars have speculated about it being authored by |
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| Paul, Priscilla, Barnabus or Apollos (394) |
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| appeasement of divine wrath (395) |
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| Which of the catholic epistles criticizes Jewish-Christian groups within the church-wealthy Christians who snub poorer ones, fail to share material possessions, engage in wordly competition, and even exploit fellow believes of the laboring class? |
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| According to James, what one believes has faith in is evidenced by |
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| According to James, which organ in the human body is both an instrument for divine praise and destructive gossip? |
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| T/F: The epistles differ from Paul's "genuine" letters in that they are addressed to individual congregations. |
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| T/F: Of the three missives ascribed to John, the first is a sermon, the second is a letter of warning to a specific group, and the third is a private note. |
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| T/F: The catholic epistles are so named because they must never be translated out of the Latin. |
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| T/F: James and 1 Peter superficially resemble letters but actually belong to a different category of religious literature. |
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| T/F: Faith, according to Hebrews, is hopeful confidence that the unseen universe really exists and that it is the source of the physical cosmos. |
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| T/F: The book of James is apocalyptic literature. |
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| T/F: James was known to his fellow Israelites as "James the Righteous" and had a high reputation with Christians. |
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| T/F: 1 Peter recommends that when a Christian is suffering unjustly, he or she must call upon the Holy Spirit to smite the oppressor. |
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| T/F: The book of Jude is written in a kind of rhetorical style known as invective. |
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| T/F: The theological importance of 2 Peter lies in the author's attempt to explain why God allows evil to continue and to reassert the belief in a close Parousia. |
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| What was it thematically appropriate to place Revelation at the end of the New Testament? |
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| It provides the omega (the end or completion of God's work) to the alpha of Genesis. (416) |
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| Revelation depicts Jesus as |
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| a conquering warrior-king (416) |
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| The Jesus of Revelation comes to |
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| inflict wrathful punishment upon his opponents (416) |
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| John of Patmos, along with the authors of Jude and 2 Peter, contrasted the hopelessly corrupt present world with the ideal purity of God's planned future world. How was the new righteous order to be brought into being? |
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| Through God's direct and violent intervention (417) |
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| What can't we see without having an apocalyptic experience? |
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| Realities of the spirit world (417) |
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| Revelation belongs to the apocalyptic tradition, which is commonly regarded as an outgrowth of what movement? |
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| The prophetic movement in ancient Israel (417) |
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