The Message of Christianity Quiz

The audacious message of Christianity is that the true God and Creator of the universe

• became a part of His creation

• is the same as the gods of the ancient Greeks and Romans

• came to replace as an earthly ruler

• all of the above

One of the great challenges for early Christians was to convince the irreligious Greeks and Romans to believe in the existence of God.

• True

• False

Early Christians believed that the Roman Empire needed to collapse in order for the Gospel message to spread.

• True

• False

The prophecy that a messiah would come to redeem mankind emerged from the beginning of...

• Greek philosophy

• Roman paganism

• Judaism

• Babylonian history

The Greek word _____ was used by early Christians to help explain the nature of the Trinity.

• logos

• ousia

• sophia

• trias

Stoic philosophy opposed the Christian idea that God has emotion.

• True

• False

Caesar Augustus destroyed the peace and the order that existed under the Roman Republic.

• True

• False

Caesar Augustus referred to himself as _____, or first citizens as a way to appeal to the old Roman Republic.

• pontifex maxiumus

• daemon

• dictator

• princeps

During the reign of Caesar Augustus, the Romans began to believe that the emperor was...

• indwelt by divine power

• immortal

• infallible

• omnipotent

Many Romans believed Caesar Augustus to be the....

• son of a god

• bringer of good news

• savior of his people

• all of the above