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10 Cards in this Set
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Christianity grew out of ______.
a. Hinduism b. Judaism c. Islam d. Buddhism |
b. Judaism
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Almost everything we know about Jesus comes from the four gospels of the New Testament. The word gospel means "_____."
a. vision b. good news c. enlightenment d. covenant |
b. good news
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The Two Great Commandments of Jesus combine two elements: ________
a. love for God and an ethical call for kindness towards others b. missionary activity and prayer five times a day c. love for God and annual pilgrimage to Jerusalem d. refraining from immoral activities and giving to the poor |
a. love for God and an ethical call for kindness towards others
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________ is occasionally called the cofounder of Christianity because of the way that Jesus' teachings and his interpretation of them blended to form a viable religion with widespread appeal.
a. Peter b. James c. Paul d. John |
c. Paul
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In the Gospel of John, the portrayal of Jesus is full of mystery. He is the __________ of God, the divine made visible in human form.
a. inspiration b. transcendence c. incarnation d. spirit |
c. incarnation
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When ____________ became emperor, he saw in Christianity a glue that could cement the fragments of his entire empire.
a. Herod b. Constantine c. Antiochus c. Hyrcanus |
b. Constantine
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___________ was the dominant authority in Christian theology from the fifth century until the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century.
a. Hector b. Herodotus c. John Calvin d. Augustine |
d. Augustine
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____________, a Dominican priest, blended the philosophical thoughts of Aristotle with Christian scripture through writings such as the Summa Theologica and Summa Contra Gentiles.
a. John Calvin b. Francis of Assisi c. Tertullian d. Thomas Aquinas |
d. Thomas Aquinas
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____________, a German priest of the late Middle Ages, was the first reformer of Western Christianity to gain a large following and to survive. The movement he founded ultimately created the Protestant branch of Christianity.
a. John Wycliffe b. Martin Luther c. John Calvin d. Huldrych Zwingli |
d. Martin Luther
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In 1962, Pope John XXIII convened a council of bishops that proceeded to make the first major changes in Catholicism since the Council of Trent. The ________ allowed, among other things, the use of native languages in ordinary church services.
a. Council of Nicaea b. Council of Jamnia c. Second Vatican Council d. Third Vatican Council |
c. Second Vatican Council
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