Sophomore Theology Review Quiz

Divine self-emptying, like in Philippians 2:

The founder of the Jesuits was:

When we say that God is our Father, we mean that God is male.

Who, after persecuting Christians, converted and became one of Christianity's early and most in

That a triangle has three sides is a(n)__________________ of a triangle.

That we cannot know whether or not God exists is

What is the central sacrament in most forms of Christianity, which stems from the Jewish Seder

Stewardship is

The Old Testament was originally written in

As Catholics, we believe:

The Jerusalem Temple was destroyed BOTH by the Romans and the Babylonians.

The tradition of the Church is derived only from scripture

Which of the following is an example of moral evil?

The rededication of the temple by the Maccabees is celebrated in which Jewish holiday?

When we speak about God, we must use this kind of language:

Of the three kinds of arguments for God’s existence, the _______________________ argues for God

As Catholics, we believe that the Bible is inerrant

The Jewish ‘name’ for God is:

True or False: According to Thomas Aquinas’ cosmological argument, God is a necessary being

As Catholics, we believe that Genesis 1 and the theory of evolution are compatible

God explains to Job the reasons for his punishment.

As Catholics, we believe that we are saved by faith alone

The Torah includes the following books of the Bible

Christians believe that God is omnipotent. What does this mean?

Which of the following is the Shema?

One using the historical-critical method would read the Bible literally

Besides, he reasoned, all of the people on death row deserve the punishment they get. If they

The assertion that God is beyond our knowledge is an example of God’s ________________.

Which is NOT one of the reasons that texts were included in the canon of the New Testament?

Br. Guy Consolmagno argues that Galileo was put under house arrest primarily because

The Christian doctrine of creation ex nihilo

The Gnostics were

This group was led by a rabbi (one who knows and can teach the Law).

Using a word to mean the same thing in two different contexts (a fruit bat and a vampire bat).

The first Christians were Jewish

Interpreting a scriptural passage ‘as is’, without looking at its context and adding to it your

Reading a Biblical text in context and trying to discern the intention of the author as well as

According to Jewish Philosopher Martin Buber, a dehumanizing relationship is one in which anoth

The synoptic Gospels are: (choose all three)

The most important books in the Bible for Christians are:

Theodicy is:

Catholics believe that since God is our Father, God must also be male.

In which ways do we believe that God reveals himself to us?

Catholics and Protestants have the same number of books in the New Testament

The “teaching authority of the Church” is

Buber considers the ____________ relationship to be the ideal kind of human relationship and li

Job was an evil man who was punished by God.

This was the first Gospel that was written

God tells Job

Of the three kinds of arguments for God’s existence, the _______________________ argues for God

The belief that God creates the world, but then does not have any personal connection to it is.

True or False: Mr. Tittl is a contingent being

The Bible existed in its current form in 200AD

Which of the following best describes Pope John Paul II's approach to faith and reason (and the

Galileo Galilei’s most important contribution to astronomy was:

Which statement best describes the Catholic belief in the inspiration of the Bible:

There are ______ creation stories in the book of Genesis

John Hick and Irenaeus of Lyon believe that ‘the world is a place where we make our souls’, and

Evolution can be taught in Catholic schools without conflicting with Catholic theology.

Of the three kinds of arguments for God’s existence, the _______________________ argues for God

Christians, Muslims, and Jews are _________________. They believe in only one God.

What does God say when he creates human beings?

The tenth plague which Jews recall during the Passover was

Christians were considered atheists by the Romans because they refused to worship the Roman god

Pork is unclean according to the purity laws in Leviticus

This group was focused on the temple sacrifice

The ‘name’ of God which means ‘I am who I am’:

Hurricanes, Tsunamis, and other natural disasters are examples of:

The 13th Century Scholastic theologian Thomas Aquinas wrote:

In Jewish texts, the name of God was considered too holy to say aloud. What word was substitut

A covenant is: