Church History Study Questions - Singida

Church History Study Questions 1

Circle the correct answer.

What does the Greek word Ekklesia mean?

1. The people of God
2. Those called out
3. Those who are washed in the blood
4. Christian

In what city was the church originally located?

1. Samaria
2. Ephesus
3. Jerusalem
4. Jericho

Who was the pastor of the church at Jerusalem?

1. James, the brother of John
2. John, the brother of James
3. James, the brother of Jesus
4. Peter, the brother of Andrew

When did Jerusalem fall?

1. AD 67
2. AD 100
3. AD 70
4. AD 66

Fill in the missing words.

I Corinthians 12:13—"For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body…"

Paul established churches at Philippi, Thessalonica, Berea, Athens, and Corinth.

John was the youngest of the Apostles.

Answer true or false.

The church began on the day of Atonement.

False

The word history means the "branch of knowledge which deals with events that have taken place in the world's existence; the study or investigation of the past."

True

There are eight periods of church history.

False

The original members of the church were Gentiles.

False

The animal sacrifices ceased when the temple was destroyed.

True

Church History Study Questions 2

Circle the correct answer.

What event ended the Persecuted Church period?

1. The completion of the New Testament
2. The Day of Pentecost
3. The Edict of Constantine
4. The Fall of Rome

Who was a leader of the Persecuted church?

1. Paulo
2. Diocletian
3. Ignatius
4. John

Who taught Polycarp?

1. Peter
2. Ignatius
3. John
4. Jesus

What did the Gnostics believe saved us?

1. The blood of Jesus
2. Baptism
3. Secret knowledge
4. Persecution

Fill in the missing words.

Simeon was James' successor as head of the Jerusalem church.

Polycarp was bishop of Smyrna at Asia Minor.

Justin Martyr was a philosopher who became a Christian after meeting an elderly man who explained how Jesus fulfilled Old Testament prophecies.

Blandina was a Christian slave girl who was tortured from morning until night declared, "I am a Christian, and no evil is committed among us."

Ignatius was bishop of Antioch in Syria.

Answer true or false.

Christianity was hospitable to new gods while heathen worship was exclusive to the one true God.

False

The church experienced twelve periods of intense persecution at the hands of the Roman emperors.

False

The word canon means "a rod, rule or measuring device."

True

The church was unsanctified through persecution.

False

Church History Study Questions 3: Imperial Church

What sign did Constantine supposedly see in the sky?

1. A Cross
2. A Dove
3. A Sword
4. A Rainbow

What formed a natural barrier between The Eastern and Western Empires of Rome?

1. The Mediterranean Sea
2. The Black Sea
3. The Red Sea
4. The Adriatic Sea

True or False? John Chrysostom was referred to as “the golden mouth” because of his eloquence.

True

Describe the relationship of Christianity and paganism during this period?

1. The Church was infiltrated by Paganism
2. The church resisted paganism
3. Paganism was abolished during this period
4. Paganism is in harmony with Scripture

Church History Study Questions 4: Medieval Church

Why is this period called the dark ages?

1. No democracy
2. No education
3. No freedom
4. No Bibles in common language

Fill in the blank. Isaiah 9:19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened,

Fill in the blank. The Inquisition was a special court set up in the 1200's to deal with the heretics.

Fill in the blank. The Holy Wars were an attempt by the Roman Church to retake the Holy Land from the Muslims.

Fill in the blank. John Wycliffe referred to as the Morning Star of the Reformation.

TRUE or FALSE. We by faith receive the atoning work of Christ because his sacrificial death was sufficient.

TRUE

TRUE or FALSE. The Albigenes were located in Albi, Germany

False. Albigenes were located in France.

TRUE or FALSE. Everyone in this period worshipped and believed as the Roman Catholic church did.

False. There was a remnant that held to the scripture as the supreme authority and not the word of the pope.

TRUE or FALSE. The Waldensians were greatly persecuted by the Roman Church.

True

TRUE or FALSE. John Huss was condemned as a heretic and was hung from a gallows by a council of the Roman Catholic Church.

FALSE. He was burned at the stake.

Church History Study Questions 5: Reformed Church

What really brought Europe out of the Dark Ages?

1. Reliable facts
2. Better education
3. Vernacular Bibles
4. Good politics

Who invented the printing press in 1456?

1. Johann Gutenberg
2. Leonardo da Vinci
3. Johann Fust
4. Martin Luther

What was the first book ever printed on that printing press?

1. Farmer's Almanac
2. Latin Bible
3. Our Daily Bread
4. Luther's 95 Thesis

What name was given to those who deny the universal authority of the pope?

1. Orthodox
2. Jesuit
3. Protestant
4. Pentecostal

Fill in the blank. Martin Luther is considered to be the father of the Reformation.

Fill in the blank. Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to the oak door of the Wittenberg Cathedral on Oct. 31, 1517.

Fill in the blank. The Protestants in France were called Huguenots.

Fill in the blank. Twenty thousand Protestants were killed by the Catholics in one day on Aug. 24, 1572, on what was referred to as the "St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre."

Fill in the blank. The people called Separatists were those we wanted to separate from the Church of England.

Fill in the blank. The people called Puritans were those we wanted to purify from the Church of England.

TRUE or FALSE. John Knox led the Reformation in Scotland.

True

TRUE or FALSE. The Pilgrim's came to the New World (America) to trade with Indians.

False. They came for religious freedom from the oppression of the Church of England.

TRUE or FALSE. The Mayflower Compact was based on scientific principles.

False. The Mayflower Compact based upon Biblical principals. (The Mayflower Compact was the first document of self-government of the New World.)

TRUE or FALSE. Muslims led a counter Reformation against the Protestants.

False. The Jesuits led a counter reformation against the Protestants.

Church History Study Questions 6: Modern Church

Which of the following group of words best describes the Modern Church Period?

1. Poverty, worship
2. Idolatry, selfishness
3. Missions, revivals
4. Industry, money

In what two countries did the the Great Awakening take place in the early 1700's?

1. France and England
2. England and America
3. Sweden and America
4. Germany and America

Who were the leaders of The Second Great Awakening?

1. Finney, Moody, Spurgeon
2. Knox, Zwingli, Smith
3. Calvin, Erasmus, Luther
4. Wesley, Whitefield, Moody

Leading up to the Modern Church Period, what dogma largely hindered the evangelizing of heathen nations?

1. Sunday Worship
2. Infant Baptism
3. Catholic Eucharist
4. Calvin's Predestination

Fill in the blank. William Carey was the father of the modern missionary movement.

Fill in the blank. David Livingstone was called the pathfinder of Africa.

Fill in the blank. The Azusa Street Revival was a mighty outpouring of the Holy Ghost in Los Angelas California.

Fill in the blank. Billy Sunday and Smith Wigglesworth were also notable preachers of this period. (What were their names?)

True or False. Adoniram Judson was a missionary to Africa.

False. Adoniram Judson was a missionary to Burma.

True or False. Hudson Taylor was a great missionary but never started other missionaries other than himself.

False. Hudson Taylor planted 849 missionaries, and started 205 mission stations.

True or False. Billy Sunday preached strong against alcohol.

True

True or False. Smith Wigglesworth was an Apostle of Faith who had a tremendous healing ministry.

True

Church History Study Questions 7: Postmodern Church

Fill in the blank. The charismatic movement came out of the Catholic Church.

Fill in the blank. The gospel of prosperity has replaced the Gospel of Jesus Christ in many of our modern churches.

TRUE or FALSE. The Postmodern Church Period is over.

FALSE

TRUE or FALSE. The Postmodern Church Period is run by the ballot box.

TRUE