APOL 220 Quiz 2

APOL 220 Quiz 2

APOL 220 Quiz 2 Liberty University

APOL 220 Quiz 2 Apologetics within the Great Tradition

1. Thomas Aquinas, the most famous and influential theologian/apologist of the Middle Ages, began his apology with Scriptural authority.
2. Which heretical challenge and battle against it persisted into the Middle Ages?
3. Because of the changing cultural landscape and underlying assumptions of the day, it is sometimes necessary to sacrifice the message of the Cross in order to make Christianity more palatable.
4. Tertullian is considered to be one of the earliest of the Latin church fathers and wrote Against Marcion
5. Friedrich Schleiermacher is often called the father of modern liberalism.
6. “Each generation of apologists is forced to think in new ways about apologetics; thus, an apologist in any era must be flexible, innovative, and practical.”
7. “Christians deny reason” and “the Bible can’t be verified as historical” are examples of early cultural/political challenges faced by early Christians.
8. The Apology of Trypho on Behalf of Christians (c.125), written by Trypho, was perhaps the first formal Christian apology written after the composition of the NT books.
9. This nineteenth century philosopher focused not on the historical accuracy or rational proofs of Christianity, but on the level of “God-consciousness“ and social life those beliefs provide:
10. Empiricism asserts that people must look for truth in claims of supernatural or miraculous events rather than in demonstrable data discoverable by the five senses.
11. Gnosticism taught specifically that there was a time when Jesus did not exist
12. Asserting that ultimate authority is found in a person’s own thoughts and feelings rather than in an external entity (such as the church) is defined as:
13. Why would “Paley’s Watchmaker” not be as effective of an argument today as it was in the past?
14. In his work Contra Celsus, Origen offers a point-by-point refutation against the attack that Christianity undermines the structure of society.
15. “Only those with secret, insider knowledge may reach God” is a salient feature of which Early Church heresy?
16. Joseph Butler is sometimes referred to as “the philosopher of Anglicanism” and these three words encapsulate his response to the deists of his time: analogy, probability, and cumulative
17. The following are methods that early church apologists employed to combat opposition, except:
18. The cultural and religious tenets of Islam did not require engagement from Christian apologists until after the Middle Ages.
19. Combinationalism argues that Christianity is logical, factual, and livable- thus asserting that Christianity corresponds to reality while non-Christian worldviews fall short.
20. The Enlightenment celebrated the goodness of human nature and the value of human progress through faith.
21. Who came to faith in Jesus not because of skillful Christian witness, but rather because of the implausible and contradictory accusations of atheists and skeptics?
22. Martin Luther believed that philosophy and reason must yield to the foolishness of the Cross
23. Among the Enlightenment thinkers, who thought that miracles were impossible because they would violate the inviolable laws of nature and contradict reason and that Moses did not write the first five books of the Bible?
24. Among the Enlightenment thinkers, who specifically believed that humans can progress as long as they are guided solely by their own rational thoughts and individual freedom?
25. Anselm is credited as the originator of which classical argument for God’s existence?

Set 1

1. Who wrote the famous book entitled The City of God?
2. Anselm is credited as the originator of which classical argument for God’s existence?
3. Among the Enlightenment thinkers, who specifically believed that humans can progress as long as they are guided solely by their own rational thoughts and individual freedom?
4. Abraham Kuyper is best known from bringing this word/idea into Christian thought
5. Which heretical challenge and battle against it persisted into the Middle Ages?
6. Joseph Butler is sometimes referred to as “the philosopher of Anglicanism” and these three words encapsulate his response to the deists of his time: analogy, probability,and cumulative
7. The Enlightenment celebrated the goodness of human nature and the value of human progress through faith.
8. Among the Enlightenment thinkers, who thought that Individual empirical investigation and reasoned reflection, and not the pressure of an external authority or majority or an innate store of ideas received at birth, are the ultimate sources of true knowledge?
9. “Only those with secret, insider knowledge may reach God” is a salient feature of which Early Church heresy?
10. This statement, “Jesus is good, loving, and peaceful; the Creator God of the Old Testament is bad, mean, and angry…” applies to which Early Church heresy?
11. In his work Contra Celsus,Origen offers a point-by-point refutation against the attack that Christianity undermines the structure of society.
12. Friedrich Schleiermacher is often called the father of modern liberalism.
13. The Apology of Tryphoon Behalf of Christians (c.125), written by Trypho, was perhaps the first formal Christian apology written after the composition of the NT books.
14. Gnosticism taught specifically that there was a time when Jesus did not exist
15. Among the Enlightenment thinkers, who thought that miracles were impossible because they would violate the inviolable laws of nature and contradict reason and that Moses did not write the first five books of the Bible?

Set 2

1. The Apology of Trypho on Behalf of Christians (c.125), written by Trypho, was perhaps the first formal Christian apology written after the composition of the NT books.
2. Among the Enlightenment thinkers, who thought that Individual empirical investigation and reasoned reflection, and not the pressure of an external authority or majority or an innate store of ideas received at birth, are the ultimate sources of true knowledge?
3. Friedrich Schleiermacher is often called the father of modern theological liberalism.
4. Who wrote the famous book entitled The City of God?
5. Who created and developed the Best of All Possible Worlds theodicy?
6. Anselm is credited as the originator of which classical argument for God’s existence?
7. Which heretical challenge and battle against it persisted into the Middle Ages?
8. Presuppositional apologetics uses positive arguments in an attempt to establish Christian theism
9. Gnosticism taught specifically that there was a time when Jesus did not exist
10. Tertullian is considered to be one of the earliest of the Latin church fathers and wrote Against Marcion
11. One of the arguments for the deity of Christ used by Athanasius went as follows: Only God can save humanity. Jesus saves humanity. Therefore, Jesus is God.
12. The Enlightenment celebrated the goodness of human nature and the value of human progress through
13. Martin Luther believed that philosophy and reason must yield to the foolishness of the cross.
14. Joseph Butler is sometimes referred to as “the philosopher of Anglicanism” and these three words encapsulate his response to the deists of his time: analogy, probability, and cumulative
15. In his work Contra Celsus, Origen offers a point-by-point refutation against the attack that Christianity undermines the structure of society.

Set 3

1. In scripture, ____________ are used apologetically because they have a powerful effect.
2. According to Murray, which other religious tradition is comparable to Christianity in terms of evidence that it offers as reason to believe its claims are true?
3. Within Isaiah 41, one of the three practical aspects of God’s sustaining and delivering power is God’s testing of his followers.
4. In the Old Testament, God’s acts of _________ in history are a defense against alternative deities.
5. The Quran teaches the Bible is not an authority in light of their contradictions.
6. According to the reading, _________ demonstrates that it was a sovereign and providential work of the God of Israel that expanded the church.
7. The Quran says that the Gospels, the Torah, and ________ are all the revelation of God.
8. Three distinct but related apologetic functionaries in the Bible are the individual person, the church, and the Holy Spirit.
9. According to the reading, Paul is anti-intellectual and opposes intellectual vanity.
10. According to Murray, relevance is: “something is relevant in a court of law if it is a fact that makes any issue in contention more or less likely to be true.”
11. According to the reading, there is a specific universal and non-contextual system that we can plug in to find a spouse.
12. Our __________ is an apologist for God and his law.
13. The first eleven chapters of Genesis take a ___________ perspective.
14. In scripture, another type of apologetic related to God’s providential care is God’s special sustenance and deliverance for his people.
15. The content of the question is not as important as the intent of the questioner.