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WorksheetsOrigins of the Christian Church
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
In what year do historians believe Christianity first began?
2000BCE
0CE
34CE
1054CE
Who started the Christian Church?
Jesus
Jewish high priests
Pontius Pilate
Jesus' disciples
Which religion did Christianity grow out of?
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Judaism
What kind of Jew was Jesus?
Loyal
Rebellious
Ambitious
Wealthy
Who occupied the lands we call Israel today at the time of Jesus' death?
Romans
Greeks
Jews
Samarians
What method of capital punishment was used to put Jesus to death?
Hanging
Stoning
Crucifixion
Guillotine
Which emperor made Christianity the state religion of the Roman empire in 312CE?
Augustus
Nero
Caligula
Constantine
In what year did the
'Great Schism' take place?
1054
1034
1062
1059
What caused the Great Schism?
War in the Middle East
Collapse of the Roman Empire
Disagreements over the Bible
Plague
What two denominations (branches) of Christianity were created by the Great Schism?
Catholic/Protestant
Catholic/Orthodox
Anglican/Orthodox
Protestant/Orthodox
Where did the Eastern Orthodox Church wish for the Church to be based?
Syria
Israel
Constantinople
Jerusalem
Where is the Catholic Church based?
Rome
Venice
Florence
Paris
In what year did the Protestant reformation take place?
1512
1562
1517
1534
Who led the Protestant reformation by nailing 95 complaints against the Catholic Church to the door of a church in Germany?
Malcolm X
Henry VIII
The Pope
Martin Luther
Which monarch of England started their own branch of the Protestant Church in 1534?
William I
Henry VII
Edward IV
Henry VIII
Which wife did Henry VIII wish to the divorce, but the Pope wouldn't grant his divorce?
Anne Boleyn
Catherine of Aragon
Jane Seymour
Anne of Cleves
What is the Church of England known as in other countries?
The Ecumenical Church
The Evangelical Church
The Anglican Church
The Protestant Church
Who is head of the Church of England (Anglican Church) today?
Archbishop Justin Welby
Queen Elizabeth
The Pope
Prince Charles
Which of these is not something different Christian denominations have in common?
Belief in one God
Belief in Jesus' teachings
Belief in the afterlife
Belief in the importance of the Bible
What is the estimated number of different Christian denominations worldwide?
66
33,000
1 million
210,000
