Exam 12: Christianity

When did the Church found the Spanish Inquisition?

Who wrote the following? "Therefore I fell among men proudly doting, exceeding carnal and prating, in whose mouths were the snares of the Devil, limed with the mixture of the syllables of Thy name, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Ghost, the Paraclete, our Comforter."

Thomas Aquinas's great contribution to both philosophy and Christianity was his fusion of ________ philosophy with Christian doctrines.

Contrary to some Corinthians at the time, Paul teaches that there is not a resurrection of the body for humans.

Aquinas produced significant works in many areas of philosophy, including logic, epistemology, ethics, and philosophy of religion.

Thomas Aquinas maintained that everything we can observe has a cause, and it is clear that nothing can cause itself.

In what year were the contents of the New Testament determined?

Huge doctrinal differences between Eastern and Western Christianity were exposed in what is called _________.

In the late fourth century, several councils were held to resolve differences and establish doctrine. Which of these came out of one of these councils?

What does the following Key Term mean: -orthodoxy

The Book of ________ recounts the events surrounding the early church after Jesus' death and resurrection.

Many of Jesus' teachings were presented as ________; "The Good Samaritan" is one of the mosamous.

The Apostles' Creed, like many other declarations of faith developed over the centuries, tries to distinguish acceptable doctrines from unacceptable.

According to a leading New Testament historian, the Gospels are basically biographies of Jesus' life.

Baptism rites have been interpreted differently by various denominations of Christianity. Which of these is not one of those interpretations?

Augustine was born into a devoted Christian family.

Describe the Jewish world into which Jesus was born and how it may have affected events in his life.

A priest in the Orthodox Church will repeatedly express his own sinfulness and unworthiness, emphasizing that he is no less a sinner than his parishioners.

Matthew's account of the visit of the women to the tomb differs slightly from Mark's telling.

Many people in and before Jesus' time claimed to be the messiah and acquired reputations for performing miracles, healing the sick, casting out demons, and raising the dead.