HIEU 201 Chapter 8 Quiz

HIEU 201 CHAPTER 8 QUIZ

Jesus practiced his ministry
    a. in a manner completely consistent with the beliefs of the Zealots.    

    b. within the context of Jewish religious and national feeling.    

    c. in complete defiance of all Jewish tradition.    

    d. in a manner completely consistent with the beliefs of the Pharisees.

From the point of view of the Romans, Jesus and his followers appeared to be
    a. just another mystery religion, no different from any other.    

    b. potential allies in their efforts to control Judea.    

    c. harmless idealists.    

    d. subversives who seemed to emphasize political resistance to Roman rule.

Paul's knowledge of ________ was of great value in his missionary work with both Diaspora Jews and Gentiles.
    a. Germanic languages    

    b. Latin    

    c. Aramaic    

    d. Greek    

At first, the Roman government did not interfere with Christians because
    a. Christian values basically supported the social order and popular morality in Rome.    

    b. the number of Christians was small, and the Roman government was generally tolerant of local religions.    

    c. Christians were seen as excellent citizens.    

    d. they were preoccupied with other issues.

Because there were obvious and important differences between Christian thought and Greek philosophy
    a. only Jews continued to study Greek philosophy.    

    b. conservative church fathers rejected classical philosophy in its entirety.    

    c. all early Christians rejected classical learning as a dangerous influence.    

    d. most early Christians rejected the mysterious elements in Christianity, such as the belief in miracles.

Some ardent Christians
    a. withdrew to deserts and mountains seeking spiritual renewal.    

    b. committed extreme acts of self-denial in their zeal to emulate Jesus.    

    c. were dismayed by the moral laxity of some of the clergy.    

    d. all of the above

According to Arius (A.D. 250–336)
    a. all priests should marry and have children.    

    b. God and Christ were the same substance, coequal and coeternal.    

    c. only celibate men and women were worthy of salvation.    

    d. Jesus was more than man but less than God.

The early Christians
    a. denounced slavery as a contradiction of the common humanity of all people.    

    b. mildly disapproved of slavery, saying it should be tolerated, but not encouraged.    

    c. actively supported slavery, claiming that slaves could not be converted.    

    d. did not call for freeing of slaves but taught that slaves were children of God and should be converted to Christianity.

In the City of God, Saint Augustine stated that
    a. Rome's decline should be the central concern of Christians because Rome represented God's city on earth.    

    b. Christianity would survive the collapse and fall of Rome and that Christian ethics should be pursued under any subsequent social and political system.    

    c. salvation and politics were tied together and that Christians should become actively involved in earthly governance.    

    d. the collapse of Rome was an ominous sign that Christianity had weakened the Empire.

Christianity and Stoic ethics were similar in that both
    a. held that ethical standards were expressions of universal reason.    

    b. saw history as having an end, a time when the meaning of the world would come to fruition.    

    c. taught that human will alone can create moral transformation.    

    d. believed that all human beings are related and possess a fundamental dignity.

The greatest achievement of ________ was the translation of the Old and New Testaments from Hebrew and Greek into Latin.
    a. Saint Ambrose    

    b. Saint Jerome    

    c. Saint Augustine    

    d. Saint Peter

The Pharisees were Palestinian Jews who
    a. rejected the temple priest as corrupt.    

    b. favored a more liberal attitude toward Mosaic Law.    

    c. insisted on strict interpretation of Mosaic Law.    

    d. demanded that Jews pay no taxes to Rome and resist Roman Rule.

Similarities between the Qumran community that produced the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jesus movement include
    a. a rejection of the concept of a Messiah.    

    b. the anticipation of a coming messianic age.    

    c. the advocacy of the overthrow of Roman rule as a prerequisite for establishing a just society on earth.    

    d. a belief in the end of days, thought to occur at a distant, unknown point in the future.

The word Gentiles refers to
    a. people who were not born Jews, but converted in later life.    

    b. non-Jews.    

    c. a radical Jewish sect, even more fanatical than the Zealots.    

    d. Jews who rejected the teachings of the temple priests.

Paul believed that Mosaic Law
    a. had been superseded by Jesus' teachings.    

    b. should be used to differentiate between Jew and Gentile.    

    c. was an older and therefore more legitimate description of God's will than Jesus' teachings.    

    d. had to be followed in its entirety to demonstrate the truth of Jesus' teachings.

Christianity succeeded in becoming the dominant religion in the Roman Empire partly because
    a. the Romans persecuted Christianity less vigorously than they did other outlawed faiths.    

    b. it was totally different from the mystery religions that were popular at the time.    

    c. its emphasis on faith led it to reject all aspects of Greek philosophy and thought.    

    d. Christians welcomed all people, regardless of wealth, sex, or any other social, physical, or economic qualities.

The case for the supremacy of the bishop of Rome over the entire church was based on
    a. the belief that Jesus' disciple Peter, on whom Jesus supposedly had announced he would "build my church," had been the first bishop of Rome.    

    b. the Roman emperor's appointment of the bishops of Rome as the supreme religious authorities of the Empire.    

    c. Jesus having proclaimed that the church should have a pope and that he should live in Rome.    

    d. Saint Paul's teaching that the Roman Gentiles should continue to rule Jews and other non-Christians.

The monastic rule of Saint Benedict
    a. forbade work and study, which it was believed, interfered with religious acts of devotion.    

    b. imposed order and discipline on monks' spiritual impulse to withdraw from the world, by requiring that they work and obey the abbot.    

    c. encouraged monks to celebrate their religious devotion by the pursuit of physical pleasure.    

    d. inspired extreme forms of self-denial and punishment among hermit monks.

Paul taught that women
    a. were equal in all things with their husbands.    

    b. possessed moral autonomy but were subject to their husbands' authority.    

    c. could serve in positions of authority in the church.    

    d. were not subject to divine law.

The Christian concept of God and the Greek concept of God differed in that
    a. Christians only approached God through reason and the mind, not through the faith or the heart.    

    b. Greeks alone saw God in deeply personal terms, as a loving father.    

    c. Greeks saw God as an abstraction, while the Christians saw God as an active participant in human lives.    

    d. the idea of God did not carry the same significance for the Greeks as it did for Christians because religion was at the periphery of classical humanism.