Ufdn 3100 Quiz #3

Front 1

T/F: The division of history into "eras", "periods" or "epochs" is made up or artificial; different historians will divide it up differently.

Back 1

True

Front 2

T/F: At the time of Jesus' birth, Palestine was a free state, having been recently liberated from Greek rule by the Maccabees.

Back 2

False

Front 3

T/F: The Septuagint was the first translation of the Old Testament into Latin

Back 3

False

Front 4

T/F: The spread of Christianity in the Roman Empire often resulted in religions that were "syncretistic", religions that are constructed out of multiple religions and philosophies.

Back 4

True*

Front 5

Which of the following philosophical notions did not influence the early development of Christianity?

A. Hellenistic deification of the "hero"

B. Platonic understanding of immortality

C. Platonic idea of a spiritual world of truth

D. Stoic emphasis on morality

Back 5

A. Hellenistic deification of the "hero"*

Front 6

T/F: The first task of Christianity was to define itself in relation to Judaism, out of which it was born.

Back 6

True

Front 7

T/F: For nearly 300 years— until the ascendancy of Constantine in the first part of the fourth century— all Christians in the Roman Empire were sought out and killed.

Back 7

False

Front 8

T/F: The "apologists" were Christians that tried to exhibit remorse— or "apologize" — for the rash excesses of Christianity in some parts of the Empire.

Back 8

False

Front 9

T/F: Gnostics believed that the material or physical world is evil, and that salvation is found by intellectually ascending to immaterial and secret knowledge.

Back 9

True

Front 10

T/F: Marcionites were the first Roman set of Christianity to acknowledge that the God of the Old Testament was the same as the God of the New Testament.

Back 10

False

Front 11

In the early years of Christianity, which of the following was not a step taken to organize and define the core beliefs of the faith?

A. The construction of the official canon of Scripture

B. The institution of apostolic succession

C. The standardization of worship practices

D. The writing and use of creeds

Back 11

C. The standardization of worship practices

Front 12

Which of the following was not an important early Church Father of the second and/or third centuries?

A. Clement of Alexandria

B. Cyprian of Carthage

C. Decius of Rome

D. Irenaeus

E. Novatian

F. Origen

G. Tertullian

Back 12

C. Decius of Rome

Front 13

T/F: Communion and baptism were acts of worship in the earliest Christian churches.

Back 13

True

Front 14

T/F: Constantine's ascendancy to emperorship of the Roman Empire was paralleled by his growing sympathy toward Christianity. This sympathy, however, had little effect on the culture of Rome.

Back 14

FALSE

Front 15

T/F: When Christianity became legal, many Christians were grateful and took an accommodating attitude towards the Empire

Back 15

True

Front 16

T/F: Monasticism was largely developed when Christians were expelled from society.

Back 16

False

Front 17

T/F: In reaction to the legalization of Christianity, some groups of Christians broke off from the established church in order to remain in what they believed was the "true church"

Back 17

True

Front 18

T/F: Not long after Constantine's death, his cousin julian the Apostate took the throne and further facilitated Christian privilege.

Back 18

False

Front 19

T/F: In 325, COnstantine convened the first ecumenical council at Nicaea to deal with the rise of Arianism.

Back 19

True

Front 20

T/F: The end of antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages is generally considered to be the death of Constantine in 337.

Back 20

False