# 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

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## 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**