Schleiermacher Quiz

Schleiermacher was the founder of:

• Kantian Christianity

• modern liberal theology

• modern eschatology

• systematic theology

Friedrich Schleiermacher’s parents were:

• Roman Catholic

• pietist

• Lutheran

• atheist

Schleiermacher was highly influenced by the Enlightenment thought of:

• Thomas Aquinas

• Thomas Reid

• Immanuel Kant

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

In On Religion, Schleiermacher argued that the essence of Christianity resides in divine revelation.

• True

• False

Schleiermacher’s book The Christian Faith de-literalized all supernatural elements of the Christian faith.

• True

• False

Schleiermacher defines God as the ______, or world spirit that pervades everything.

• Geist

• Gefühl

• Gestalt

• Ubermensch

Schleiermacher thought that the doctrine of the Trinity was not essential to the Christian faith.

Schleiermacher understood the Bible as:

• divinely inspired, but not infallible

• infallible, but not inerrant

• neither divinely inspired nor infallible

• historically true, but lacking present-day significance

Schleiermacher held a high view of the Old Testament even though he de-literalized much of it.

• True

• False

Schleiermacher believed that Christ had only a human nature.

• True

• False