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Ecclesology Chapter 2 Test Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the early local churches during the first two centuries, who would usually preside over the Sunday Eucharist, preach, baptize, and forgive sins?

a)

the local bishop

b)

St. Paul only

c)

Deacons only

d)

Lector

2.

How many ecumenical councils have there been in total since the beginning of the Church?

a)

7

b)

12

c)

21

d)

too many to count

3.

Which heresy denied Jesus’ divinity and instead claimed that Jesus was merely God’s greatest creation who was made before time?

a)

Arianism

b)

Gnosticism

c)

Consumerism

d)

Montanism

4.

Which of following is NOT one of the three degrees of the Sacament of Holy Orders?

a)

Papalstate

b)

Presbyterate

c)

Deaconate

d)

Episcopate

5.

In his encyclical on ecumenism Ut Unum Sint, St. John Paul II emphasized which papal title that alludes to Christ’s teaching on humility in leadership?

a)

Servant of the Servants of God

b)

In Persona Christi

c)

Senior Saintness

d)

Herder of the Flock

6.

Martin Luther promoted a theology of __________, which rejected the authority of the Church’s Tradition and asserted that the Scriptures alone were the rule of faith and practice.

a)

Sola Gratia

b)

Sola Fides

c)

Sola Scritura

d)

Sola Amor

7.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four ways in which the CHurch’s unity is guarenteed?

a)

By one common act of divine worship

b)

Through active charity

c)

By profession of ones faith

d)

Through Apostasy

8.

As Churches grew, several outlying communities arose. What were these called?

a)

Camps

b)

Dioceses

c)

Parishes

d)

Antiochs

9.

Which of the following was not determined the Council of Trent?

a)

The liturgy was standardized, making specific texts and actions mandatoray during the Mass.

b)

Bishops were now required to reside in their assigned diocese.

c)

The roles of Mary and the saints were properly explained.

d)

All of these were determined by the Council of Trent.

10.

The document legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire?

a)

Treaty of Rome

b)

Edict of Milan

c)

Edict of Antioch

d)

Treaty of Paris

11.

What is the Greek word for the divine love that is a total and selfless concern for the good of another person?

a)

Agape

b)

Philia

c)

Storge

d)

Eros

12.

The following statements relate to the three main issues that led to the Great Schism. Which of these statements is FALSE?

a)

Byzantine Emperor Leo III condemned the veneration of sacred images called icons as idolatry.

b)

Iconoclasm means worshipping a pope as God.

c)

The Eastern Church believed that the Holy Spirit descended through the Son, not from the Son.

d)

Pope Leo the Great condemned the Council of Chalcedon’s ruling to give all decision-making authority over the territories in the Byzantine Empire to the Church of Constantinople

13.

With whom is the Church on Earth united during the liturgy?

a)

saints in heaven

b)

people in purgatory

c)

Both of the above

d)

none of the above

14.

What does the Greek word “diakonoi” mean?

a)

servant

b)

deacon

c)

priest

d)

none of the above

15.

Which of the following is a schismatic group who believed in Christ’s imminent coming and taught extreme forms of self-denial?

a)

Manichees

b)

Catechists

c)

Montanists

d)

Gnosticits

16.

Sometimes Emperors themselves called ecumenical councils, including the council of ________ in 325AD

a)

Antioch

b)

Trent

c)

Nicea

d)

Ephesus

17.

In 190 A.D., a series of regional meetings were held to address disagreements regarding __________.

a)

The dating of the Last Supper

b)

The dating of John the Baptist’s birth

c)

The dating of Mary’s birth

d)

dating of Easter

18.

Who said the followings?


“Solidarity helps us to see the ‘other’...not just as some kind of instrument...to be exploited at low cost and then discarded when no longer useful, but as our ‘neighbor’...”

a)

Pope John Paul II

b)

Pope Francis

c)

Pope Benedict XVI

d)

Jesus

19.

What is the difference between a synod and a council?

a)

There is not difference between a synod and a council.

b)

A council is legislative, whereas a synod is not

c)

A synod is legislative, wherease a council is not

d)

Both are legistalive, but councils only take place once every century.

20.

Released in 1969 after the Second Vatican Council, the Missal of Paul VI celebrates which form of Mass that Catholics commonly attend today?

a)

The Ordinary Form of the Mass

b)

The Latin Mass

c)

The Tridentine Mass

d)

The Extraordinary Form of the Mass

21.

From the earliest days, bishops preserved the unity of the local churches with the universal Church through regional meetings called ____________, where they addressed questions of common concern.

a)

Kumbaya circles

b)

Episcopal Synods

c)

Ecumenical gatherings

d)

None of the above

22.

How Does Apostolic Succession protect the Church?

a)

It protects the Church from divisions among local parishes and dioceses.

b)

It prevents priests from giving boring homilies.

c)

It prevents the people ithe Church from ever committing sins.

d)

All of the Above

23.

Which word means “public work” or “service done on behalf of the people”?

a)

Agape

b)

Diakonoi

c)

liturgy

d)

Communion

24.

What term refers the Church teaching that establishes the pope’s authority and universal jurisdiction over the Church?

a)

Universal Authoritarianiasm

b)

Pope Swag

c)

Religious Dicatatorship

d)

Papal Primacy

25.

Which of the following is true about Apostolic Succession?

a)

After being appointed, a bishop would recieve the imposition of hands from aother bishop.

b)

It involves the careful selection of new bishops to carry on the faith.

c)

By the end of the second century, an individual bishop who succeeded in authority directly from the Apostles led each regional Church

d)

All of the above

26.

Central truths of Revelation that Catholics are obliged to believe

a)

Crusaders

b)

dogmas

c)

Apostasy

d)

Ecumenical Councils

27.

An effort to reform the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century which led to the separation of large numbers of Christians from communion with Rome

a)

Deposit of Faith

b)

The Great Schism

c)

Protestant Reformation

d)

The Great Reform

28.

Legislative gatherings of all the Catholic bishops in the world, where it is determined what things all the local churches will hold in common

a)

Synods

b)

Parishes

c)

Dioceses

d)

Ecumenical Councils

29.

A break in Christian unity that takes place when a group of Christians separates itself from the Church

a)

Civil War

b)

Schism

c)

Secede

d)

Annulment

30.

The name for the participants in one of the nine armed expeditions by Christians beginning in 1095 and ending in 1291

a)

Crusaders

b)

Holy Warriors

c)

Power Rangers

d)

Saints

31.

According to the Catholic Church, this is a false doctrine taught by John Calvin that God determines people for Salvation or damnation before they are born

a)

Darwinism

b)

Predestination

c)

Calvinism

d)

Protestantism

32.

This is contained in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition

a)

Nicene Creed

b)

Dogma

c)

Deposit of Faith

d)

Apostasy

33.

The denial of Christ and the repudiation of the Christian Faith by a baptized Christian

a)

Apostasy

b)

Betrayal

c)

Schism

d)

none of the above

34.

The unity of the Church is not casual or superficial. Rather, the source of this union is found in the Divine Model of unity: The Blessed Trinity.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Papal infallibility means that the pope is allowed to commit sins without going to Confession.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Jesus said to Paul, “I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven.”

a)

True

b)

False

37.

All Catholics, including the ordained and the laity, are called to evangelize.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Priests share in the bishops’ apostolic ministry by exercising oversight at each parish, and they are not required to be obedient to the bishop.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Beginning for the first time in the 20th Century, bishops were suddenly recognized as men who had the presence of the Holy Spirit within them.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the change from the Missal of Pius V to the Missal of Paul VI did not diminish the “fundamental structure [of the Mass] which has been preserved throughout the centuries down to our day.”

a)

True

b)

False