Deck 13: Paul

Question 1

Three Jerusalem "pillars" (i.e.Peter,John,and James)agreed with Paul's claim that faith in Christ liberates people from the Torah's bondage.Paul discovered evidence of their agreement by observing

A)that praying was no longer considered a necessary ritual.
B)that the Jerusalem church ate pork for dinner.
C)that homosexuals were "out of the closet" throughout Jerusalem.
D)that Titus was not circumcised.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What did Paul think would happen to believers who happened to be alive at the time of the Parousia?

A)They would be "caught up" in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
B)They would have to go through the Tribulation anyway.
C)They would die.
D)They would be taken to a safe location to wait out the war of Armageddon.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which books were probably not written by Paul?

A)Revelation,Titus
B)Romans,Galatians
C)1 Corinthians,2 Corinthians
D)Philippians,1 Thessalonians,Philemon

Answer 3

A

Question 4

In the sixteenth century CE,European Christians were bitterly divided over the interpretation of Paul's doctrine of justification.While the Catholic Church maintained that salvation by justification came through faith,observance of sacraments,and partaking of church traditions,Martin Luther maintained that salvation by justification came through

A)rebirth.
B)baptism.
C)divine choice (God alone decides who is saved and who is not).
D)faith alone.

Question 5

Which is not a difference between Paul's letters and the Book of Acts?

A)Paul had some sort of experience involving the risen Christ.
B)Paul studied under Rabbi Gamaliel.
C)Paul agreed to forbid eating meat sacrificed to idols.
D)Paul received the Holy Spirit after being baptized by Ananias.

Question 6

The Torah showed people the universality of sin and its inevitable consequence,death.How did Christ liberate the human race from death,which is the penalty for sin?

A)by paying the penalty himself
B)by offering immortality for obedience to the Torah
C)by reinstituting animal sacrifices
D)by stepping up priestly intervention on behalf of sinners

Question 7

For what purpose did Paul travel to Jerusalem after spending three years in Arabia?

A)to organize a revolt against Rome
B)to spread the Gospel
C)to quit his job
D)to get to know Cephas (Peter)

Question 8

Paul's primary purpose for writing letters was to

A)teach patience and tolerance.
B)harass members of the early church.
C)correct his recipient's beliefs and behavior.
D)announce the date of the Parousia.

Question 9

Paul's most eloquent praise of love focuses on

A)divine love.
B)the love of God.
C)the human expression of compassion.
D)love between enemies.

Question 10

What event changed Paul from being a "savage" persecutor of Christians to an indomitable Christian evangelist?

A)experiencing the warmth of the Christian community
B)a war
C)a revelation
D)a personal life-or-death experience

Question 11

Why was Paul given a "sharp physical pain" after his revelation experience?

A)to create an empathy between him and Jesus
B)to perfect him through suffering
C)to prevent him from being "unduly elated" by the magnificence of his revelation
D)to remind him that life hurts

Question 12

Paul's critics regarded him as an ineffective speaker with an unimpressive physical appearance; they though of his letters as

A)light reading and fun.
B)persuasive and beautiful.
C)weighty and powerful.
D)equally ineffective and unimpressive.

Question 13

Paul based his authority,and the validity of his gospel,on

A)his standing in the Sanhedrin.
B)his position in the Jerusalem church.
C)his private revelation of the postresurrection Jesus.
D)his faultless adherence to the commands of the Torah.

Question 14

God's active force that denotes his presence and affects his will in this world is called

A)epiphany.
B)the Glory.
C)Soul Power.
D)the Spirit.

Question 15

Paul's conversion might have happened around

A)112-114 CE.
B)55-56 CE.
C)32-34 CE.
D)12-13 CE.

Question 16

According to Paul's letter to the Galatians,Paul was on his way to Damascus before he experienced his revelation of Jesus,but he did not continue to Damascus after the vision.Where did he go instead?

A)Alexandria
B)Jerusalem
C)Tarsus
D)Arabia

Question 17

Paul told the Corinthians that "we shall not all die." What will happen to those who do not die?

A)They will have their earthly bodies repaired and continue to inhabit the earth as rulers.
B)They will be "changed."
C)They will fall into comas until history comes to an end.
D)They will be reincarnated.

Question 18

Paul outlined a theology of redemption through _____ that has become central to Christianity's self-understanding.

A)forgiveness
B)love
C)faith
D)Communion

Question 19

Paul's essential gospel states that

A)salvation through Christ requires dismissing everything learned through the Torah.
B)rigorous observance of the Torah wins salvation.
C)salvation is given by being "faultless" in God's eyes.
D)people are not saved by obedience to the Torah commands,but rather by faith in Christ.

Question 20

Paul's letters are considered "occasional" because

A)they were only to be read on the high holidays.
B)they were only written sporadically,as he felt like it.
C)they dealt with specific events,issues,or crises.
D)they were after-thoughts to the main Gospel he was writing.

Question 21

Scholars generally agree that the prescriptions limiting women's roles within the Christian community,as expressed in 1 Timothy,accurately reflect Paul's views of women in the church.

Question 22

Paul's heritage extends back to the Tribe of Benjamin.

Question 23

The "captivity letters" (probably written by Paul during one of his times of imprisonment)include Colossians,Philemon,Philippians,and possibly Ephesians.

Question 24

After his conversion in the early to mid-30s,Paul traveled extensively as a missionary in the 40s and 50s,arriving in Rome in 60 CE.

Question 25

During his early career,Paul was a devout Pharisee who "savagely" persecuted the first Christians.

Question 26

Paul had been baptized by John the Baptist.

Question 27

Martin Luther posted his protests against church practices on the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg,Germany.

Question 28

Paul is purported to have changed his name from "Saul" to "Paul."

Question 29

After Paul's revelation of Jesus he went to Jerusalem immediately to consult the Twelve.

Question 30

Before Paul spearheaded Christianity's mission to the Gentiles,he was a Pharisee and persecutor of Christians.

Question 31

Some Thessalonian believers were afraid that the Christian dead would miss out on their reward because they died before the Parousia.

Question 32

Paul was one of the twelve original apostles before "falling away" from the faith and taking up his former career in Pharisee law,and along with it,the persecution of Christians.

Question 33

The joint Catholic-Lutheran declaration,signed in 1999,states that faith is essential to salvation.

Question 34

Whatever the nature of Paul's calling/conversion,he did not spare himself in laboring to honor his divine patron.

Question 35

Church tradition ascribes no more than about six canonical letters to Paul,about an eighth of the New Testament.

Question 36

The oldest Christian writing in existence is 1 Thessalonians.

Question 37

There are contradictions between Paul's direct testimony about the chronological order of events he reported in his letters and those reported in the Book of Acts.