Church History Midterm--Try it!

I teach Survey of Church History at a small Bible college, and some interest has been shown here on the BB in my Midterm Test, just given this morning. I'll post the first part here and see how much interest there is. Here we go:

I. Match the names on the left with the correct descriptions on the right. (2 pts. each)


1. Jerome ____---------------------------a. taught the need of ecstatic prophecies
2. Tertullian ____------------------------ b. conquered in the sign of the cross
3. Philo ____ ----------------------------- c. heretic who made his own NT canon
4. Patrick ____ -----------------------------d. “Apostle to Ireland”
5. John Wyclif (Wycliffe) ____ -----------e. opposed calling Mary “Mother of God”
6. Constantine ____ -----------------------f. earliest to use the term “catholic”
7. Clement of Alexandria ____ ------------g. the translator of the Latin Vulgate Bible
8. Eusebius ____ ----------------------------h. denied man had a sin nature from Adam
9. Nestorius ____ ------------------------- i. well-known Jewish philosopher
10. Ulfilas (Wulfila) ____ ----------------j. pioneer missionary to the Goths/Visigoths
11. Arius ____ ---------------------------- k. the historian of the early church
12. Montanus ____ --------------------- l. the father of Latin theology
13. Ignatius ____-------------------------m. taught that Jesus was a “lesser god” not equal to the Father
14. Marcion ____ -------------------------n. “the first Christian scholar”
15. Pelagius ____ ------------------------o. led translation of first English Bible

 

Note that the lines do not lead to the answers, but you must find the answers in the right column. I couldn't get the columns to stay separate with just spaces.

 

I should have said (hint) that only two line up. But tomorrow, perhaps, I'll give the answers. Maybe you did better than you thought.

 

Point well taken.

 

But then, you're a teacher too, right? Thumbsup

 

Here are the answers to that first section.

1. Jerome __g__ ---------------- a. taught the need of ecstatic prophecies

2. Tertullian __l__ --------------- b. conquered in the sign of the cross

3. Philo __i__ ---------------------c. heretic who made his own NT canon

4. Patrick __d__ ------------------- d. “Apostle to Ireland”

5. John Wyclif (Wycliffe) __o__ ---e. opposed calling Mary “Mother of God”

6. Constantine __b__ --------------f. earliest to use the term “catholic”

7. Clement of Alexandria __n__ -----g. the translator of the Latin Vulgate Bible

8. Eusebius __k__ -------------------h. denied man had a sin nature from Adam

9. Nestorius __e__ ----------------- i. well-known Jewish philosopher

10. Ulfilas (Wulfila) __j__ ---------- j. pioneer missionary to the Goths/Visigoths

11. Arius __m__ ---------------------k. the historian of the early church

12. Montanus __a__ ---------------l. the father of Latin theology

13. Ignatius _f_ --------------------m. taught that Jesus was a “lesser god” not

equal to the Father

14. Marcion __c__ --------------n. “the first Christian scholar”

15. Pelagius __h__----------------o. led translation of first English Bib

 

I'm grading it right now. Some of my students struggled with this first part--not sure why.

 

And now, Part II.

II. Underline the correct answer. (2 pts. each)

16. What was the number of Christians calculated to be in Rome by AD 250?
1,000,000 35,000 150

17. Jerusalem fell to the Romans in the year: AD 70 4 BC AD 313

18. What Roman emperor viciously persecuted Christians, but then issued an “edict of toleration” on his deathbed?
Nero Galerius Constantine

19. The “Thomas Christians” live in: Japan Germany India

20. Where did John Hus minister? Jerusalem Brazil Bohemia

21. This country came to see itself as (in the words of the text) “the leader of the Orthodox World.”
Egypt Russia Spain

22. Were the iconoclasts against or in favor of icons? for against

23. What church council opposed Arianism and defended the full deity of Jesus Christ?
Council of Nicea Council of Antioch Council of Jerusalem

24. What does the term “Lollard” mean? mumblers separatists baptizers

25. These men ventured out among the people to minister. monks friars

26. What were Christians called who opposed icons?
anti-iconists iconoclasts icon-haters

27. What word other than “disciple” was used by the early Christians to describe
themselves (especially in Paul’s writings)? saints Little Christs Jesus people

28. In the early centuries, the utmost glory a Christian could attain was:
martyrdom the priesthood the pastorate

29. The ruler who drove the Muslim armies back from Europe was:
Charles the Baptizer Charles the Maine Charlemagne

30. The heresy of the Cathari was: infant baptism dualism consubstantiation

 

I realize that #20 is a repeat question and therefore a gimme. So I need to revise this before next year.