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When was Alexander the Great born?
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Where was Alexander the Great born?
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Who were Alexander's parents?
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Phillip of Macedon (king)
Olympius (2 wife)
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What mythological character inspired Alexander the Great?
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How do we know Achilles inspired Alexander the Great?
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He carried a copy of the Illiad with him everywhere and he visited his tomb and took a piece of his armor.
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Who (what) was Bucephelus?
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He was his giant, black horse.
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| What physical feature made Bucephalus different? |
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Who was Alexander's personal tutor as a teenager?
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How old was Alexander when he got his first military command?
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How old was Alexander when he became king?
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What did the city of Thebes do when Alexander became king?
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They revolted against his authority but he crushed them.
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Who was Alexander's biggest enemy when he became king?
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Who led the Medo-Persian Empire against Alexander?
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Where was Alexander's first great battle against the Medes?
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What was the decisive battle that finally crushed the Medes?
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What was the name of the island city that defied Alexander?
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How did Alexander defeat Tyre?
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He built a road in the sea out to the city.
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Name Alexander's other three great conquests.
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What did Alexander name his new capital in Egypt?
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| What was Alexandria most famous for? |
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| It was famous for its library. |
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Where was Alexander's last campaign?
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| What happened to the library at Alexandria? |
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| It was accidentally burned down by Julius Caesar. |
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Why did he have to end the campaign in India?
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| His soldiers were sick of fighting. |
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What was the name of the fighting formation that Alexander made famous?
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What year did Alexander die? How old was he when he died?
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What important result stemmed from Alexander the Great's military success?
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| Most of the world spoke Greek |
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What kind of Greek did the world speak after Alexander?
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What Old Testament book/chapter mentions Alexander?
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What kind of animal symbolizes Alexander in Daniel's vision?
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A shaggy goat from the west
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Why was Koine Greek the perfect language for the New Testament?
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Because it is so descriptive
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What did the Jews in Jerusalem do when Alexander approached their city?
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They went out and showed him the prophecy in Daniel 8
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What did Alexander do when the Jews showed him Daniel 8?
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He offered a sacrifice to YHWH in the temple at Jerusalem
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To whom did Alexander leave his kingdom?
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Who were the four generals that finally succeeded Alexander?
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Lysimachus, Cassander, Ptolemy, & Seleucus
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Of the four generals that succeeded Alexander, which two were most important?
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Which general of Alexander got which territory?
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Lysimachus got Thrace, Cassander got Greece, Ptolemy got Egypt and Selecus got Babylon and Syria
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What territory did the Ptolemies and the Seleucids fight over?
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Who was the Seleucid ruler that wanted not only Israel but also Egypt?
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Who did the Romans send to stop Antiochus?
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What dramatic thing to Laenus do to Antiochus?
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Drew a circle around him on the ground and told him not to get out of it until he had made his decision about stopping the attack
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What did Antiochus do after leaving Egypt?
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He decided to attack Israel because of a small insurrection. He wound up defiling the temple in Jerusalem
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How did Antiochus Epiphanes defile the temple in Jerusalem?
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By sacrificing a pig to Zeus on the Ark of the Covenant and by taking prostitutes into the temple.
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Who does Antiochus Epiphanes foreshadow?
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What is the desecration by Antiochus called?
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the Abomination of Desolation
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What was the name of the Jewish family that led the resistance against Antiochus?
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What was the nickname given to the Hasmoneans?
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What is the name of the celebration the Jews have each year related to the cleansing of the temple after Antiochus?
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What did the Maccabees do that made the Herod family a part of Israel?
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They forced the people in surrounding territories to convert to Judaism.
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What was the name of the area from which the Herod family came?
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When was Herod the Great born? When did he die?
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Herod was circumcized as a Jew but lived like a Hellenist. What's a Hellenist?
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A person who loved all things Greek
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How old was Herod when he first was appointed to office?
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Where was Herod the Great's first rule?
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Who gave Herod the Great his first rule?
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Where is Herod the Great mentioned in the Bible?
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What was the name of the mountaintop fortress Herod built?
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Why did Herod build Masada?
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In case there was a revolt against his rule
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What were the amenities at Masada?
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Cool breezes, baths, saunas, nice palace
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How many cisterns were there on Masada?
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12 holding about a 1,000,000 gallons of water
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How did Masada later become famous?
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During the Roman war against Israel in 70 AD, about 1,000 rebels holed up there for a long seige. Later, they committed mass suicide rather than surrender.
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How did the Romans finally take Masada?
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They built a huge earthen ramp up the side.
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What was the name of the manmade harbor Herod built? For whom was it named?
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Caesaria Maritima, Augustus Caesar
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What was the name of the manmade mountain where Herod had a palace and where he was later buried?
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What was Herod's greatest building accomplishment?
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Name Herod's five most important sons.
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Antipater, Alexander, Aristobulus, Antipas, and Phillip
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Of those 5, which 3 did he kill?
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Antipater, Aristobulus and Alexander
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Who did Herod the Great's will make king?
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To what positon did the Romans assign Archelaus?
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Which is higher ethnarch or tetrarch?
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When did Herod the Great die?
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What was the name of Herod Antipas' wife?
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To whom had Herodias been married previously?
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Herod's half-brother Phillip
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What was Herod Antipas' stepdaughter's name?
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What is Salome famous for?
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What did Salome request of Herod Antipas?
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| the head of John the Baptist |
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What was the name of Herod the Great's wife he dumped for a Hasmonean? What was her son's name?
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What was the name of Herod the Great's Hasmonean wife?
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What were the names of Herod the Great's boys by his Hasmonean wife?
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| What happened to Herod the Great's Hasmonean wife? |
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He killed her in a an act of jealous rage
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What happened to his two boys by Mariamme?
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He killed them after his other son Antipater convinced him they were trying to steal the throne.
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Who else did Herod the Great kill that was related to his Hasmonean wife?
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He killed her mother and her brother
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What happened to Herod's son Antipater?
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He killed him four days before he himself died.
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What territory did Herod Antipas get from his father's will?
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How long did Antipas rule Galillee?
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Why did Herodias want John the Baptist dead?
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He wouldn't shut up about her and Antipas' unlawful marriage.
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What passage contains the account of Salome's dance before Antipas?
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What passage contains the account of Jesus before Antipas?
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What city did Antipas build on a ancient graveyard?
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Whose death put Antipas' power in jeopardy?
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What did Caligula do to Antipas?
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Gave his region, money and property to his nephew Agrippa. He then exiled him
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What suprising thing did Herodias do when Antipas was exiled?
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How did Caligula last as Emperor of Rome?
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Which Herod killed James the Apostle?
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Where is Herod Agrippa mentioned in the Bible?
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What caused Herod Agrippa's death?
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He failed to correct the people when they said he was a god. God killed him using worms to eat him.
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What chapter contains the account of Agrippa's death?
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Who escaped from Herod Agrippa's prison?
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What was Herod Agrippa's sister named?
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Who was Herod Agrippa's father?
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Aristobulus, one of Herod the Great's murdered sons.
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What was surprising about the size of Herod Agrippa's kingdom?
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It was larger than the kingdom of Herod the Great
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What emperor was Herod Agrippa's personal friend?
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Who awarded Herod Agrippa 2 his kingdom?
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Who was Herod Agrippa 2's sister?
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Who was Bernice's (Herod Agrippa 2's sister) most famous boyfriend?
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| Titus the future Roman emperor |
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What distinguishes Herod Agrippa II from the other Herods.
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(1.) He was the last of the Herods (no descendants)
(2.) He is the one who heard and met Paul
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Which chapter of the Bible describes Herod Agrippa 2's meeting with Paul?
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Who gave Pilate his command?
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Sejanus acting for Tiberius
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What was Sejanus' honorary title from Tiberius?
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What got Pilate in trouble with Caesar?
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| taking Romans symbols of figures into Jerusalem |
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Why were the mob's words about not being a friend to Caesar such a threat to Pilate?
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Because of his connection to Sejanus.
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What happened to Sejanus?
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Killed by Macro and the imperial guard
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What happened to Tiberius?
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Poisoned and then suffocated by Caligula
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What happened to Caligula?
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Assassinated by his own people
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What passage contains the account about Pilate and Jesus?
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| How long did Pilate rule? |
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| It is God's superintending all His creatures and their actions. |
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| What is a frowning providence? |
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| When something bad happens. |
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| What is a smiling providence? |
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| When something good happens. |
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| Can you believe in providence and luck at the same time? |
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| What nationality was Martin Luther? |
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| What traumatic event caused Luther to become a monk? |
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| He got caught in a terrible thunder storm and vowed to become a monk if delivered. |
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| What was his father's response to Luther becoming a monk? |
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| He was furious. He thought it a terrible waste. |
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| To what religious order of monks did Martin Luther belong? |
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| How old was Luther when he nailed the 95 Theses to the church door at Wittenburg? |
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| What was Luther's major concern covered in the 95 Theses? |
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| His major concern was the abuse of indulgences. |
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| Who was the Dominican monk who became so notorious selling indulgences? |
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| What was the date Luther posted the 95 Theses? |
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| What was the name of the town where Luther lived and worked as a teacher of theology? |
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| Luther's boss at Wittenberg was named von Staupitz. What did von Staupitz force Luther to do against his will? |
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| He forced him to teach Bible. |
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| What was the book of the New Testament that changed Luther's theology as he taught through it? |
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| Why did Luther not go to Rome when summoned by the Pope? |
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| His Prince, Prince Frederick the Wise, refused to let him go, insisting that he be tried in Germany. |
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| When Leo X, the Pope at the time, excommunicated Luther in a Papal Bull (an official papal document) Luther made things even worse. How? |
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| Finally, Luther was called to the Diet of Worms under the Holy Roman Emperor. There he gave his most famous speech. What was it most famous line? |
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| "Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me. Amen. |
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| After the Diet of Worms, Luther was kidnapped. By whom? |
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| He was kidnapped by Frederick the Wise in an attempt to keep him alive. |
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| Where did Frederick hide him? What did Luther do there? How long was he there? |
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| The Castle Wartburg. He translated the Bible into German. He was there two years. |
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| Luther got married in 1525. What was his wife's name? Where did she come from? |
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| Katy von Bora. She was an ex-nun. |
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| What criticisms of Luther were later picked up and used by Hitler? What should the Christian response to Luther's words be? |
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| His criticisms of the Jews. It should fill us with regret and make us mindful of the power of words. |
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| Luther died when he was 63. Where was he buried? |
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| He ws a buried at the foot of the pulpit in his church at Wittenberg. |
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| What area of doctrine was impacted by Luther's study of Romans? |
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| It was the doctrine of justification. |
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| What is justification (Question 33) |
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| What does "imputed" mean? |
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| He means to "reckon something to someone" or to "put on someone's account" |
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| What nationality was John Calvin? |
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| He was French although most of his ministry was conducted in Geneva Switzerland. |
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| How old was Calvin when he wrote his first book? What was the book? |
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| He was 22. He wrote a commentary on the Roman philosopher Seneca. |
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| What was the name of Calvin first Christian book? |
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| The Institutes of the Christian Religion |
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| What does the term "institutes" mean in Calvin's title? |
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| It means something like the "basics." So the Institutes of the Christian Religion means something like "The Basics of Christianity." |
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| How old was Calvin when he wrote the Instittues? |
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| Why did Calvin write the Institutes? |
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| He wrote to defend the Reformation and its theology. He did that because so many of his friends were being killed and persecuted for the gospel. |
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| To whom is the forward of the Institutes written? |
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| It is addressed to the King of France. |
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| Why did Calvin have to flee Paris for his life? |
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| He had helped a friend, Nicolas Cop, write his inagural address as the Rector of the University of Paris. It was evangelical in tone and the Catholics decided to kill them both. |
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| Why did Calvin detour to pass through Geneva on his way to Strassbourg? |
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| A war was blocking the road to Strassbourg. |
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| Who was the Reformer in Geneva that pressured Calvin to stay and help with the work there? |
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| What was it that got Calvin and Farel in trouble at Geneva? |
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| They tried to initiate a measure of church discipline. |
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| When Calvin and Farel were fired at Geneva, where did Calvin go? |
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| He went on to Strassbourg where he became a pastor to the French refugees there. |
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| What else happened to Calvin at Strassbourg? |
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| He got married to Idelette de Bure. |
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| How long were Calvin and Idelette married? |
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| What happened to Idelette's first husband? |
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| How many children did Calvin and his wife have? |
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| One. His name was Jacque and he was born prematurely and died after only afew weeks. |
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| What led to Calvin going back to Geneva? |
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| he was asked to write a letter of response to Cardinal Sadoleto who had written a letter to the genevans trying to ge tthem to come back to the catholic Church. |
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| Did Calvin want to go back to Geneva? |
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| No, he thought of it as hell on earth. |
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| Why do people think of Calvin as the dictator of Geneva? |
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| Mainly because they hate the doctrine of predestination often associated with Calvin. |
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| Did Calvin invent the doctrine of election or predestination? |
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| No, that would have been Jesus. |
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| What biblical passages support the idea of predestination or election? |
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| What does the John 6 passage say? |
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NIV John 6:44..."No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
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| What does the Ephesians 1 passage say? |
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NIV Ephesians 1:4...For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ...
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| What was Calvin's warning about the doctrine of predestination? |
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| His warning was not to go beyiond what Scripture says. He said it was like a labyrinth in which a person could get lost. |
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| Who was the controversial character burned at the stake in Geneva? |
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| What was Servetus' crime? |
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| He was a heretic..that is, he was anti-Trinitarian. |
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| Did Calvin want him to die at the stake? |
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| No. Calvin tried to persuade him to stay away and then he tried to persuade the city council to simply hang him. He was outvoted. |
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| What form of church government did Calvin push? |
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| He pushed for a presbyterian form of governement...elder rule. |
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| What are three basic forms of church government? |
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bishop rule,
elder rule,
congregational rule. |
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| What was Calvin's preferred method of preaching? |
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| Calvin preached straight through the text...expositionally. |
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| Calvin had one other big blowup during his time in Geneva? It was with a group called the Libertines? What ws the conflict? |
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| The were a bunch of immoral agitators and Calvin forbade them from coming to the Lord's Table while they were engaged in so much immorality. |
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| Lot's of refugees came to Geneva. Who was the most famous English speaking refugee to come there? |
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| John Knox. Knox later became a a pastor to the English speaking refugees in Geneva. |
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| What was Knox's view of Geneva? |
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He called it the most perfect school of Christ ever since the time of the apostles.
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| What nationality was Knox? |
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| What was Calvin's request at death? |
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| He wanted to be buried in an unmarked or common grave so his burial place would not be thought of as a shrine. |
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| What was Knox's original training? |
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| He was trained as a Catholic priest. |
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| Under whose influence did Knox become a Protestant? |
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| What was Knox's later relationship to Wishart? |
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| Later, Wishart was taken prisoner and burned at the stake. Who was responsible? |
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| How did the Protestant nobles respond to what Cardinal Beaton did? |
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| They broke into his castle at Saint Andrews, murdered him, and then mutilated his body. |
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| Though Knox was not with the men who killed Beaton, he later joined them there. Why? |
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| Both for his safety and to lend his support. |
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| Later St. Andrews was surrounded and attacked. By whom was it attacked? |
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| When the Protestants inside St. Andrews surrendered, they expected to go free. What happened instead? |
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| They were made galley slaves. |
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| How long did Knox serve as a galley slave before being set free. |
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| After Knox was freed from the galleys, he went to another country. What country was it? |
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| England. He wound becoming a a chaplain to Edward VI. |
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| What event caused Knox to have to flee England? |
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| Edward died and Bloody Mary became Queen. |
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| List the Kings and Queens of England from the Reformation to the Westminster Confession. |
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Henry VIII
Edward VI
Mary (Bloody Mary)
Elizabeth
James I
Charles I
Oliver Cromwell (Not actually a king.)
Charles II |
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| What was the name of the book Knox wrote against Bloody Mary? |
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| The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Mounstrous Regiment of Women |
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| Was Knox against all women rulers? |
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| He was definitely against Mary because she was killing so many Protestants but yes probably. At least Elizabeth thought so. |
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| When Knox fled England, where did he go? |
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| When Mary finally died, Knox returned to Scotland. He got into a conflict with someone else. Who? |
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| Mary Queen of Scots. She was a Catholic ruling a Protestant country. She was also the mother of James I. |
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| Knox later wrote the Scottish Confession of Faith. What did it directly influence? |
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| The Westminster Confession of Faith |
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| It is a question and answer form of teaching theology. |
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| What is the very funny definition of Puritanism attributed to H.L. Mencken. |
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| Puritanism is the haunting fear that somebody, somewhere might be happy. |
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| Where did the Puritans really get their name? |
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| They wanted to "purify" the Church of England. |
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| What were the two types of Puritans? |
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| Separating Puritans...usually called Pilgrims and non-separating Puritans called Puritans. |
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| Why were the Pilgrims called separating Puritans? |
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| They did not believe the Church of England could be saved and wanted to split from it altogether. |
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| Why were the other Puritans considered non-separating? |
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| They didn't actually want to split from the Church of England. Instead they wanted to reform it and get rid of any remaining Catholic influence. |
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| What were some of the things the Puritans wanted to reform in the Church of England? |
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| 1.) They didn't want priests to wear vestments. 2.) They didn't want people kneeling at communion 3.) They didn't want to use a prayer book. 4.) They wanted elder rule. |
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| What got Charles I in trouble with the Puritans? |
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| He appointed Bishop Laud the Archbishop of Canterbury and Laud demanded conformity. |
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| When Charles I tried to overthrow Parliament (ruled by the Puritans) a Civil War started. What happened? |
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| Charles lost and was beheaded. Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector. |
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| After Cromwell died, Charles II was called back to be king. What happened to the Puritans? |
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| They were kicked out of the Church of England. Many came ot America. |
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| In American Puritans generally had one form of church government while Pilgrims had another form. Which was which? |
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| Puritans were generally presbyterian and Pilgrims were generally congregational. |
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