Test #7 Prep [A12]

Did the Christians always just know which books were inspired in the early church?

• No, some were still in dispute

• No, Jesus had to tell them

• Yes, the Apostles handed down a canon

• Yes, it was obvious to any Christian

How many books were declared as Canonical Scriptures in the Council of Carthage [419 A.D.]?

• 73

• 72

• 67

• 66

How did Martin Luther say Biblical books could be determined without the Church’s authority?

• Whether Christ was preached in them or not

• It was obvious to the believer, like telling sweet from bitter

• A Hebrew Primacy method

• Martin Luther never rejected the Council

How did John Calvin say Biblical books could be determined without the Church’s authority?

• Whether Christ was preached in them or not

• It was obvious to the believer, like telling sweet from bitter

• A Hebrew Primacy method

• John Calvin never rejected the Council

Why do Catholics believe they can know which books are inspired?

• Whether Christ was preached in them or not

• It was obvious to the believer, like telling sweet from bitter

• The Old Testament must be all in Hebrew

• The Church councils infallibly declared the canon list

Why can’t Protestants know what the Biblical canon is for the same reason Catholics do?

• Protestants don’t believe councils are infallible

• They are stubborn in their ways and beliefs

• It is hard to admit that you got something wrong for so long

• They don't want to seem too "Catholic" by doing so

What is the Deuterocanon?

• The books that Catholic Bibles have and Protestants don’t

• The list of the canon found in Deuteronomy

• The Church Council that declared the Biblical canon

• Traditions that Catholics have and Protestants don't

What books comprise the Deuterocanon?

[Select all answers that are correct]

• Sirach + Wisdom

• Tobit + Judith

• Baruch + Epistle of Jeremiah

• 1 + 2 Maccabees

• Select chapters of Daniel + Esther

Had the Jews always had an unchanging canon that never included the Deuterocanon?

• True

• False

• No comment

• Unknown

What is the Hebrew Primacy method?

• Following whatever canon the Hebrew people have

• The idea of following a purely Hebrew Old Testament

• Rejection of the New Testament for being Greek

• A theory that people had lost the meaning of