Jesus Christ of History and faith test

Which was a title given to Jesus after his death?

Redeemer

Jesus is now recognized by more than 2/3 of the wold as the Christ, the anointed one sent by God to redeem he world from sin

False

Even those who choose to not believe in Jesus’ divinity they would generally not deny that he existed

True

Which wa a title given to Jesus before his death? (2 answers)

Prophet and Teacher

Jesus of History and Christ of Faith are the same person and understood and experienced in 2 different ways

True

Which is not clearly considered a Faith source?

Historian

Which is clearly not considered a Historical source?

Bishop

The Christian Scriptures include a collection of sacred writings hat consists of 43 Old Testament books and 27 New Testament books

False

The Christian Scriptures should be read in the same way as a history textbook or newspaper

False

The calendar system abbreviation B.C. can also be abbreviated as?

B.C.E.

A Jewish Historian who mentioned Jesus in his writings toward the end of the first century about 60 years after Jesus’ death

Josephus

The Roman officials were always concerned about the growth of any political or religious sects. This governor wrote to the emperor Trajan about what to do with them

Plingy the Younger

Christian’s were blamed for the Great Fire and were killed/tortured in horrible ways according to

Tacitus

During the time period of this historian, emperor Caldius expelled the Jews from Rome because of the riots

Suetonius

The historical sources support the existence of Jesus

True

The first council of Nicaea solemnly affirmed Arianism as a true teaching of Jesus

False

The Nicene Creed states that Jesus was both the son of God and man

True

The council of Ephesus stated that despite the differences between Jesus’ natures, there is one person in Jesus

True

The title Mother of God is more an attempt to make a statement about Mary rather than an attempt to describe Jesus’ nature

False

In response to Jesus having a divine nature only, the council of Chalcedon stated that Jesus was human

True

The Age of Enlightenment antireligious views strengthened the church’s commitment to defend the religion

True

The Second Vatican Council started a movement towards more faith filled people of God by…(2 answers)

Decreasing tension between science and religion and a decrease in studying scripture

Christology from above stresses Jesus’ divinity

True

Christology from below stresses Jesus’ humanity

True

Christology from above begins with Jesus as a average Jew born and raised in Palestine

False