WCOTB - Section 1
Which of the following is not a biblical image for God's motherly action?
A joyful mother at a wedding
Faith is:
A requirement
Faith is primarily directed toward:
All above
Faith is important _______________ .
Always
All human language about God is ___________________ .
Analogical
Targumim are the paraphrases of the Hebrew Bible into what language?
Aramaic
The Nicene Creed was primarily formulated in response to the teachings of:
Arius
Who wrote about the challenges of interpreting Genesis before Charles Darwin?
Augustine
God creating from nothing (ex nihilo) means that ______________________.
Before God created there was nothing
Monotheism means:
Belief in only one God
Rejecting creeds makes it easier for the Christian church to do what?
Change Orthodox teachings.
Which emperor was a positive catalyst for the Christian church to establish a canon?
Constantine
The creation narrative contains _________________________.
Culturally expressed understandings of God's creation
God is almighty, this means that God can _________________.
Do anything consistent with His character
Faith can refer to all of the following except:
Duty
Collapsing faith into obedience results in: (Select all that apply)
Duty Legalism Fear of Failure
Which of the following was not a genre used by New Testament authors?
Epic
Faith can refer to all of the following except:
Every Element of Life
Which of the following was NOT a factor in determining the authority of a text being considered for inclusion in the canon?
Extensive geographic distribution
Advances in language have made it possible to explain God entirely using human speech. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
All Baptists reject the creeds. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
Apocalyptic is one of the three categories of Scripture in the Old Testament. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
Basic human needs of food, clothing, and shelter are assumed to be met before a person can say "I believe" in the creed. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
Central to the creeds is a repetition of God's faithfulness to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob since these are the foundation of God's work for Israel. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
Early Christian councils drew on pagan philosophy as much as Scripture for the formulation of a creed's wording. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
Faith and faithfulness are identical. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
Gnosticism affirms belief in only one physical reality with no afterlife. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
God is a Father in the same way human males can be fathers. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
Ignatius wrote that even illiterate barbarians professed the contents of the creed. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
Modalism is one way to express the doctrine of the Trinity. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
St. Francis of Assisi said, "Our hearts are restless until they find their rest in [God]." TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
The "facts" of faith are derived from direct revelation alone. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha are different names for the same group of texts not included in the Christian canon. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
The Bible alone is sufficient for all belief. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
The Muratorian canon is significant because it lists the authoritative books of the Old Testament. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
The Shema was primarily about what God would do for Israel in the future. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
The persecutions of Tiberius forced Christians to identify and protect their sacred Scriptures. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
There is only one explicit Trinitarian formula in the entire Bible. TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
All Protestant churches include the same creed in their doctrinal statement. TRUE OR FALSE
FAlSE
A common atheistic critique of Christianity is:
Faith is blind
Only God the Father is involved in creation?
False
God is called Father in the Old Testament because ____________________.
God created and called Israel to be his people
Panentheism is the belief that _________________.
God created everything
Pantheism is the belief that _______________________.
God is everything
The most helpful feature of the Apostles' Creed is:
Its concise but poignant formulation
The New Testament creeds contained the twin focus on:
Jesus death and resurrection
Docetism is the belief that:
Jesus did not have a physical body
Gnosticism is the belief that:
Jesus redeems humanity from a corrupted physical body
Ebionites profess the belief that:
Jesus was "adopted" as God's son at his baptism
The "traditions" passed on by the apostles were primarily:
Jesus' teachings and the Old Testament interpreted in light of Jesus
Marcion only used one of the gospels. Which one?
Luke
Which of the following is not a promise of God?
Monetary provision
Ecumenical, with regard to the early creeds of Christianity means:
Most Christians believe the same essential truths about God
Which book was almost excluded from the Christian canon?
Revelation
The continuing purpose of the creeds is to __________________________.
Summarize the story of Christianity
A central reason for calling God "Father" is due to Jesus calling God Father. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Belief in the triune God is fundamental to Christian orthodoxy. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Creeds helpfully eliminate some levels of division by their simplicity. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Creeds were used as a way to identify acceptable Christian belief in a community. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Cyril of Jerusalem expanded Jesus' mustard-seed analogy to describe the power of creeds. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Deuteronomy 6:4-5 contains the earliest "creed" in the Bible. TRUE OR FALS
TRUE
Faith as an act is more than agreeing to a list of facts. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Faith in something is inherent to all humans. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Hymns were an alternative form of creeds for early followers of Jesus. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
In the early church, professing the creed was almost guaranteed to result in persecution. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Jesus and Paul affirmed the Shema in their teaching. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Knowledge of and proclamation of "the faith" is a requirement for deacons as outlined by Paul. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Omnipotence is another way of saying "almighty." TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
Praying to God as Father is a foreign concept in other world religions, even monotheistic religions. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
The Shepherd of Hermas was included in many early lists of Christian Scriptures. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
The distinctive feature of Jewish belief in the Old Testament is the belief in one God. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
The gospel is at the center of Jesus' call to faith. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
The gospel that Jesus taught is the same gospel for all Christians. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
The truth of the gospel is dependent on the Trinity. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
There is one God with three distinct persons. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
The Chalcedonian Definition defines:
That Jesus had two distinct but united natures
Which doctrine, included in the creeds, was rejected by 18th century English Baptists?
The Trinity
Which of the following is not a result of faith?
The right to judge
Which disciple would not believe without seeing Jesus' wounds?
Thomas
The most inexplicable food group for Australians and New Zealanders is _________.
Vegemite