The Early Church

The Roman governor of Judea during Jesus' life who allowed Jesus' crucifixion was _____

• Pontius Pilate

• Herod Antipas

• Julius Caesar

• Augustus

The traditionalist Jewish leader who believed in the Resurrection was a _____

• Pharisee

• Sadducee

• Zealot

• Essenes

The holiday that commemorates the Holy Spirit descending on Mary and the Apostles is called _____.

• Pentecost

• Passover

• Hanukkah

• Yom Kippur

The highest religious authority of the Jews that arrested Jesus was the _____

• Sanhedrin

• Pharisees

• Sadducees

• Zealots

The word for 'Anointed One' is _____ in Greek and _____ in Hebrew.

• Greek = 'Christ', Hebrew = 'Messiah'

• Greek = 'Messiah', Hebrew = 'Christ'

• Greek = 'Rabbi', Hebrew = 'Prophet'

• Greek = 'Logos', Hebrew = 'Adonai'

The Jewish holiday that celebrates the Angel of Death 'passing over' the homes of the Israelites, freeing them from Egypt is called _____.

• Passover

• Hanukkah

• Yom Kippur

• Rosh Hashanah

The celebration of the Passover during which Jesus gave us the Eucharist is called _____

• The Last Supper

• Pentecost

• Good Friday

• Ascension

_____ destroyed Jerusalem and the Second Temple in 70 AD, deporting thousands of Jews across the Empire.

• General Titus

• Alexander the Great

• Julius Caesar

• Nebuchadnezzar II

_____ was the first of the Apostles, first to declare Jesus as the Christ, first bishop of Rome, and was crucified upside down.

• St. Peter

• St. Paul

• St. John

• St. Andrew

_____ was the Pharisee who persecuted the Church, then converted and became the 'Last of the Apostles', and was beheaded in Rome.

• Saul/St. Paul

• Simon Peter

• James the Less

• Barnabas