Moltmann's Theology of the Cross Quiz

According to the text, what did the Council of Nicaea declare in opposition to Arius?

• God is incapable of suffering

• God was not so changeable as his creature

• God is unchangeable

• God is subject to compulsion by what is not divine

What did the early Fathers insist on in opposition to the Syrian Monophysite heresy?

• God's inability to suffer

• God's ability to suffer

• God's divine compulsion

• God's unchangeable nature

According to the text, why is God not subject to suffering like his creature?

• Because of his divine nature

• Because he is incapable of love

• Because his being is incomplete

• Because of his full and free love

What is the specifically Christian element in the history of the world according to the text?

• The doctrine of the Trinity

• The monotheistic concept of God

• The crucified Christ

• The divinity of Jesus

According to the text, what is the material principle of the trinitarian doctrine?

• The doctrine of monotheism

• The crucifixion of Christ

• The unity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit

• The divinity of Jesus

What did Paul introduce into the term 'paredoken' in the eschatological context of faith?

• The historical context of Jesus' life

• Guilt and punishment

• Jesus' abandonment by God

• The Father's abandonment of ungodly men

According to the text, what is the formal principle of the theology of the cross?

• The crucifixion of Christ

• The trinitarian doctrine

• The divinity of Jesus

• The doctrine of monotheism

What does the author of 1 John regard the event of love on the cross as?

• The divinity of Jesus

• The existence of God himself

• The material principle of the trinitarian doctrine

• The unity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit

According to the text, what is the event of Jesus' crucifixion primarily considered as?

• An event within the Trinity between Jesus and his Father

• An event of abandonment by the Holy Spirit

• An event between God and man

• An event of self-giving love

What does the text suggest is the story of the history of man?

• The crucifixion of Christ

• The doctrine of monotheism

• The divinity of Jesus

• The 'story of God'