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ChuHis PRACTICE Test 5 (Ch. 4) 2005



True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

Deviation from the official Roman religion was seen as a threat to the well-being of the empire.
 

 2. 

Romans viewed Christianity as a patriotic movement.
 

 3. 

Persecution of Christians lasted on and off for about twenty years total.
 

 4. 

Because Emperor Diocletian had Christian relatives, he was tolerant of Christianity.
 

 5. 

Christians who offered sacrifices to Roman idols were guilty of apostasy.
 

 6. 

The church agreed wholeheartedly that apostates should never be allowed to be Christian again.
 

 7. 

An apostates's performance of public penance and participation in a rite of re-entry into the church were the roots of what came to be known as the sacrament of reconciliation.
 

 8. 

Byzantium was eventually named Constantinople.
 

 9. 

Diocletian moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium because that is where the population of the empire was concentrated.
 

 10. 

Constantine believed in the separation of church and state.
 

 11. 

The Gnostics held that because the body is evil, Jesus could not have been human.
 

 12. 

The Gnostics held that Jesus was subordinate to God.
 

 13. 

The Nicene Creed has been an important definition of membership in the Christian church for over sixteen hundred years.
 

 14. 

You are labled a Heretic if you disagree with any teaching of the church.
 

 15. 

Athanasius wrote, "Jesus is related to God as brightness is to light."
 

 16. 

The complexities of the church's relationship with civil government, which began with Constantine, no longer affect the Church today
 

 17. 

Small Christian communities sprang up all over the Roman Empire in the second and third centuries; they were united by a strong common faith, by mutual charity, and by evolving structures such as the roles of the bishops and deacons.
 

 18. 

In the second and third centuries life was fairly peaceful for most Romans, however, many Christians were martyred for their faith.
 

 19. 

Apologists wrote, preached, and taught about Jesus; they tried to state clearly the truths of Christianity.
 

 20. 

In A.D. 332, the Church entered a new era when Constantine granted it freedom of worship and gave it lands and buildings.
 

 21. 

Arianism divided the Church, but the creed formulated at the Nicene Council clarified central truths about Jesus, even if it did not bring unity.
 

 22. 

The pacifism of early Christian citizens of Rome was regarded as cowardly by the Romans.
 

 23. 

Apostates were people who preceded the Apostles.
 

 24. 

The Edict of Milan made Christianity the only religion allowed.
 

 25. 

Christians were regarded as disloyal citizens because of their refusal to pay interest on Roman loans.
 

Matching
Match the lettered answers with the numbered statements or questions that immediately follow.
 
 
Matching: match the answers below with the statements that follow.  Answers may
A.
Apologist
E.
Arius
B.
Apostates
F.
Athanasius
C.
Apostle's Creed
G.
None of these
D.
Arianism
 

 26. 

These people were let back into the church after penance.
 

 27. 

Belief that the body is evil
 

 28. 

Heretic
 

 29. 

Sacrificed to roman gods to save themselves from death
 

 30. 

Priest from Alexandria who believed Jesus was subordinate to God
 

 31. 

Defenders of the faith
 

 32. 

Belief that denies Jesus' divinity
 

 33. 

Justin was one
 

 34. 

Bishop from Alexandria who opposed Arianism
 

 35. 

The Christian belief statement before the Council of Nicaea
 

 36. 

Wanted to return to the church after renouncing it
 

 37. 

Knew Greek philosophy and could debate with non-Christians equally
 

 38. 

Belief that said God made Jesus at some point in time
 

 39. 

Started Arianism
 

 40. 

He said that Jesus is related to God as brightness is to light
 

 41. 

He believed that Jesus wasn’t really human, he was only divine, made of the same substance as God.
 

 42. 

Irenaeus was one
 

 43. 

Begins with the following: I believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord
 

 44. 

Said that Jesus became man “so that you might learn from a man how a man may become God.”
 

 45. 

Removed from office five times by four different emperors because of plotting by Arians.
 
 
Matching: Use the answers below for the statements that follow.  Answers may be used once or more than once.
A.
Barbarians
F.
Diocletian
B.
Byzantium
G.
Edict of Milan
C.
Chi Rho
H.
Deacons
D.
Blandina
I.
None of these
E.
Gnosticism
 

 46. 

Jesus not divine or human but somewhere in between
 

 47. 

Especially helped the poor, widowed and orphaned
 

 48. 

Declared Arianism a heresy in 325 CE
 

 49. 

Believes that Jesus was an apparition
 

 50. 

The symbol Constantine put on shields and banners
 

 51. 

Hairy ones who spoke an unknown language
 

 52. 

Woman, slave, martyr
 

 53. 

Granted freedom of worship in the Roman Empire
 

 54. 

Roman emperor who tried to unite the empire by horribly persecuting Christians
 

 55. 

A heresy
 

 56. 

Small town renamed Constantinople
 

 57. 

Produced the Nicene Creed
 

 58. 

Issued by Constantine and the eastern emperor in 313 CE
 

 59. 

Emperor who held off barbarians and was well-organized
 

 60. 

The belief that they had special secret knowledge of God
 

 61. 

Met in Nicaea
 

 62. 

Their threat contributed to Christian persecution
 

 63. 

Belief that knowledge is more important than faith
 

 64. 

The first two letters of Christ in Greek
 

 65. 

Woman who endured horrible persecution
 

 66. 

Usually ministered part time and had a regular full time job
 

 67. 

Modern day Istanbul
 

 68. 

The greek word that means Bishop
 

 69. 

Martyred in Lyons
 

 70. 

Would call your laptop evil
 
 
Matching: Use the answers below for the statements that follow.  Answers may be used once or more than once.
A.
Heresy
H.
Ignatius
B.
Rome
I.
Nicene Creed
C.
Theodosius
J.
Sacrament of Reconciliation
D.
Martyrs
K.
Pacifism
E.
Women
L.
Pax Romana
F.
Separation of Church and State
M.
Irenaeus
G.
Justin
N.
none of these
 

 71. 

Bishop taken to Rome to be eaten by lions
 

 72. 

Apostate's public penance is the first form of this
 

 73. 

The belief that it is wrong to kill another human being and participate in warfare
 

 74. 

Born to non-Christians parents
 

 75. 

The peace of order through fear
 

 76. 

The opposite happened after 313 CE
 

 77. 

Center of the Roman Catholic Church
 

 78. 

Left out of church history recorded by men with a few notable exceptions
 

 79. 

Belief contrary to some essential teaching of the church
 

 80. 

Searched for meaning of life and found it in Christianity
 

 81. 

People who die for their faith
 

 82. 

Bishop of Lyons, opposed Gnosticism
 

 83. 

From Antioch
 

 84. 

Rejects Arianism with the words, "Light from Light"
 

 85. 

Made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire
 

 86. 

Gnosticism and Arianism
 

 87. 

Declared paganism illegal
 

 88. 

Means “Peace of Rome”
 

 89. 

The Emperor that executed the last great Roman persecution of Christians
 

 90. 

Says “true God from true God, begotten, not made, One in being with the Father”
 
 
Matching: Use the following answers for the statements below.  Answers may be used once or more that once.
A.
Arianism
D.
pacifism
B.
Apostasy
E.
Constantine 
C.
Gnosticism 
F.
none of these
 

 91. 

The renunciation of one's Christianity
 

 92. 

Relatively consistent view of early Christianity toward war
 

 93. 

Viewed by Romans as a failure to carry out a patriotic duty
 

 94. 

Issued the Edict of Milan
 

 95. 

Denial of Christ's humanity
 

 96. 

Held that salvation was the privilege of the few knowledgeable ones
 

 97. 

Could be forgiven after public penance
 

 98. 

Athanasius wrote and spoke strongly and clearly against this heresy
 

 99. 

Condemned by the Council of Nicaea
 

 100. 

His mom was Christian
 

 101. 

Claimed a great military victory in the name of Christ, the Son of God
 

 102. 

Denial of Christ's divinity
 

 103. 

Outlawed by Theodosius in 392 AD
 

 104. 

Believed human beings remained totally ingnorant of God because God was so far removed from material things
 

 105. 

This heresy was especially problematic in the eastern part of the Roman Empire
 



 
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