Christianity Quiz (2) - Count for credit

What do Christians believe about Jesus?

• He was the Messiah
• He was a prophet
• He was a dirty hippie
• He shared much in common with Buddha

Which of the following is NOT a Christian tradition or ritual?

• Holy Communion 
• Kosher Diet
• Baptism
• Confirmation

What group of people was responsible for Jesus’s crucifixion?

• Jews
• Romans
• Greeks 
• Ottomans

Although conflicts had been brewing for years, the Great Schism officially occurred in what year?

• 800 CE
• 1215 CE
• 738 CE
• 1054 CE

The Great Schism divided Christianity into ____________

• Lutheranism & Catholicism
• Roman Catholicism & Eastern Orthodox
• Calvinism & Eastern Orthodox
• Western Orthodox & Protestantism 

The capital of the Western Roman Empire was __________ and the capital of the Eastern (Byzantine) Empire was __________.

• Constantinople; Rome
• Barcelona; Jerusalem
• Cyprus; Athens
• Rome; Constantinople 

Emperor Constantine changed the Roman Empire in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

• Moved the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Constantinople 
• Issued the Edict of Milan, opening the door for tolerance of Christians
• Ruled over the Eastern & Western Empire
• Required all citizens of Rome to become Christian

All of the following were reasons for the Great Schism EXCEPT:

• Economic & political turmoil
• Geographic Distances
• A desire to leave the Roman Empire
• Linguistic (language) differences 

In the Western Roman Empire, people preferred to speak ____________.  In the Eastern Roman Empire, people preferred to speak ____________.

• Roman; Greek
• Greek; Latin
• Latin; Greek
• Roman; Farsi

One of the biggest differences between the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox was:

• Eastern Orthodox Church does not believe in the Holy Trinity
• Only religious leaders in the Roman Catholic Church are called priests & bishops
• Roman Catholic Church required services & texts to be in Latin while Eastern Orthodox allowed the Bible to be translated into local languages
• Only the Roman Catholic Church believed in proselytizing (getting more people to convert to Christianity)