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1st500Years of Church History

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Summarize the 1st 200 years of Church History in 2 words

a)

Missionary, Martyrdom

b)

Ministry, Majesty

c)

Missionary, Ministry

d)

Martyrdom, Monotheism

2.

Which heresy was dualistic?

a)

Gnosticism

b)

Arianism

c)

Pelagianism

d)

Semi-Arianism

3.

Which heresy hated the flesh/body?

a)

Gnosticism

b)

Arianism

c)

Monophysitism

d)

Sabellianism

4.

Which Council fought Arianism?

a)

Council of Nicaea I

b)

Council of Ephesus

c)

Council of Nicaea II

d)

Council of Constantinople I

5.

Which Church Father(s) fought Arianism?

a)

Nestatorius

b)

St. Athanasius

c)

St. Gregory of Nyssa

d)

St. Cyril of Alexandria

6.

What does the word Martyr mean?

a)

Witness

b)

Death

c)

Holiness

d)

Sanctification

7.

What book did St. Ireanus write?

a)

Against Heresy

b)

Against Hershy

c)

Against Homework

d)

I still can't pronounce "Ireanus"

8.

Who believed that they had a secret knowledge against Christians?

a)

Arianism

b)

Gnosticism

c)

Monophysitism

d)

Catholicism

9.

Roman Emperor that legalized Christianity.

a)

Constantine

b)

Constantius

c)

Charles the Great

d)

Nero

10.

What document legalized Christianity?

a)

Edict of Milan 313 A.D

b)

Edict of Milan 313 B.C.

c)

Edict of Mulan 313 A.D

d)

Edict of Milan 303 A.D

11.

Who brought Christian Artifacts from Jerusalem to Rome?

a)

St. Helen

b)

St. Ignatius

c)

St. Athanasius

d)

St. Felicity

12.

What is a heresy?

a)

A belief in Christianity that tries to make itself the Truth but isn't truth.

b)

False teaching within Christianity that is eventually proven wrong

c)

An attempt to uncover the Truth about God but eventually discovered incorrect

d)

All the answers are true

13.

Arianism

a)

Believed the Holy Spirit was not God

b)

Believed that Jesus was not God

c)

Believed that the Father was not God

d)

None of the above

14.

If you believed Arianism you would

a)

be a cannibal

b)

not be saved

c)

not understand the mystery of the Trinity

d)

All answers are true

15.

Consubstantial

a)

Of the same substance

b)

of like substance

c)

of similar substance

d)

All of the above

16.

In what prayer do we say the word Consubstantial

a)

Nicene Creed

b)

Council of Nicea

c)

Apostle's Creed

d)

The Creed

17.

Saint that fought Arianism

a)

St. Athanasius

b)

St. Ireanus of Lyons

c)

St. Polycarp

d)

St. Cyril of Alexandria

18.

Semi-Arianism

a)

Believed Jesus was not God

b)

Believed the Holy Spirit was not God

c)

Believed God was not God

d)

Believed Lebron James is God

19.

Who is NOT a Cappadocian Father

a)

St. Gregory the Great

b)

St. Gregory of Nyssa

c)

St. Gregory of Nanzanzus

d)

St. Basil

20.

Which Cappadocian Father came up with idea that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and Son?

a)

St. Gregory of Nyssa

b)

St. Gregory of Nanzianzus

c)

St. Basil

d)

St. Gregory the Great

21.

Which heresy said Mary was the Christotokos meaning Christ bearer

a)

Nestatorius

b)

Pelaguis

c)

Arianism

d)

Monophysitism

22.

What are Jesus's nature(s)

a)

Fully Human and Fully Divine

b)

50% Human and 50% Divine

c)

100% Divine

d)

100% Human

23.

Hypostatic Union

a)

Union of Jesus two natures, fully God and fully Man

b)

Union of Jesus two natures, 50% God and 50% Man

c)

Union of Jesus two natures, fully God

d)

Union of Jesus two natures, fully Man

24.

What Council fought Nestatorianism?

a)

Council of Ephesus

b)

Council of Constantinople I

c)

Council of Nicaea

d)

Council of Chalcedon

25.

What saint fought Nestatorianism?

a)

St. Athanasius

b)

St. Leo I

c)

St. Cyril of Alexandria

d)

St. Ignatius of Lyons

26.

Which is NOT a heresy

a)

Arainsim

b)

Monotheism

c)

Nestatorianism

d)

Pelaganism

27.

What document says: "The divine and human natures of Christ are distinct yet united in one Person"

a)

Tome of Leo

b)

Chalcedon Definition

c)

Edict of Milan 313 A.D.

d)

Nicene Creed

28.

Which law said: "He could not have saved us unless he (JESUS) was fully God and fully man."

a)

Chalcedon Definition

b)

Edict of Milan 313 AD

c)

Nicene Creed

d)

Tome of Leo

29.

Who saved Western Monasticism?

a)

Father Christmas

b)

St. Benedict

c)

St. Helen of Rome

d)

Constantine

30.

What are monasteries?

a)

Secluded Villages that provide the people with all needs from medicine, to prayer, to shelter

b)

Belief in one God

c)

way of life that secludes oneself from the rest of the world

d)

Jesus is always the answer

31.

Who wrote the Rule of St. Benedict

a)

St. Ireanus

b)

St. Ignatius

c)

St. Benedict

d)

St. Scholastica

32.

What was the name of St. Benedict Monastery?

a)

Monte Cassino

b)

Rule of St. Benedict

c)

Monte Python

d)

Monthy Casino

33.

Who is the head of a Monestary

a)

The Pope

b)

The Abbot

c)

The Bishop

d)

Jesus

34.

What do Monophysites believe?

a)

Jesus has one human nature

b)

Jesus has one divine nature

c)

Jesus has no nature

d)

Jesus never existed

35.

Which heresy almost took over the Roman Empire?

a)

Arianism

b)

Gnosticism

c)

Pelagianism

d)

Semi-Arianism