theology WCOTB section 1 sg
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
Monotheism means
Belief in only one God
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
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
Pantheism is the belief that
God is everything
Panentheism is the belief that
God is in everything
The most helpful feature of the Apostles' Creed is
Its concise but poignant formulation
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 New Testament creeds contained the twin focus on
Jesus' death and resurrection
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
Ecumenical, with regard to the early creeds of Christianity means
Most Christians believe the same essential truths about God
The Chalcedonian Definition defines
That Jesus had two distinct but united natures
Which disciple would not believe without seeing Jesus' wounds?
Thomas
The most inexplicable food group for Australians and New Zealanders is
Vegemite
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 important...
always
All human language about God is
analogical
God creating from nothing (ex nihilo) means that
before God created there was nothing
Rejecting creeds makes it easier for the Christian church to do what?
change orthodox teachings
Faith can refer to anything except
duty
Collapsing faith into obedience results in
duty, fear of failure, legalism
Which of the following was not a genre used by New Testament authors?
epic
Faith impacts primarily
every element of life
What was NOT a factor in determining the authority of a text being considered for inclusion in the canon?
extensive geographic distribution
A common atheistic critique of Christianity is:
faith is blind
T/F Advances in language have made it possible to explain God entirely using human speech.
false
T/F All Baptists reject the creeds.
false
T/F All protestant churches include the same creed in their doctrinal statements.
false
T/F Apocalyptic is one of the three categories of Scripture in the Old Testament.
false
T/F Basic human needs of food, clothing, and shelter are assumed to be met before a person can say "I believe" in the creed.
false
T/F 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.
false
T/F Early Christian councils drew on pagan philosophy as much as Scripture for the formulation of a creed's wording
false
T/F Faith and faithfulness are identical
false
T/F Gnosticism affirms belief in only one physical reality with no afterlife
false
T/F God is a Father in the same way human males can be fathers.
false
T/F Ignatius wrote that even illiterate barbarians professed the contents of the creed.
false
T/F Modalism is one way to express the doctrine of the Trinity.
false
T/F St. Francis of Assisi said, "Our hearts are restless until they find their rest in [God]."
false
T/F The "facts" of faith are derived from direct revelation alone.
false
T/F The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha are different names for the same group of texts not included in the Christian canon.
false
T/F The Muratorian canon is significant because it lists the authoritative books of the Old Testament.
false
T/F The persecutions of Tiberius forced Christians to identify and protect their sacred Scriptures.
false
T/F There is only one explicit Trinitarian formula in the entire Bible.
false
T/F the Bible alone is sufficient for all belief
false
T/F the Shema was primarily about what God would do for Israel in the future
false
Which of the following is not a promise of God
monetary provision
Which book was almost excluded from the Christian canon?
revelation
what is the continuing purpose of the creeds?
summarize the story of christianity
Faith is primarily directed toward
the Bible, God's actions in the Old Testament, the witness of the apostles
Which of the following is not a result of faith?
the right to judge
Which doctrine, included in the creeds, was rejected by 18th century English Baptists?
the trinity
Knowledge of and proclamation of "the faith" is a requirement for deacons as outlined by Paul.
true
T/F A central reason for calling God "Father" is due to Jesus calling God Father.
true
T/F Belief in the triune God is fundamental to Christian orthodoxy.
true
T/F Creeds helpfully eliminate some levels of division by their simplicity.
true
T/F Creeds were used as a way to identify acceptable Christian belief in a community.
true
T/F Cyril of Jerusalem expanded Jesus' mustard-seed analogy to describe the power of creeds.
true
T/F Deuteronomy 6:4-5 contains the earliest creed in the Bible
true
T/F Faith as an act is more than agreeing to a list of facts.
true
T/F Faith in something is inherent to all humans.
true
T/F Hymns were an alternative form of creeds for early followers of Jesus
true
T/F In the early church, professing the creed was almost guaranteed to result in persecution.
true
T/F Jesus and Paul affirmed the Shema in their teaching
true
T/F Omnipotence is another way of saying "almighty."
true
T/F Praying to God as Father is a foreign concept in other world religions, even monotheistic religions.
true
T/F The Shepherd of Hermas was included in many early lists of Christian Scriptures.
true
T/F The gospel is at the center of Jesus' call to faith.
true
T/F The gospel that Jesus taught is the same gospel for all Christians.
true
T/F The truth of the gospel is dependent on the Trinity.
true
T/F There is one God with three distinct persons.
true
T/F the distinctive feature of Jewish belief in the Old Testament is in the belief of God
true