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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Light to the Gentiles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This competing philosophy formed the basis of the theology of __________.
(a) The Roman Catholic Church.
(b) The Eastern Orthodox Church.
(c) The Mormon Church.
(d) The Lutheran Church.

2. The Romans, initially regarded Christianity as _____________.
(a) A religion of which to become a member.
(b) An odd phenomenon.
(c) Just one more god and religion, which they allowed to exist alongside their own gods and beliefs.
(d) A large threat.

3. What was considered blasphemous by Jews and later by Muslims?
(a) Manifest Destiny.
(b) The Ark of the Covenant.
(c) God the Father.
(d) The Trinity.

4. Whose preaching resulted in the belief that the newly emerging religion could and should be embraced by the Gentiles?
(a) St. Simon's.
(b) St. Peter's.
(c) St. Paul's.
(d) St. Thomas Aquinas's.

5. The concept of a Divine Trinity is largely the result of the teachings of ____________.
(a) Augustine.
(b) Paul.
(c) Jesus.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. Christianity became the state religion of ___________.

2. It was after his execution as a common criminal that Jesus' followers decided _____________.

3. A consequence of God being presumed to exist as a separate external entity is that he assumes the attributes of _______________.

4. What two philosophers had competing ideas regarding the nature of the Christian God?

5. Does the expression "Son of God" bear the same connotation in Hebrew as it does in Greek?

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