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Heresies & Councils Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are true of Gnosticism?

a)

Some spiritual people can learn secret knowledge, other material people cannot

b)

They created and circulated false gospels

c)

The Incarnation didn't happen

d)

Mary is not the mother of God

2.

Who called the first ecumenical council?

a)

The bishops

b)

Pope Sylvester I

c)

Arius

d)

Constantine

3.

What did they decide at Nicaea?

a)

Arianism was a heresy

b)

Mary is the mother of God

c)

The canon of scripture for the New Testament

d)

St. Nicholas has a mean right hook

4.

Nestorius taught what he did because he had a problem with...

a)

What Arius taught

b)

Saying Mary was the mother of God

c)

Saying Jesus was divine

d)

Saying Jesus was human

5.

The word ecumenical means...

a)

the Church authority

b)

by order of the pope

c)

the whole inhabited world

d)

doctrinal meeting

6.

Theotokos means...

a)

The union of two natures in Jesus

b)

Mother of God

c)

Mary most holy

d)

Divine revelation

7.

Docetism taught that...

a)

Jesus was more divine than human

b)

Jesus's humanity was just an illusion

c)

There are certain special people who have secret knowledge that can be saved

d)

Only the divine Jesus could do miracles

8.

Which of the of the following are true about (formal) heretics?

a)

They are Christian but have the wrong idea about something

b)

They have been corrected and refuse to change their mind

c)

They lead others astray

d)

They are bishops with the authority to teach

9.

The first ecumenical council was

a)

Nicaea

b)

Constantinople

c)

Vatican II

d)

Ephesus

10.

What was the model the bishops looked to for how they should run the ecumenical councils?

a)

The Council of Nicaea

b)

The Council of Jerusalem

c)

Peter's speech on Pentecost

d)

The cooperation between Peter and Paul

11.

Dogma means...

a)

teachings of the faith

b)

truths of the faith

12.

Doctrine means...

a)

teachings of the faith

b)

truths of the faith

13.

Introduced language about the holy spirit and defined the trinity.

a)

Nicaea

b)

Constantinople

c)

Ephesus

d)

Chalcedon

14.

Arius and Athanasius argued about the relationship between God the father and God the son.

a)

Nicaea

b)

Constantinople

c)

Ephesus

d)

Chalcedon

15.

Clean up council. Jesus is fully human and fully divine.

a)

Nicaea

b)

Constantinople

c)

Ephesus

d)

Chalcedon

16.

Who taught that God the son is less than God the father.

a)

Arius

b)

Athanasius

c)

Irenaeus

d)

Nestorius

17.

The heresy that taught that Jesus' body was not really human but a heavenly substance and so that he didn't actual suffer. He only pretended to be human.

a)

Arianism

b)

Docetism

c)

Nestorianism

d)

Gnosticism

18.

The heresy that taught that Jesus was created by God but not God himself

a)

Gnosticism

b)

Docetism

c)

Arianism

d)

Nestorianism

19.

The heresy that taught that Jesus is really two persons: one human and one divine

a)

Nestorianism

b)

Arianism

c)

Gnosticism

d)

Dualism

20.

Which of the following are true of the ecumenical councils (choose all that apply)?

a)

They were called to respond to heresies

b)

The first six tried to answer the question, "Who is Jesus?"

c)

Is a gathering of all bishops of the world (or of a particular area)

d)

The first ecumenical council was called by Constantine

21.

What came out of the First Council of Constantinople?

a)

The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed

b)

The Apostles Creed

c)

The Didache

d)

The Edict of Milan

22.

Which of the following are marks of true apostolic tradition?

a)

It was never debated in the Church

b)

It is inspired by the Holy Spirit (pneumatic)

c)

It is public and unified (or one)

d)

It is quoted from the New Testament

23.

"The heritage of faith contained in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, handed down in the Church from the time of the Apostles." Or, the sum of all truths revealed in Scripture and Tradition

a)

Doctrine

b)

Dogma

c)

Evangelization

d)

Deposit of Faith

24.
Great and holy leaders who have come forward to lead the Church and explain the faith
a)
Church Fathers
b)
Church Mothers
c)
Desert Fathers
d)
Council Elders
25.

"orthodoxy" refers to:

a)

heretical teachings

b)

authentic teachings of the Church