Apologetics within the Great Tradtion Quiz

Quiz: Apologetics within the Great Tradition  Due   Jan 29 at 11:59pm    Points   50    Questions   25    Time Limit   60 Minutes Instructions The quiz:  Covers all   Learn   materials from   Module 2:   Week 2.  Contains   25 multiple-choice and true/false   questions.  Is   limited   to   60 minutes.  Allows 1 attempt .  Is   worth 50 points . Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module 2: Week 2. Attempt History Attempt Time Score LATEST Attempt 1 27 minutes 46 out of 50  Correct answers are hidden. Score for this quiz:  46  out of 50 Submitted Jan 19 at 2:21pm This attempt took 27 minutes.  

Question 1 2 / 2 pts Thomas Aquinas, the most famous and influential theologian/apologist of the Middle Ages, began his apology with Scriptural authority.    True      False     Question 2 2 / 2 pts 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:    Schleiermacher      Kierkegaard      Chateaubriand      Newman     Question 3 2 / 2 pts In his work  Contra Celsus ,   Origen offers a point-by-point refutation against the attack that Christianity undermines the structure of society.    True      False  

   True      False     Question 7 2 / 2 pts Martin Luther believed that philosophy and reason must yield to the foolishness of the Cross    True      False     Question 8 2 / 2 pts Combinationalism argues that Christianity is logical, factual, and livable- thus asserting that Christianity corresponds to reality while non-Christian worldviews fall short.    True      False     Question 9 2 / 2 pts Who created and developed the  Best of All Possible Worlds  theodicy?    Blaise Pascal    Cornelius Van Til    Gottfried Leibniz    Søren Kierkegaard

  Question 10 2 / 2 pts Gnosticism taught specifically that there was a time when Jesus did not exist    True      False     Question 11 2 / 2 pts Which heretical challenge and battle against it persisted into the Middle Ages?    Gnosticism    Manichaeism    Euytchianism    Arianism   Question 12 2 / 2 pts 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?    John Locke    René Descartes    Benedict de Spinoza    David Hume   Question 13

2 / 2 pts 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?    John Locke    René Descartes    Benedict de Spinoza    David Hume   Question 17 2 / 2 pts 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.    True      False     Question 18 2 / 2 pts The following are methods that early church apologists employed to combat opposition, except:    Metaphor      Sarcasm      Dialogue      Irony

    Question 19 2 / 2 pts Which of the following statements accurately describes a core principle of the Middle Age apologists?    True faith is rational and reasonable.      Theology and philosophy must be kept separate.      Concepts like the Trinity and Incarnation can be proven with certainty.      A narrow, uniform methodology is best.     Question 20 2 / 2 pts The Enlightenment celebrated the goodness of human nature and the value of human progress through faith.    True      False     Question 21 2 / 2 pts "Christians deny reason" and "the Bible can't be verified as historical" are examples of early cultural/political challenges faced by early Christians.    True      False

   C. S. Lewis     Incorrect Question 25 0 / 2 pts 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.    True      False   Quiz Score:  46  out of 50