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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Enlightenment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Eastern church the experience of God was characterized as being like ____________.
(a) Sunbeams that can be seen by humans without them observing the sun, the source of the light.
(b) Rainbows and doves in the sky.
(c) Raindrops on the soil.
(d) Thunder and lightning.

2. How did the teachings of the Northern European mystics affect the religious establishment?
(a) It shocked them.
(b) It scared them.
(c) It angered them.
(d) It excited them.

3. What does Armstrong notice is happening to the churches in Europe?
(a) They are emptying.
(b) They are changing.
(c) They are rebuilding.
(d) They are filling.

4. What is an inherent danger in a personal God?
(a) It leads adherents of a religion to want to blend with other religions.
(b) It leads to multiple misunderstandings.
(c) It leads adherents of a religion to imbue in the Deity their own prejudices and limitations.
(d) It confuses many adherents of a religion.

5. At this synod, the modern Christian creed, called ________ was first promulgated.
(a) The Constantine Creed.
(b) The Nice Creed.
(c) The Nicene Creed.
(d) The Nicaea Creed.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Greek influence on theology formed the core of the idea of ____________.

2. The Muslims experienced problems with what passages in the Koran?

3. What did this mystical tradition describe?

4. This competing philosophy formed the basis of the theology of __________.

5. What was considered blasphemous by Jews and later by Muslims?

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