Religion Bowl Practice Questions about Church Councils

The Church council that responded to the Protestant Reformation in the 1500s (16th century).

• Nicea

• Ephesus

• Constantinople

• Trent

The Church council that first addressed the Arian heresy which denied the divinity of Jesus.

• Trent

• Chalcedon

• Nicea

• Constance

Which ecumenical Church council was called by Pope St. John XXIII in 1962?

• Constantinople

• Chalcedon

• Nicea

• Vatican Council II

This ecumenical Church council was called by Emperor Constantine in A.D. 325 to stop the Arian heresy.

• Constance

• Nicea

• Constantinople

• Trent

This Church Council defined papal infallibility (the pope is free from error while teaching on matters of faith and morals) in 1869-1870.

• Vatican Council II

• Vatican Council I

• Nicea

• Ephesus

This Church council defined the Theotokos (Mary as the Mother of God) in response to the heresy of Nestorius.

• Nicea

• Ephesus

• Trent

• Constance

This ecumenical Church council brought an end to the Great Western Schism in A.D. 1414 when more than one man claimed to be pope.

• Trent

• Chalcedon

• Constance

• Lateran

This Church council issued 16 major documents in four years, changed the Mass language to the vernacular spoken in that country, and returned to the roots of the Church's teachings.

• Vatican Council II

• Lateran II

• Vatican Council I

• Trent

These two ecumenical Church councils formed the Nicene creed (an expression of our beliefs).

• Trent & Constance

• Vatican I & II

• Chalcedon & Lateran I

• Nicea & Constantinople

The ecumenical Church council that defined the Hypostatic Union (the two natures of Jesus Christ).

• Constance

• Chalcedon

• Constantinople

• Ephesus