HIEU 201 Quiz 8 Early Christianity solutions complete answers

HIEU 201 Quiz 8 Early Christianity solutions complete answers

 

Paul's knowledge of ________ was of great value in his missionary work with both Diaspora Jews and Gentiles.

          a. Germanic languages 

          b. Greek         

          c. Aramaic       

          d. Latin 

 

From the point of view of the Romans, Jesus and his followers appeared to be

          a. potential allies in their efforts to control Judea.       

          b. harmless idealists.    

          c. subversives who seemed to emphasize political resistance to Roman rule.    

          d. just another mystery religion, no different from any other.   

 

Jesus practiced his ministry

          a. within the context of Jewish religious and national feeling.   

          b. in a manner completely consistent with the beliefs of the Zealots.   

          c. in a manner completely consistent with the beliefs of the Pharisees. 

          d. in complete defiance of all Jewish tradition.

 

Some ardent Christians

          a. withdrew to deserts and mountains seeking spiritual renewal.         

          b. committed extreme acts of self-denial in their zeal to emulate Jesus. 

          c. were dismayed by the moral laxity of some of the clergy.     

          d. all of the above

 

Because there were obvious and important differences between Christian thought and Greek philosophy

          a. only Jews continued to study Greek philosophy.      

          b. all early Christians rejected classical learning as a dangerous influence.       

          c. conservative church fathers rejected classical philosophy in its entirety.       

          d. most early Christians rejected the mysterious elements in Christianity, such as the belief in miracles. 

 

At first, the Roman government did not interfere with Christians because

          a. Christians were seen as excellent citizens.     

          b. they were preoccupied with other issues.     

          c. the number of Christians was small, and the Roman government was generally tolerant of local religions.          

          d. Christian values basically supported the social order and popular morality in Rome.

 

In the City of God, Saint Augustine stated that

          a. Rome's decline should be the central concern of Christians because Rome represented God's city on earth.          

          b. the collapse of Rome was an ominous sign that Christianity had weakened the Empire.       

          c. salvation and politics were tied together and that Christians should become actively involved in earthly governance.     

          d. Christianity would survive the collapse and fall of Rome and that Christian ethics should be pursued under any subsequent social and political system.     

 

The early Christians

          a. did not call for freeing of slaves but taught that slaves were children of God and should be converted to Christianity.     

          b. denounced slavery as a contradiction of the common humanity of all people.        

          c. mildly disapproved of slavery, saying it should be tolerated, but not encouraged.    

          d. actively supported slavery, claiming that slaves could not be converted.      

 

According to Arius (A.D. 250–336)

          a. all priests should marry and have children.   

          b. only celibate men and women were worthy of salvation.     

          c. God and Christ were the same substance, coequal and coeternal.    

          d. Jesus was more than man but less than God.         

 

The Pharisees were Palestinian Jews who

          a. demanded that Jews pay no taxes to Rome and resist Roman Rule.  

          b. insisted on strict interpretation of Mosaic Law.        

          c. favored a more liberal attitude toward Mosaic Law.   

          d. rejected the temple priest as corrupt.         

 

The greatest achievement of ________ was the translation of the Old and New Testaments from Hebrew and Greek into Latin.

          a. Saint Peter   

          b. Saint Ambrose        

          c. Saint Augustine       

          d. Saint Jerome

 

Christianity and Stoic ethics were similar in that both

          a. believed that all human beings are related and possess a fundamental dignity.        

          b. taught that human will alone can create moral transformation.       

          c. held that ethical standards were expressions of universal reason.     

          d. saw history as having an end, a time when the meaning of the world would come to fruition.        

 

Paul believed that Mosaic Law

          a. was an older and therefore more legitimate description of God's will than Jesus' teachings.  

          b. should be used to differentiate between Jew and Gentile.    

          c. had to be followed in its entirety to demonstrate the truth of Jesus' teachings.       

          d. had been superseded by Jesus' teachings.

 

The word Gentiles refers to

          a. non-Jews.    

          b. Jews who rejected the teachings of the temple priests.       

          c. a radical Jewish sect, even more fanatical than the Zealots.   

          d. people who were not born Jews, but converted in later life.

 

Similarities between the Qumran community that produced the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jesus movement include

          a. a belief in the end of days, thought to occur at a distant, unknown point in the future.       

          b. a rejection of the concept of a Messiah.      

          c. the advocacy of the overthrow of Roman rule as a prerequisite for establishing a just society on earth.          

          d. the anticipation of a coming messianic age.

 

The monastic rule of Saint Benedict

          a. imposed order and discipline on monks' spiritual impulse to withdraw from the world, by requiring that they work and obey the abbot. 

          b. forbade work and study, which it was believed, interfered with religious acts of devotion.    

          c. inspired extreme forms of self-denial and punishment among hermit monks. 

          d. encouraged monks to celebrate their religious devotion by the pursuit of physical pleasure.

 

The case for the supremacy of the bishop of Rome over the entire church was based on

          a. Saint Paul's teaching that the Roman Gentiles should continue to rule Jews and other non-Christians.          

          b. the Roman emperor's appointment of the bishops of Rome as the supreme religious authorities of the Empire. 

          c. Jesus having proclaimed that the church should have a pope and that he should live in Rome.       

          d. the belief that Jesus' disciple Peter, on whom Jesus supposedly had announced he would "build my church," had been the first bishop of Rome.     

 

Christianity succeeded in becoming the dominant religion in the Roman Empire partly because

          a. the Romans persecuted Christianity less vigorously than they did other outlawed faiths.      

          b. its emphasis on faith led it to reject all aspects of Greek philosophy and thought.   

          c. Christians welcomed all people, regardless of wealth, sex, or any other social, physical, or economic qualities.          

          d. it was totally different from the mystery religions that were popular at the time.      

 

The Christian concept of God and the Greek concept of God differed in that

          a. Greeks saw God as an abstraction, while the Christians saw God as an active participant in human lives.          

          b. Christians only approached God through reason and the mind, not through the faith or the heart.  

          c. the idea of God did not carry the same significance for the Greeks as it did for Christians because religion was at the periphery of classical humanism.     

          d. Greeks alone saw God in deeply personal terms, as a loving father.

 

Paul taught that women

          a. were equal in all things with their husbands. 

          b. were not subject to divine law.        

          c. possessed moral autonomy but were subject to their husbands' authority.   

          d. could serve in positions of authority in the church.