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History of Religion Unit 4. Sections 3 & 4

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False? The early Christians believed Jesus's true body and blood were present in the Eucharist.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Check all that apply: These were all included in the early house-church liturgy.

a)

Almsgiving

b)

Weekly Footwashing

c)

Prayers

d)

Sermon/Homily

3.

True or False? Diocletian converted to Christianity.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

True or False? Nestorius's belief that Mary should not be called the Mother of God was condemned at the Council of Ephesus

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The conflict between Athanasius’s Christological beliefs and Arius’s Christological beliefs led to the Council of _________.

a)

Nicaea

b)

Constantinople

c)

Ephesus

d)

Chalcedon

6.

True or False? Arius preached/taught a radical form of subordinationism (that the Jesus is subordinate to God/God the Father).

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The final version of the Nicene Creed was produced at the Council of __________.

a)

Nicaea

b)

Constantinople

c)

Ephesus

d)

Chalcedon

8.

The Council of Ephesus was the ______ ecumenical council.

a)

First

b)

Second

c)

Third

d)

Fourth

9.

True or False? Monophysitism taught that Jesus had two distinct natures.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

_________ taught that Christ possessed only one nature. That his human nature was essentially swallowed up by his divinity.

a)

orthodox Christology (as advocated by Pope Leo I)

b)

Monophysitism

c)

Nestorianism

d)

Arianism

11.

In Augustine's thought, the civitas Dei means the __________. (Advanced Honors only)

a)

City of Earth

b)

Underworld

c)

The City of God

d)

Image of God

12.

(Honors & Adv. Honors Only): True or False? Augustine lived during the rise of the Roman Empire, and his writing City of God was an argument for why Rome was "God's city".

a)

True

b)

False

13.

(Adv. Honors and Honors only): Augustine says the City of God and the City of Earth are _________.

a)

Rome before it collapses and Rome after it collapses (respetively)

b)

Physical locations. One is where God's glory is found and the other is under earth's atmosphere.

c)

Categories in which humans are divided according to the Fall: those belonging to God and those who don't.

d)

Heaven and the planet earth.

14.

(Advanced honors only): Does Augustine say the state is necessary? Why or why not?

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15.

________ issued an edict requiring all Christians to sacrifice to the Roman gods.

a)

Constantine

b)

Diocletian

16.

________ fought for control of the Roman Empire against his brother-in-law.

a)

Constantine

b)

Diocletian

17.

________ had a religious experience where he saw the symbol of the Chi Rho in the sky at the Battle of Milvian.

a)

Constantine

b)

Diocletian

18.

_________ converted to Christianity and legalized Christianity in Rome.

a)

Constantine

b)

Diocletian

19.

Christology means:

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20.

Define heresy:

a)

Sacrament

b)

False (or Distorted) Teaching

c)

Correct Belief

d)

Blaspheme

21.

Who believed it: Arius or Athanasius? "Jesus can be called divine only in an honorific sense."

a)

Arius

b)

Athanasius

22.

Who believed it: Arius or Athanasius? "God became flesh."

a)

Arius

b)

Athanasius

23.

Who believed it: Arius or Athanasius? "The Redeemer cannot be less than God."

a)

Arius

b)

Athanasius

24.

Who believed it: Arius or Athanasius? "Jesus was a creature. Perhaps he was the highest of all creatures, but nevertheless he was a creature."

a)

Arius

b)

Athanasius

25.

Who believed it: Arius or Athanasius? "The Son is not co-eternal with the Father."

a)

Arius

b)

Athanasius

26.

Who believed it: Arius or Athanasius? "There was a time when the Son of God was not." (Meaning, that the Son was created later by the Father).

a)

Arius

b)

Athanasius

27.

“Because the Word has now become human, sufferings no longer touch the body, because of the Word has come in it, but they are destroyed by him, and therefore human beings no longer remain sinners and dead according to their own sufferings, but having risen according to the Word’s power, they abide even immortal and incorruptible.” Who said it?

a)

Arius

b)

Athanasius

28.

_________ denounced (rejected) the common and established practice of referring to Mary as the 'Mother of God.'

a)

Arius

b)

Athanasius

c)

Nestorius

d)

Pope Leo I

29.

Why did Nestorius not believe in calling Mary the 'Mother of God'?

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30.

Nestorius's views on Mary led him to a Christology that said:

a)

Jesus is not co-equal or co-eternal with God. He is subordinate to God.

b)

Jesus has two natures that are so distinct from each other that he has two personalities or wills: a divine one and a human one.

c)

Jesus is one person with two natures: divine and human.

d)

Jesus is one person with one nature.

31.

What was the outcome of the Council of Nicaea? Check all that apply

a)

The Church officially affirms that Mary is the Mother of God.

b)

Arius's Christological belief (Arianism) was condemned.

c)

Nestorius's Christological belief (Nestorianism) was condemned.

d)

The first version of the Nicene Creed is produced.

32.

What was the outcome of the Council of Constantinople?

a)

The final version of the Nicene Creed is produced.

b)

Arius was executed.

c)

Nestorius is condemned.

d)

Pope Leo I's Christological position (that Jesus is one person with two natures) is officially adopted.

33.

What was the outcome of the Council of Ephesus? (Check all that apply.)

a)

The Church officially affirms that Mary is the Mother of God.

b)

Arius is executed.

c)

The Church sides against Nestorius (and condemns Nestorianism).

d)

They affirm that Jesus's two natures do not mean two personalities or wills.

34.

What was the outcome of the Council of Chalcedon? (Check all that apply.)

a)

Pope Leo's Christological position of One Person with Two Natures is adopted.

b)

Pope Leo's Tome was adopted as official statement on Christology.

c)

It officially affirmed that Jesus has one nature. His divine nature "swallowed up" his human nature.

d)

Monophysitism was condemned (and the condemnation of Nestorianism was reiterated).

35.

In Plato's allegory of the cave, the shadows represent:

a)

Copies/representations of the real world.

b)

The real world

36.

In Plato's allegory of the cave, the sunlight represents:

a)

The light of God

b)

The light of reason

37.

True or false? For Christianity, the world is not our home. But for Plato, the world is our home.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

This was a rigorist group that believed traitors to the Christian faith should not be allowed/brought back into the communion of the Church.

a)

Donatists

b)

Nestorianists

c)

Pelagianists

d)

Arians

39.

What did the Donatists say about sacraments that came from priests/bishops who had abandoned the Christian faith?

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40.

How did Augustine respond to the Donatists?

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41.

What did Pelagius believe? (Check all that apply)

a)

Moral perfection is attainable through effort and discipline

b)

We are able to come to God and live rightly without the need for grace.

c)

Original Sin

d)

Jesus is an example we are to live by

42.

How did Augustine respond to Pelagius?

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