Church History
Who nailed 95 theses to the door of the Church?
Martin Luther
What is the doctrine of Justification?
God's work in justifying sinners--- forgiving our sin and making us right with God.
What are the four Gospels?
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
Who was the first king of Israel ?
King Saul
What are the 3 synoptic or similar gospels ?
Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
What was the name of the man who attacked Arius at the Council of Nicaea?
Santa Claus (Siant Nick)
Jesus is fully ___ and fully ___ this is known as the Hypostatic Union
Fully God and Fully man.
What 5 books are considered wisdom literature?
Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Psalms, and Song of Songs
Who was the husband of King David's great grandmother?
Boaz
Who is Jesus talking to during John 3:16 ?
Nicodemus
Who were the three main reformers of the reformation?
Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Zwingli
What are the two Protestant Sacraments?
Baptism and the Eucharist
What two books of the Bible start with the same three words?
Both Genesis and the Gospel of John start with "in the beginning".
Who did more miracles Elijah or Elisha?
Elijah is recorded as performing 8 miracles, while Elisha is recorded as performing 16 miracles in the Bible.
How does Peter come to understand that Jesus is the Christ?
The Father revealed it to him.
What was accomplished at the Council of Nicaea ?
Arianism was declared heresy and the doctrine of the Trinity was formed with the Nicene Creed.
Why does the analogy of water, ice, and gas to explain the Trinity not work.
It falls into the heresy of Modalism because it implies that God appears in different modes at different times.
What book(s) of the Bible is Job in?
Job and James
Which Judge is famous for being left-handed?
Ehud - He used his left handedness to sneak in with a sword.
Who in the New Testament says Paul's letters are scripture?
What was the East-West Great Schism over?
The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church split over the Filioque.
What does the filioque mean?
The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father "and the Son"
Which book of the Bible is structured like an ancient Near Eastern Suzerain-vassal treaty?
Deuteronomy
What are the five great covenants throughout the Old Testament (5 people) ?
The five major covenants of the Old Testament are the Edenic (Adamic), Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, and Davidic covenants.
What are Jesus's 7 "I am" statements?
"Beard", "Light", "Door", "Good Shepherd", "the resurrection and the life", "the way, the truth, and the life", and "The true vine".