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These will be a bit more challenging:
30) Why do Protestant scholars recognize the early Church councils at Hippo and Carthage as the first instances in which the New Testament canon was officially ratified, but ignore the fact that those same councils ratified the Old Testament canon used by the Catholic Church today but abandoned by Protestants at the Reformation?
A) they have no solid grounds for ignoring the facts of the councils ratifying the Old Testament.
B) Marin Luther was inspired to remove 7 books, and add the word “alone” in Romans 3:28
C) the reformers had more authority than the Church councils who proved the inspiration of all scriptures the Catholic Church uses today.
D) The early Church councils were in error, but not in error about the New Testament books
31) Why do Protestants follow post-apostolic Jewish decisions on the boundaries of the Old Testament canon (who rejected Christ and the message of the New Testament), rather than the decision of the Church founded by Jesus Christ?
A) the Deuterocanonical books were added to the bible in the Council of Trent
B) the Deuterocanonical books were confirmed as canonical, in reference to previous councils, in the Council of Trent, which affirmed what had always been there.
C) The books Baruch, Tobit, Maccabees, Judith, Sirach, Wisdom were all included in the Septuagint that Jesus and the apostles used.
D) Martin Luther removed them because they didn't suit his doctrines
E) All but A
32) How were the bishops at Hippo and Carthage able to determine the correct canon of Scripture, in spite of the fact that they believed all the distinctively Catholic doctrines such as the apostolic succession of bishops, the sacrifice of the Mass, Christ's Real Presence in the Eucharist, baptismal regeneration, etc?
A) the Whore of Babylon compiled the bible as a means of deception
B) writings of the Early Church Fathers of the 1st and 2nd and 3rd centuries, many which still exist, confirm these doctrines as originally from the Apostles
C) an inspired book can come from a false church
E) B and C
33) If Christianity is a "book religion," how did it flourish during the first 1500 years of Church history when the vast majority of people were illiterate?
A) was taught orally
B) tv and internet
C) was read publicly in every Mass
D) statues and paintings were used as teaching tools, like the
pictures in a children's bible
E) all but B
34) How could the Apostle Thomas establish the church in India that survives to this day (and is now in communion with the Catholic Church) without leaving them with one word of New Testament Scripture?
A) I doubt that he did
B) The Church, represented by Thomas, existed before any New Testament scripture.
C) You can have a meal without the recipe book, if someone knows the recipes.(analogy)
D) B and C
35) If the Bible is as clear as Martin Luther claimed, why was he the first one to interpret it the way he did?
A) he thought the Catholic Church had discredited itself with corruption, thus had no authority.
B) he thought all the previous saints, scholars, theologians, bishops and Councils for 1500 years were in error, except for him
C) Martin Luther's interpretations were infallible, proven by unanimous agreement among the reformers and succeeding reformers
D) God told him to add the word "alone" to Romans 3:28
E) A and B
PROVIDE SHORT ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING:
36) The time interval between the Resurrection and the establishment of the New Testament canon in A.D. 382 is roughly the same as the interval between the arrival of the Mayflower in America and the present day.
Therefore, since the early Christians had no defined New Testament for almost four hundred years, how did they practice sola Scriptura?
37) Some say the Bible is the only foundation and basis of Christian truth. Why does the Bible itself say that the Church is the foundation and basis of Christian truth (1 Tim. 3:15)?
38) Jesus said that the unity of Christians would be objective evidence to the world that He had been sent by God (John 17:20-23). How can the world see an invisible "unity" that exists only in the hearts of believers?
39) If the unity of Christians was meant to convince the world that Jesus was sent by God, what does the ever-increasing fragmentation of Protestantism say to the world?
40) Hebrews 13:17 says, "Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men who must give an account. Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no advantage to you."
What is the expiration date of this verse?
bonus question:
How do non-denominationalist or fundamentalist churches, which have their own distinct theology, and often boast that they are “separated,” obey God’s command that Christians “all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment” (1 Cor. 1:10)?
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