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Chapter 15: The Doctrine of the Church

Quiz questions: 1. The theology of the doctrine of the church is known as ______. 2. The New Testament emphasizes the continuity between ______and the church. 3. Lumen Gentium is an important document from the ______church on the nature of the church. 4. The term ______refers to the nature of the church as universal or general. 5. The doctrine of the unity of the church owes much to ______of Carthage.

Multiple-choice questions: 1) The bishop of Rome, or the pope, was seen as the successor to a. the apostle Paul b. Jesus Christ c. St. Peter d. St. John

2) The roots of the Donatist controversy concerned people known as traditores, who a. refused to take the sacraments from a sinful priest b. handed over their Christian books to be burned during times of persecution c. persecuted Christians and burned churches d. believed in the importance of the purity of the church

3) During the Donatist controversy, Augustine argued that a. bishops who had left the church and then returned should not be allowed to administer the sacraments b. the church is made up of saints, not sinners c. the church is a mixed body of both saints and sinners d. it is the church’s responsibility to separate good from evil

4) In the sixteenth century, the first generation of reformers (such as Martin Luther) generally regarded their separation from the Catholic church in the following way: a. their withdrawal was only temporary, and they would soon reunite with the Catholic church

Wiley-Blackwell 2010 b. their breakaway movement was now the true church, and the Catholic church was no longer truly Christian c. the Catholic church had kicked them out against their will, and until the Catholic church accepted them back they were in danger of damnation d. by opposing the reformers, the Catholic church had permanently severed ties with the reformers and their new churches

5) The idea that the true church is wherever the Word of God is preached, and the sacraments are rightly administered, is associated especially with a. John Calvin b. Augustine c. Menno Simons d. the Council of Trent

6) The policy of noninvolvement in secular affairs and nonresistance to secular authorities was adopted by a. Martin Luther b. Catholic churches after the Council of Trent c. Calvinist/Reformed churches d. the radical Reformation (Anabaptist) churches

7) Anabaptist churches used the “ban” to a. distinguish between Christians and unbelievers b. exercise discipline within its church communities c. resolve conflicts between the clergy and the laity d. issue an official condemnation of the Catholic church

8) The idea that the church is “like a sacrament” grew out of a. the theology of John Calvin b. Karl Barth’s theology c. the Second Vatican Council d. Anabaptist ecclesiology

9) Theologians Karl Barth, Leonardo Boff, and John Zizioulas all emphasized the importance of the following in their understandings of the church: a. the pure nature of the church as an assembly of the righteous b. the role of the Holy Spirit c. the importance of church structures and hierarchies d. the importance of church discipline

10) Before the Second Vatican Council, Catholic theologians tended to think of the church as a. a perfect society b. an invisible and spiritual reality

Wiley-Blackwell 2010 c. a messy mix of saints and sinners d. a community of equals

11) The four “marks” or “notes” of the church are a. invisible, spiritual, charismatic, unified b. one, holy, catholic, apostolic c. universal, eschatological, worldwide, visible d. preaching, sacraments, evangelism, mission

12) In the Old and New Testaments, to be holy is to be a. without sin b. an apostle c. justified d. set apart

13) The notion of the church’s apostolicity was examined at length by a. Cyril of Jerusalem b. John Calvin c. H.B. Swete d. Han Urs von Balthasar

14) Henri de Lubac, Edward Schillebeeckx, and Karl Rahner all focused on a. the catholicity of the church b. the sacramental nature of the church c. the continuity between the church and Israel d. the church as a mystical union of the saints

15) For Cyril of Jerusalem, the idea that the church includes every kind of person is a feature of the church’s a. holiness b. apostolicity c. particularity d. catholicity

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