Christianity World Religion 200
The Bible has been translated into how many languages?
3000
What is the world's best-known icon?
Jesus
What did the protestant reformers mean by the slogan sola fides?
Salvation comes by faith alone and not by any deeds or works a person might do.
What did the protestant reformers mean by the slogan sola scriptura?
The Bible alone is the only authoritative guide to correct doctrine.
t/f: In the 19th Century Christianity expanded rapidly due to evangelistic efforts.
true
Protestants do not accept Mormonisn as Christian because of their unorthodox practices and beliefs. What are these beliefs?
God has a body, humans can become Gods and polygamy
Prothero believes that the totem by Preston Geter encapsulates the Christian story. What do Adam and Eve represent?
Paradise lost in the Garden of Eden due to disobedience
According to Prothero, the growing multi-cultural nature of Christianity is:
a homecoming
what protestant branch do the Amish, Mennonite fall under?
anabaptists
Prothero says that Christianity expanded to a global religion
because it was able to adapt to other cultures
What is the world's best selling book?
bible
Half of all Christians are:
catholic
Another name for the Pentecostal movement is:
charismatic movement
According to Prothero, the growth of Christianity in the global south is due to:
conversions and high birth rates
true or false: Protestants typically venerate relics [items associated with saints (bones) or Jesus (splinters from the cross or burial shroud)].
false
true or false: Prothero sys that, like Islam, Christians believe that you can only understand the scriptures in the original language.
false
true or false:Which of the following protestant branches do the Amish, Mennonite fall under?
false
From the Christian point of view, which is it more correct to say: Christianity repudiates or fulfills judaism?
fulfills
The pop song by Joan Osborne asks, "What if God was one of us?" According to Prothero, What do Christians say to this question?
it is true, God became one of us
The term Christianity comes from the word "Christ" which is the Greek word for:
messiah
Where do the majority of 14 million Mormons live?
outside of the U.S.
what protestant branches had the largest influence in colonial and early America?
reformed
According to Prothero, what is the solution/goal Christianity proposes?
salvation
According to Prothero, what is the problem Christianity addresses?
sin
Prothero believes that the totem by Preston Geter encapsulates the Christian story. What does the man with his arms out represent?
the crucifixion of Jesus
Prothero believes that the totem by Preston Geter encapsulates the Christian story. What does Moses represent?
the giving of the law
Prothero believes that the totem by Preston Geter encapsulates the Christian story. What does the crib represent?
the incarnation
Prothero believes that the totem by Preston Geter encapsulates the Christian story. What does the man with his arms pointing upwards represent
the resurrection of Jesus
t or f: Mormons accept the Bible (where it doesn't conflict with Mormon teaching)
true
t/f: According to Prothero, about a quarter of all Christians (600 million) are charismatic.
true
t/f: According to Prothero, evangelicals are on both the political left and the political right.
true
t/f: According to Prothero, faith healing, speaking in tongues and even exorcisms are everyday occurrences in many of the world's fastest growing denominations
true
t/f: According to Prothero, the Pentecostal movement is responsible for much the expansion of Christianity to in the southern hemisphere?
true
t/f: According to Prothero, the face of Christianity is growing darker?
true
t/f: According to Prothero, the global south Christianity is not so much concerned with creeds and catechisms as with experiencing the divine.
true
t/f: Both Christianity and Islam have mystic traditions.
true
t/f: Brigham Young led the Mormons out of the Midwest to settle Utah (then part of Mexico)
true
t/f: Christianity is a missionary religion.
true
t/f: Mormonism was persecuted and Joseph Smith murdered?
true
t/f: Prothero claims that Pentecostalism began in the Azusa St church in Los Angeles.
true
t/f: Prothero claims that although Islam is often criticized for its sword verses in the Koran, Christianity and Judaism have similar problematic passages.
true
t/f: Prothero claims that evangelicalism emphasized experience and emotion over doctrine.
true
t/f: The Pentecostal movement is reported to have begun at the Azusa Street Church in Los Angeles in 1906.
true
t/f: The Pentecostal movement is the fastest growing Christian movement.
true
true or false: According to Prothero the protestant movement splintered into 4 main branches: Lutherans, Reformed, Anglicans and Anabaptists.
true
true or false: Joseph Smith founded Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) a man named Moroni (who had become an angel) told him where gold plates written in "reformed Egyptian" were buried.
true
true or false: Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) is the most successful of the American outside the mold religions
true
true or false: Prothero believes that more and more Christians tend not to label themselves denominationally?
true
true or false: Prothero claims that the exemplars in Protestant Christianity are ordinary heroes of the faith like Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Luther King who are not prayed to or given feast days.
true
true or false: Prothero claims that the invention of the printing press helped spread the protestant reformation.
true
true or false: Prothero says that Christianity also produced a parade of new denominations that do not fit the three classic divisions of Christendom. Mormonism is one of them
true
true or false:Prothero claims that Protestant Christianity has fewer female exemplars than Roman Catholicism
true
Prothero claims that evangelicalism spearheaded the following movements.
voting for women and abolition of slavery
What is the world's most popular religion?
Christianity
What happened in 312 that converted Christianity, almost overnight, from a persecuted sect to a state religion of an enormous empire?
Constantine, who became the emperor of Rome, converts to Christianity
Why is the Pentecostal movement named after a Jewish holiday celebrating the giving of the law to Moses?
A New Testament event took place on this holiday in which the Holy Spirit was "poured out" on Jesus' disciples and they began speaking in tongues (languages).
What is the world's most geographically diverse religion?
Christianity
What is via negativa (the negative way)?
Describing God by saying what God is not.
what do mormons accept as scripture?
Doctrine and Covenant, Pearl of Great Price, Book of Mormon and the Bible
Who is credited with starting the protestant reformation by nailing 95 theses to the castle church door in Wittenberg Germany in 1517?
Monk named Martin Luther
Which is of these churches has a centralized authority called the Pope?
Roman Catholic
A thousand years ago the Christian Church split into two main branches. What were they?
Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox
Who is William Joseph Seymour?
The Pastor credited with starting the Pentecostal movement.
Prothero believes that the totem by Preston Geter encapsulates the Christian story. What does the boat with animals represent?
The destruction of a world gone bad while saving the animals and restarting it.
What do Christians mean by the Trinity?
There is one God who has three personae -- the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Prothero claims that although the Protestants and the Catholics agree about the problem that needs to be solved (sin) and the goal (salvation), they disagree over the techniques to achieve it. Protestants favor:
faith alone
t/f: According to Prothero, Pentecostalism is the same as fundamentalism.
false
t/f: Prothero claims that evangelicalism is the same as fundamentalism.
false
t/f: The Pentecostal movement has been reluctant to have women clergy.
false
true or false: According to Prothero, Christianity is amazingly homogeneous.
false