Practicing Christian Doctrine Chapters 1-3

According to the author of the text, the content of biblical doctrines must be mastered, but applying them to life is optional.  

• True

• False

Enlightenment thinkers replaced Scripture and tradition with human reason as the highest authority for faith. 

• True

• False

Powerful religious experiences are the most reliable basis on which to determine doctrinal truth. 

• True

• False

Because they are outdated and dead, Christian traditions are of little value today.  

• True

• False

The study of doctrine should be understood as a personal act of love for God. 

• True

• False

The body of distinctly Christian teachings is best defined as:

• heresy

• orthopraxy

• tradition

• doctrine

The word evangelical refers to persons whose faith and life is deeply rooted in the Good ____________ of Jesus Christ:

• beliefs

• news

• works

• politics

Ecumenical doctrine is best defined as those beliefs _____________________ by the Body of Christ around the world:

• held in common

• taught as personal opinion

• ruled as unimportant

• rejected as false

Theology is properly defined as the study of the _______________________:

• creeds of the early church

• miracles of Jesus Christ

• things of God

• deities of the Bible

Protestant reformers in the 16th century used which Latin phrase to declare the highest authority for Christian belief and practice?  

• sola confessio

• sola sacramentum

• sola scriptura

• sola papatia