Deck 20: The Reformed Tradition

Question 1

What did the Reformers mean by sola scriptura?

A) Only the New Testament should be accepted as Scripture
B) All scripture is equally authoritative
C) The final authority of doctrine and practice is the Bible
D) Only the church's interpretation of the Bible is authoritative

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following was not one of the great "sola" statements?

A) Sola gratia
B) Sola fide
C) Sola scriptura
D) Sola justia

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Luther's debate with Zwingli on what issue caused further splintering among Protestant groups?

A) Justification
B) Predestination
C) Free will
D) Eucharist

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What was the center of Zwingli's theology?

A) The doctrine of free will
B) The doctrine of God's sovereignty
C) The doctrine of purgatory
D) The doctrine of God's universal love

Question 5

What was John Cavin's most influential book?

A) The Bondage of the Will
B) Summa Theologica
C) Institutes of the Christian Religion
D) The City of God

Question 6

What does Calvin call the "dreadful decree"?

A) Hell
B) Purgatory
C) Predestination
D) Original sin

Question 7

The ultimate purpose of all of God's decrees is:

A) God's own glory
B) the good of humankind
C) salvation for all who will believe
D) divine justice

Question 8

Who was Calvin's successor at the church in Geneva?

A) Jacob Arminius
B) Theodore Beza
C) Ulrich Zwingli
D) Erasmus Desiderius

Question 9

Arminius affirmed:

A) synergism
B) monergism
C) Pelagianism
D) Calvinism

Question 10

Which of the following was not part of the five points of Calvinism known as TULIP?

A) Purgatory
B) Total depravity
C) Unconditional election
D) Limited atonement