BTheol Bachelor of Theology Church History 2

Question 1

Which council in 381 AD expanded the Nicene Creed to include a fuller statement on the Holy Spirit?

Accepted Answer

First Council of Constantinople

Answer

Council of Ephesus

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Council of Chalcedon

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Council of Carthage

Question 2

The Donatist controversy in North Africa centered primarily on which issue?

Accepted Answer

The validity of sacraments performed by unworthy clergy

Answer

The nature of Christ

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The authority of the Bishop of Rome

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Sunday worship versus Saturday Sabbath

Question 3

Who wrote 'The City of God,' a major work defending Christianity after the sack of Rome in 410 AD?

Accepted Answer

Augustine of Hippo

Answer

Jerome

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Ambrose of Milan

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John Chrysostom

Question 4

The Great Schism of 1054 formally divided Christianity into which two branches?

Accepted Answer

Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox

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Catholic and Protestant

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Anglican and Lutheran

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Byzantine and Coptic

Question 5

Which monastic order, founded by Benedict of Nursia around 529 AD, became the dominant form of Western monasticism?

Accepted Answer

Benedictine Order

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Franciscan Order

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Dominican Order

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Augustinian Order

Question 6

The Iconoclast Controversy in the Byzantine Church (726–843 AD) debated whether it was acceptable to do what?

Accepted Answer

Venerate religious images

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Translate Scripture into local languages

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Allow women to serve as deaconesses

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Celebrate Easter on a fixed date

Question 7

Which reformer is associated with the 'Institutes of the Christian Religion' and the Reformed tradition centered in Geneva?

Accepted Answer

John Calvin

Answer

Ulrich Zwingli

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Martin Luther

Answer

John Knox