Deck 18: Preparation for Reform

Question 1

What was Meister Eckhart's dominant idea?

A) Separation from God
B) Grace of God
C) Union with God
D) The fellowship of the Trinity

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Eckhart was accused of affirming which of the following?

A) Atheism
B) Pelagianism
C) Pantheism
D) Tritheism

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Eckhart's practice of detachment is what?

A) Abandonment of all creatureliness
B) Separation from organized religion
C) Mortification of the flesh
D) Seclusion from society

Answer 3

A

Question 4

How did Eckhart contribute to the climate for reformation?

A) By intentionally undermining Church authority
B) By emphasizing grace over works
C) By protesting to the use of indulgences
D) By emphasizing personal experience apart from the role of the Church

Question 5

Nominalists maintain that:

A) only universals exist
B) universal law is found in nature
C) only particular things exist
D) no particular things exist

Question 6

Which of the following was a nominalist in the Middle Ages?

A) William of Ockham
B) Thomas Aquinas
C) Abelard
D) John Wyclif

Question 7

Which of the following is not true of the Conciliar Movement?

A) Drew inspiration from the nominalist movement
B) Aimed to place the Pope under the authority of a council
C) Was condemned at the Fifth Lateran Council
D) Upheld the ultimate of the Pope

Question 8

Regarding transubstantiation, John Wyclif held that:

A) the true body and blood of Christ is added to the substance of bread and wine
B) the true body and blood of Christ replaces the substance of bread and wine
C) the bread and wine are merely symbols
D) it should not be an official activity of the Church

Question 9

Wyclif advocated that:

A) priests should read the Bible in Latin only
B) the church should tell people what the Bible says and means
C) people should be able to read the Bible for themselves
D) the Bible had many errors and needed to be corrected

Question 10

Wyclif's view of the church included:

A) those who have been baptized
B) those who were members of the church
C) the visible institutions
D) those who were predestined by God to be members