Chapter 1 Self Quiz

. Revelation is an example of a Christian apocalypse.

True

False

. The earliest surviving Christian literature is written in Hebrew.

True

False

. According to some Gnostic Christians, the Old Testament God was evil.

True

False

. Which early Christian group believed in two Gods: the just God of the Old Testament and the merciful God of Jesus?

Gnostics

Proto-orthodox Christians

Jewish-Christian adoptionists

Marcionites

. What does the term "heresy" mean?

Evil

To choose

To reject

To agree with

. The term "canon" means:

Orthodox

Heretical

Authoritative

Ruler

. What does the term "gnosis" mean?

Knowledge

Salvation

Savior

Choice

. Which of the following groups thought it was blasphemy to call Jesus God?

Marcionites

Gnostics

Jewish-Christian adoptionists

Proto-orthodox Christians

. The Marcionites believed Jesus came to save people from

Sin

The Jewish God

Rome

Paul

. The Nag Hammadi Library was written in what language?

Coptic

Hebrew

Aramaic

Greek

. The word "epistle" means:

Biography

Letter

Conversation

Right choice

. At the end of what century did Christians begin to call Jesus' words Scripture?

The first century B.C.E.

The first century C.E.

The second century C.E.

The fifth century C.E.

. In what year did Athanasius name the current twenty-seven books of the New Testament as authoritative?

150 C.E.

288 C.E.

367 C.E.

432 C.E.

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