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| Not an aspect of Hellenism |
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| The Hellenistic Era was inaugurated by |
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| history unfolds toward a divinely-ordained goal |
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| When we say Christians follow a linear view of history, we mean |
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| True/False: Plato and Aristotle both had the same degree of impact on the early Church. |
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| True/False: The defining element of Judaism is its expectation of a crucified Messiah. |
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| This was not an important belief or value in ancient Judaism |
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| True/False: Emperor Trajan counseled Pliny the Younger to actively seek out Christians and to execute those who would not blaspheme the name of Jesus. |
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| Who was the first philosopher to ask the great questions about the human condition, and to criticize the “unexamined life”? |
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| the devil spits sea spray in your face |
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| This was not part of Dr. Litfin's comparison of historical study to standing on the prow of a great ship |
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| This was not a historical factor conducive to Christianity's spread in its first three centuries |
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| True/False: According to Ferguson, the immediate religious context for Christianity was provided by Greco-Roman pagan thought. |
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| True/False: The Pharisees held to the validity of oral tradition passed down from Moses, called the "oral Torah." |
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| The Roman term for the power which could be obtained through religion is |
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| The idea that the present order is controlled by evil, but will soon end when God dramatically intervenes in history to restore his kingdom |
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| True/False: Marcion wanted to make a fundamental separation between Judaism and Christianity because each had a different God. |
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| True/False: The first “Christianity” in Edessa was Jewish-Christian and Gnostic in orientation. |
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| True/False: After AD 70, the Jewish Christians who moved east into the Decapolis region formed legalistic heretical sects, but eventually repented of their false doctrines and joined the catholic Church |
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| The Jewish Christians who denied the deity of Christ, rejected the Virgin Birth, read only Matthew's Gospel, and were hostile to Paul |
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| True/False: Because the Apostles agreed on all points of doctrine, orthodox Christianity was universal from the beginning, and heresy always came later |
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| The Greek-speaking Jews of the Diaspora who were open to the wider world |
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| True/False: In every area of the Roman Empire, the first form of Christianity to take root was orthodox, and only afterwards was it sometimes corrupted by Gnosticism |
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| The Pope is the head of the Roman Catholic Church |
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| This was not a core value of the apostolic/orthodox/biblical group within Primitive Christianity |
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| True/False: In the early church period, a curse was inserted in the Jewish synagogue prayers which was designed to root out secret believers in Jesus |
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| This characterized primitive Christianity |
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| can be described as an exaggerated Pauline gospel of grace |
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| According to the Ferguson textbook, Marcion's theology |
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| According to the Ferguson textbook, the apostle John is associated with |
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| Petrine Christianity is primarily associated with what area? |
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| The general who laid siege to Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple was |
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| True/False: The structure of early churches was modeled after the Jewish synagogue in which there were multiple leaders, but certain ones sometimes had special authority |
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| According to the Friday film, the person who chose the fourfold canon of the Gospels, based on such things as the four points of a compass, was |
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| The idea that the bishop had to trace his doctrinal integrity and ordination to the apostles |
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| acknowledging that every group within Primitive Christianity deserves to have a place in the catholic church |
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| This was not a strategy for unity pursued in the early church |
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| The day and month of their death |
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| According to the Friday film, the main thing the Christians remembered about the martyrs was |
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| giving honor to the powerful for their lavish gifts |
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| The culture of "beneficence" refers to the Romans' practice of |
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| True/False: According to the Friday film, the pagans suspected the early Christians of vices such as cannibalism and incest |
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| The church organizational structure in which there is a single bishop presiding over a congregation is known as |
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| To acknowledge the “genius” of the emperor was regarded by the ancient Christians as |
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| Ignatius of Antioch sought to preserve the doctrines of the faith by means of |
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| True/False: In the early church period, the Roman emperor came to be considered as a god and was worshiped by the masses |
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| True/False: Under Decius, all Roman subjects were required to have a certificate saying they had sacrificed to the emperor, known as a libellus |
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| According to the Litfin textbook, which theological term was Irenaeus of Lyons the first to use, around 180 AD |
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| True/False: According to the Friday film, the cities of Lyons and Vienne were known as a place of tolerance where early Christians could come to be safe from persecution |
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| True/False: While in prison, the slave-girl Felicity prayed that her pregnancy might give the Roman authorities a reason to release her from prison |
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| Prior to the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, Constantine saw a vision in which the cross was emblazoned with the words |
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| True/False: Eusebius believed that Church and State should be kept separate since God was not very concerned with political affairs |
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| True/False: Eusebius believed that Church and State should be kept separate since God was not very concerned with political affairs |
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| True/False: Eusebius believed that Church and State should be kept separate since God was not very concerned with political affairs |
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| civil administrators should also be ordained bishops |
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| This is not part of Eusebius' Imperial Theology |
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| According to Eusebius, the reign of the Roman emperor is _______________ of the heavenly kingdom of Christ |
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| True/False: According to Ferguson, the conversion and reign of Constantine mark a major turning point in the history of Europe and the Near East |
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| Who did not live in an age that understood the Christian religion would inevitably grow and become widespread within the Roman Empire |
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| The church began as inclusive to women but then became more institutional like the Roman bureaucracy and started to exclude them |
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| An explanation of the early church offered by the Friday film |
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| the Son was created by the Father |
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| When Arianism did not fade away after the Council of Nicaea, which trio fought against the heresy in the late fourth century? |
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| According to the Friday film, Christians were blamed by Emperor Nero for |
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| True/False: According to the Ferguson textbook, Eusebius said it was Emperor Constantine who insisted on inserting the word homoousios into the Creed of Nicaea (325) |
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| True/False: According to the Ferguson textbook, the Council of Nicaea was based on long-standing precedent in which bishops handled their controversies through empire-wide councils of the whole church |
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| True/False: According to the Friday film, ancient Christians thought of heaven as a banquet where there would be enough food for all |
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| the promise that even a poor person’s individual remains would be preserved |
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| The catacombs offered what unique social benefit to the early Christians? |
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| True/False: According to the Friday film, early Gnostic congregations taught that Jesus died on the cross to give us knowledge of His substitutionary atonement |
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| Depictions of martyrs before their pagan accusers |
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| This is not represented in ancient Christian art |
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| A flat wooden panel with a painted image of Christ or a saint is called an |
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| When Christians were beginning to construct churches for the first time, architects borrowed the existing form known as |
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| True/False: Early Christians held communion in the catacombs to remember the lives of dead Christians, particularly the martyrs |
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| The female figure with hands raised in prayer to display piety was known as |
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| True/False: The catacombs were useful for Christian worship services because the believers could hide there and be safe from persecution |
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| True/False: In ancient pagan religion, the temple was a place for the followers of a particular god to gather in communal fellowship and worship |
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| John of Damascus said icons can be venerated because of |
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| True/False: Beginning with the catacombs, Christians initiated a new style of art that was very different from Roman artistic style |
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| The figure emphasized in the Friday film as a founder of monasticism in the early church was |
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| True/False: According to the Friday film, Emperor Constantine chose to become a Christian because he wanted single religion with a single God in order to create a single empire |
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| True/False: According to the viewpoint taught in the Friday film, the early Christians weren't sure which books were in their canon until Constantine ordered fifty copies of the Bible to be made, and then the Christians finally decided which ones to include. |
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| Jonah fleeing to Tarshish = sin |
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| This was not part of the imagery associated with Jonah in early Christian art? |
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| The City of Man and the City of God are defined by having |
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| This is not a distinctive of the Antiochene outlook |
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| True/False: Augustine and Eusebius were in close agreement on their understanding of the relationship of Church and State |
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| According to Ferguson, there was a great rivalry between |
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| In his Confessions, Augustine says, “Our hearts are __________ until they ________ in You.” |
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| Which of the following groups does NOT adhere to the Chalcedonian Definition of 451? |
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| wept and prayed the psalms |
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| According to the Litfin textbook, when Augustine was about to die, he |
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| Who thought of Christ as a “mere man” just like us, and so did not believe in his divinity? |
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| When the New Testament quotes Psalm 2:7, “You are my Son; today I have begotten thee,” some interpreters said it was teaching |
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| True/False: Chalcedonian Christology teaches two Persons with one Nature existing in Hypostatic Union |
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| Jesus Christ was a real man who came in true human flesh to teach us wisdom |
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| This is not a belief of the Gnostics |
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| being confident in his self-controlled and virtuous life |
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| This is not an aspect of Augustine's spiritual journey that led to his conversion |
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| True/False: Apollinaris said that in Christ, the Logos took the place of the human soul, so Christ was not a human exactly like you and me |
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| A vision of a united Empire and Church in which God’s kingdom has arrived |
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| This did not characterize Augustine’s outlook |
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