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Origins of the Christian Church

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what year do historians believe Christianity first began?

a)

2000BCE

b)

0CE

c)

34CE

d)

1054CE

2.

Who started the Christian Church?

a)

Jesus

b)

Jewish high priests

c)

Pontius Pilate

d)

Jesus' disciples

3.

Which religion did Christianity grow out of?

a)

Islam

b)

Hinduism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Judaism

4.

What kind of Jew was Jesus?

a)

Loyal

b)

Rebellious

c)

Ambitious

d)

Wealthy

5.

Who occupied the lands we call Israel today at the time of Jesus' death?

a)

Romans

b)

Greeks

c)

Jews

d)

Samarians

6.

What method of capital punishment was used to put Jesus to death?

a)

Hanging

b)

Stoning

c)

Crucifixion

d)

Guillotine

7.

Which emperor made Christianity the state religion of the Roman empire in 312CE?

a)

Augustus

b)

Nero

c)

Caligula

d)

Constantine

8.

In what year did the

'Great Schism' take place?

a)

1054

b)

1034

c)

1062

d)

1059

9.

What caused the Great Schism?

a)

War in the Middle East

b)

Collapse of the Roman Empire

c)

Disagreements over the Bible

d)

Plague

10.

What two denominations (branches) of Christianity were created by the Great Schism?

a)

Catholic/Protestant

b)

Catholic/Orthodox

c)

Anglican/Orthodox

d)

Protestant/Orthodox

11.

Where did the Eastern Orthodox Church wish for the Church to be based?

a)

Syria

b)

Israel

c)

Constantinople

d)

Jerusalem

12.

Where is the Catholic Church based?

a)

Rome

b)

Venice

c)

Florence

d)

Paris

13.

In what year did the Protestant reformation take place?

a)

1512

b)

1562

c)

1517

d)

1534

14.

Who led the Protestant reformation by nailing 95 complaints against the Catholic Church to the door of a church in Germany?

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Henry VIII

c)

The Pope

d)

Martin Luther

15.

Which monarch of England started their own branch of the Protestant Church in 1534?

a)

William I

b)

Henry VII

c)

Edward IV

d)

Henry VIII

16.

Which wife did Henry VIII wish to the divorce, but the Pope wouldn't grant his divorce?

a)

Anne Boleyn

b)

Catherine of Aragon

c)

Jane Seymour

d)

Anne of Cleves

17.

What is the Church of England known as in other countries?

a)

The Ecumenical Church

b)

The Evangelical Church

c)

The Anglican Church

d)

The Protestant Church

18.

Who is head of the Church of England (Anglican Church) today?

a)

Archbishop Justin Welby

b)

Queen Elizabeth

c)

The Pope

d)

Prince Charles

19.

Which of these is not something different Christian denominations have in common?

a)

Belief in one God

b)

Belief in Jesus' teachings

c)

Belief in the afterlife

d)

Belief in the importance of the Bible

20.

What is the estimated number of different Christian denominations worldwide?

a)

66

b)

33,000

c)

1 million

d)

210,000