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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Trinity: The Christian God.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Prior to Augustine's conversion to Christianity, he had repulsed any idea of __________.
(a) Chastity.
(b) Charity.
(c) Purity.
(d) Patience.

2. What had happened by 235 CE?
(a) The Christian church had been banned from the Roman Empire.
(b) The Christian church had become one of the most important religions in the Roman Empire and a bastion of stability.
(c) The Christian church had spread to the Americas.
(d) The power of the Christian church had ended.

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

4. Even by that time the historical facts were being overlaid with mythical elements, which did ___________.
(a) Purported to explain facets of his life in the context of the beliefs of his followers.
(b) Trick non-believers into thinking Jesus' was the Messiah.
(c) Spread the beliefs of a mad man.
(d) Give Jesus' disciples power over others.

5. Once "God" is presumed to exist as a separate external entity, humans can _____________.
(a) Be like God.
(b) Externalize and worship their own prejudices and desires.
(c) Learn to be more loving and understanding.
(d) Forget about God.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Other religious traditions such as the Buddhist tradition insist that the Absolute is ______________.

3. What does the Koran mean?

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

5. Christianity was a religion of __________.

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