41 Questions
According to Ignatius, who should believers follow?
The bishop as Jesus Christ followed the Father
During which period did Roman persecution of the Church take place?
Under Emperor Nero in AD 64
According to Noll, which events were not as important as the movement of the church out of Judaism or the stabilizing of its basic teachings about Christ at Nicaea and Chalcedon?
The Reformation events in the sixteenth century
At what point does Noll mention his own convictions playing a larger role in defining key turning points in Christian history?
Chapter 7
Who executed Jan Huss and deposed Pope John XXIII?
Council of Constance
Who argued for God’s existence from motion, causality, possibility, imperfection, and design?
Thomas Aquinas
When did Luther post his Ninety-Five Theses to the church door?
10/31/1517
What confession did Melanchthon present to Emperor Charles V in 1530?
Augsburg Confession
Upon what doctrinal issue did Luther and Zwingli disagree?
Nature of the sacraments
What was Erasmus’s foremost achievement as a humanist scholar?
Published the first edition of the Greek text of the New Testament
Who is Martin Luther and why is he considered a vital turning point in church history?
A Protestant who understood the heart of the Christian gospel and brought about significant changes in European Christendom.
What was one of the significant outcomes of the resurgence of Roman Catholicism from the middle of the sixteenth century?
The establishment of a fixed set of authoritative Christian writings added to the Hebrew Scriptures.
Who claimed to be part of the developing tradition of 'apostolic succession'?
Irenaeus
What was Irenaeus known for defending the faith against?
Gnosticism
What Latin theological expression is Tertullian best remembered for?
"Trinity"
What did Tertullian consider to be the source of heresy?
"Trinity"
What is dyothelitism?
The belief in two wills of Christ, human and divine
What did the Second Council of Nicaea (787) affirm?
Legitimacy of the veneration of icons and statues
What two related groups of doctrine were front and center in the Pelagian controversy?
The doctrine of man's inherent goodness and the doctrine of sinless perfection
On what basis did Pelagius argue for the inherent goodness of human nature?
The capability to do what is necessary for salvation
What teaching did the Synod of Orange (529) condemn as heretical?
The belief in predestination
How did John of Damascus justify making an image of God?
By referring to Acts 17:29
In what century did the Muslim conquest of Byzantine territory begin?
7
Augustine of Canterbury arrived in England in what year?
597
From which country did seventh (7th) century missionaries to China come?
Persia
When was Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor?
800
When was the Benedictine order founded?
529
What were the key factors leading to the Great Schism in 1054?
Reaffirmation of papal authority and rejection of Byzantine liturgical practices
What did the Fourth Lateran Council determine about the bread and wine in the Eucharist?
They are spiritually transformed into Christ's body and blood
What was the principal approach of Origen to interpreting the Bible?
Allegorical interpretation
How did Melito of Sardis express the relationship between the Father and the Son?
Equality of the Father and the Son
What event made Constantine emperor in the West?
Battle of the Milvian Bridge
What was the Edict of Milan?
Proclamation establishing religious toleration for Christianity
Who convened Nicaea I?
Constantine
What did Nicaea I determine about the Father and the Son?
Equality between the Father and the Son
What heresy did Athanasius fight against?
Arianism
Who were the Cappadocian Fathers?
Athanasius, Basil of Caesarea, and Gregory of Nyssa
Which heretical teachings did the Council of Ephesus (431) address?
'Christ-bearer' but not 'God-bearer'
What heretical movements were targeted by the Council of Chalcedon (451)?
Nestorianism and Monophysitism
What four affirmations about the incarnation did the Council of Chalcedon state?
Jesus is fully divine coequal with the Father, fully human being born as a baby, fully experienced life as a man, and fully participated in human suffering.
Whose interpretation of Chalcedon was affirmed at the Second Council of Constantinople (553)?
Gregory of Nazianzus
Test your knowledge of early church history with questions about Origen's approach to interpreting the Bible, Melito of Sardis's expression of the relationship between the Father and the Son, Cyprian's views on salvation, and the event that made Constantine emperor in the West.
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