Early Christianity
When was the Great Schism, the separation between the Catholic church(Western Orthodox) and the Eastern Orthodox Church? The answer must be within the same century or 100 years of the event.
(triple points if you can guess, what was the final straw)
1054 AD
Filioque
Who is Proverbs traditionally attributed to?
King Solomon
What is the name of Adam and Eve's third son?
Who replaced Judas as the twelfth disciple?
Matthias
"Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
Paul
After Christianity was no longer banned in the Roman Empire, where was the second ecumenical council held, (a meeting of Christian bishops from all over the world). Where was it held?
(double points if you can give the date)
Council of Constantinople in 381 AD
Who is Elijah's successor?
Elisha
Who built the temple?
King Solomon
What was the name of John the Baptist's mother?
Elizabeth
“I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right side of God!”
Stephen
Latin Vulgate
Name three of the Minor Prophets
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi
Which of the twelve tribes ended up becoming the priests?
The Levites
Which two prophets meet with Jesus on a mountain? Points for each name.
Moses and Elijah
"And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins"
Zechariah
Where was the first gathering of Christian bishops after Christianity was no longer outlawed in the Roman empire? Double points if you can state the year that it occurred.
Nicaea, in modern day turkey AD 325
Which prophet eats a scroll? Double points if you know what it tasted like
A: Ezekiel, honey
What objects are inside the ark of the covenant?
The tablets with the 10 commandments, Aaron's budded rod, and a gold jar of manna
In which two gospels is Jesus' genealogy recorded? POINTS ONLY IF YOU GET BOTH OF THEM RIGHT
Matthew and Luke
“If You will save Israel by my hand as You have said— look, I shall put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that You will save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
Gideon
The doctrine of the Trinity is throughout scripture, and was believed by early Christians, who was the first Christian to use the word Trinity in describing God.
(double points if you can give me when he lived)
Tertullian (c. 160 – c. 225 AD)
What were the names of the three men who were thrown into the fiery furnace? Double points if you know at least one of their Israelite names, triple points if you know at least 2
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
Israelite names: Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah
What were the names of Eli's two wicked sons?
Hophni and Phinehas
Who is the letter of Philemon written concerning?
Onesimus
“Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”
Isaiah