Midterm Exam

The 3 prominent Church leaders of 48 A.D. to 68 A.D. were ____.

The 3 fold effect of the baptism of the Holy Spirit upon the 120 present in the upper room was: (MARK 3)

The 2nd Imperial Persecution of Christians was begun by Domitian in ____.

John the Beloved died at ____.

At the end of the first (1st) century, the Church could be described as ____. (Mark all that apply)

Headquarters for the Church in its earliest period was ____. (Mark two)

Books accepted as inspired Scripture in the East but not in the West during the Persecuted Church Period include ___.

Books accepted and read in the East that is not now considered part of the Bible includes ____.

3 schools of theology arose at ____. (Mark 3)

Jews of foreign ancestry were called ____.

The city Constantine named Constantinople is now officially known as ____.

These successors’ actions against heathen included:

Monks sought a higher life by ___. (Mark all that apply)

The early Church’s simple body of belief contained the following doctrines ____. (Mark all correct)

The Church started in 33 A.D.

The attempt to reproduce the principles of the Sermon on the Mount in the early Church was a financial failure.

Missionary zeal was a sign of the strong young Church prior to the expanding Church period.

Stephen was the first Christian martyr.

Saul was a teacher of Jewish law.

Saul had no hatred for the early Church.

Though Peter received a vision from God concerning uncleanness, the truth God was teaching Peter was that the Gentiles were to be accepted into the Church.

Saul had a vision, became a Christian, and adopted Stephen’s view of a Church open to all men.

Antioch was the first Church for Jews and Gentiles to worship together as equals in privilege.

It was very unusual for a Jew to have 2 names.

The 1st pastor of Jerusalem was the author of the Book of James.

Paul returned from the 3rd journey exactly as he did on the 1st and 2nd journeys.

6 of the 7 Churches of Asia were started by Paul.

Paul lived in a house he purchased in Rome.

Nero, after setting fire to Rome claimed the Christians did it resulting in Peter, Paul, and many other Christian deaths in Rome.

Very little of the New Testament was in circulation at the time of Paul’s death.

The gloom of persecution had nothing to do with the age of shadows.

By the end of Paul’s ministry, the Lord’s Day was the general meeting day for the Church.

Only 50 percent of the Church in its infancy was Jewish.

The Lord’s Supper was not universally practiced until after 130 A.D.

There was a successor to the Apostle John in the Church.

Constantine was the 1st Christian Emperor.

The Edict of Constantine is the same as the Edict of Toleration.

The celebration of the Lord’s Supper had nothing to do with the persecution of the Christians.

Trajan was one of the severest persecutors of Christians.

Ignatius was Bishop of Antioch of Syria who was thrown to wild beasts in the Roman amphitheater.