On Christian Doctrine Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 199 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

On Christian Doctrine Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 199 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Augustine accomplished with his first three books from "On Christian Doctrine"?

2. According to Augustine in Book Three, what is a condition that affects holy men and God's commands of them?

3. What are the primary possessions of the student of Scripture, according to Augustine in Book Two?

4. According to Augustine in Book Two, in order for the student to become an effective teacher, what two skills must the student master?

5. What does it mean that Augustine requires his students to have such broad knowledge to master his course?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Book Three begins with an examination of how faith, punctuation, and pronunciation can contribute to clearing up ambiguities of Scriptural passages. Detail what steps a student would have to take to develop each of those abilities and compare the Scriptural interpreter who has developed them to one who claims "special gifts" as their source for interpretation and teaching.

Essay Topic 2

Book Four focuses on the significance of rhetorical skill in the defense of Scriptural interpretation, yet Augustine chooses not to teach rhetoric and advises his students to study people who are effective rhetoricians. Compare learning rhetorical skill from a textbook to learning it directly from someone who demonstrates the gifts for using rhetoric effectively. Choose someone you know to be a public speaker and identify techniques that person uses to effectively communicate with an audience and how you could apply their style to your deliveries.

Essay Topic 3

Augustine wrote after the reign of Constantine who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire. How do you think the role of Christianity in the administration of the Roman Empire affected theological rivalries among Christian leaders? Is it possible that Augustine was motivated by such rivalries to write "On Christian Doctrine"? Why or why not? If a rivalry similar to that between Augustine and the Donatists (those who believed interpretation came from "special gifts") was active today, which side do you believe modern political, religious, and secular leaders would choose and why?

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