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WorksheetsU1.1 Ecclesiology Quiz
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 22mins
Which statement explains God's action after the Fall?
He limited salvation to a single nation forever
He planted seeds of the Church to gather His People
He abandoned humanity to suffer consequences alone
He immediately established a material political kingdom
What is the primary purpose of biblical covenants?
To separate nations by strict ethnic boundaries
To draw people into deeper relationship with God
To grant material wealth and political control
To replace worship with ritual legalism
Match each salvation history stage with its description.
Before the Fall
Harmony with God and each other
After the Fall
Gathering His People through the Church
Covenants
Deeper relationship formed by promises
Which best summarizes the Apostolic mission given by Jesus?
Preach the Gospel and make disciples
Guard the Temple treasury strictly
Overthrow Roman rule by force
Keep teachings hidden from Gentiles
From what event is the Church said to be born?
Blood and water from Jesus’ side on the Cross
Covenant with King David only
Tongues of fire at Pentecost alone
Creation of the world in Genesis
Which statement best describes creation before the Fall?
Humanity ruled creation without God’s presence
Creation was divided between rival powers
Visible creation existed in harmony with God
Angels guarded Eden from human entry
In the Garden, what characterized the relationship between creation and God?
Temporary covenant based on fear
Strict obedience without intimacy
Perfect society of love in communion
Occasional worship with distant communion
What role is attributed to Adam in the temple of creation?
Prophet announcing future judgments
High priest leading and protecting creation
Scribe recording Eden’s daily events
King waging war against serpents
Select all true statements about the Fall and God’s response.
The Fall severed perfect communion
God ceased sharing His life with humanity
God established the Catholic Church
The Church was foreshadowed through history
Match each term to its description.
Temple of creation
Cosmic sanctuary of worship
Adam’s role
High priest leading and guarding
The Garden
Perfect society of love with God
Visible creation
World living in harmony with God
What does calling Eden the temple of creation imply?
A fortress designed for military power
A city focused on trade and politics
A school devoted to learning skills
A place centered on sacrifice and worship
What was broken when Adam and Eve fell into sin?
Prophetic visions of future events
Perfect communion between God and man
Civil law between tribes
Natural harmony among wild animals
Why is Adam compared to a high priest?
He offered worship and guarded creation
He wrote laws to control Eden
He judged disputes among animals
He built altars for personal glory
Which statement best explains why God prepared Israel through covenants?
To create political power in Israel
To end human freedom in religion
To replace natural law with rituals
To form a people for Christ’s coming
What is the most accurate definition of a covenant in this context?
A sacred permanent family bond
A personal private promise
A political alliance treaty
A temporary legal contract
Which role do the Israelites hold in salvation history?
God’s Chosen People
A rival nation to Judah
Neutral observers of faith
Founders of pagan worship
How did God reveal Himself to Israel over time?
By delegating authority to angels
By hiding His identity completely
By removing all moral laws gradually
By giving more commandments progressively
Match each term with its description.
Covenant
Sacred permanent family bond
Chosen People
Israelites called by God
Preparation for Christ
Progressive revelation and obedience
Old Testament
History of God’s people and covenants
Which statements describe humanity’s communal nature? Select all that apply.
Community reflects the image of God
People existed as family from the beginning
God is a communion of Persons
Solitary life is the divine ideal
What does it mean that God is a communion of Persons?
Three Persons in one God
Three gods cooperating closely
One Person with three roles
Two Persons and one spirit ally
Match each doctrine with its teaching.
Trinity
Three Persons in one God
Salvation
Sharing in the life of the Trinity
Church
Community of people called together
Image of God
Humans made for relational communion
Which statement best captures the purpose of the Church?
A community sharing divine life
A school for secular ethics
A political nation-state
A private self-help club
Which statement best explains why Peter is called the “rock” in Christian tradition?
He built the earliest church buildings from stone
Jesus renamed him to signify foundational role
His birth name directly meant unshakable stone
His steadfast faith earned the title symbolically
Match each term with its description related to St. Peter.
Simon
Peter’s original name as a fisherman
Peter
Name given by Christ meaning 'rock'
Papacy
Office of the pope founded upon Peter
Apostolic authority
Authority Jesus shared with the Apostles
What best summarizes how Jesus set the foundation of the Church through Peter?
By appointing multiple equal leaders without primacy
By symbolically blessing all fishermen equally
By establishing Peter’s unique leadership and the papacy
By granting authority only after Peter’s death
What is the New Covenant in Christian belief?
A promise limited to Israel’s twelve tribes
A civil pact between early Church communities
The everlasting covenant won by Christ’s Paschal Mystery
A temporary agreement replacing the Mosaic law
According to Christian teaching, how do believers first become members of the New Covenant?
Through Baptism
By confirmation
Through personal prayer
By reciting the Creed
Which pair correctly matches a practice with its role in participating in the New Covenant?
Baptism
Initiation into the covenant
Eucharist
Renewal and participation in the covenant
Paschal Mystery
Christ’s saving passion, death, and resurrection
Prophecies
Promises fulfilled in the covenant
Which expectation led many Israelites to miss Jesus’s identity as Messiah?
Desire for a spiritual reign through the Church
Hope for a temporal kingdom like David’s
Belief in a purely heavenly, future-only kingdom
Preference for prophetic silence and private faith
What best describes the Kingdom of God as preached by Jesus?
God’s reign over all things, begun in the Church
A hidden sect separate from history
Political sovereignty of Israel under a king
A moral code without communal worship
Match each term with the correct description.
Messianic expectations
Hope for national restoration and earthly rule
Temporal kingdom
Political rule like King David’s dynasty
Spiritual kingdom
God’s reign present through grace and the Church
Seed of the Kingdom
The Church as the beginning of God’s reign
Why did some fail to recognize Jesus as the Messiah?
He taught only private prayer without parables
He avoided all references to God’s Kingdom
He did not establish an earthly political kingdom
He rejected the Hebrew Scriptures entirely
According to the covenant history, what was promised to Abraham?
An end to all prophetic ministries
A great nation from his descendants
A private faith without community ties
Immediate world domination after exile
Which statement accurately connects David’s kingdom and later history?
David’s dynasty ended quickly after his death
God promised David’s kingdom would endure forever
Israel united peacefully without exile thereafter
The promise excluded any future divisions
Choose the best summary of the Church’s role in relation to God’s Kingdom.
The Church is a secret society awaiting a king
The Church is only a symbol without real authority
The Church is the seed and beginning of the Kingdom
The Church is the temporary replacement for Israel
Which statement best explains why the Church needs a leadership structure?
It functions as a real kingdom with governance
It is mainly a loose spiritual association
It relies solely on individual private inspiration
It grows only through spontaneous local customs
Who was called to be the head of the Church among the Twelve?
St. Peter was appointed by Jesus
St. James led after the Resurrection
St. John became chief by seniority
St. Andrew assumed leadership by vote
What authority did Jesus give when He established the leadership structure?
Mystical insight reserved for monks only
Authority in His Kingdom to the Apostles
Civil authority over Roman provinces
Legal power to enforce taxes and laws
Match each term with its role in the Church’s structure.
Twelve Apostles
Initial leaders called by Jesus
Bishops
Successors appointed to continue authority
St. Peter
Head appointed to lead the Church
The Church
A real kingdom requiring structure
According to the slides, who are the successors carrying the Apostles’ authority?
Bishops appointed to continue the work
Lay catechists overseeing civil affairs
Deacons chosen to govern secular courts
Monks elected to manage parish councils
Which statement best explains how Jesus reconciles people to God and to one another?
By teaching moral rules without sacrifice
By political leadership in Israel
By avoiding suffering and conflict
By passion and death on the Cross
What does the Church’s leaders’ service imitate, according to this teaching?
Apostolic miracles of healing
The prophets’ warnings to kings
Monastic rules of asceticism
Jesus Christ’s self-giving life
Select all statements that align with Jesus’ self-giving love.
He offered His life freely for sins
He denied the need for the Cross
He came to reconcile humanity with God
He laid down His life for His friends
