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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Light to the Gentiles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The concept of a Divine Trinity is largely the result of the teachings of ____________.
(a) Jesus.
(b) John.
(c) Augustine.
(d) Paul.

2. What was a consequence of the doctrine of Incarnation?
(a) It did not affect the danger of idolatry.
(b) It added to the danger of idolatry.
(c) It removed the danger of idolatry.
(d) It diminished the danger of idolatry.

3. By resolving the question of whether Jesus was human or divine, Christians inevitably had to conclude that _______.
(a) Jesus was the first Word of God.
(b) Jesus was the first and last Word of God.
(c) Jesus was not of our world.
(d) Jesus was the last Word of God.

4. When was this account written?
(a) Ten years after Jesus' death.
(b) Forty years after Jesus' death.
(c) One hundred years after Jesus' death.
(d) Eighty years after Jesus' death.

5. According to Karen Armstrong's research, did this man claim to be God?
(a) No.
(b) Sometimes.
(c) Yes.
(d) Only at first.

Short Answer Questions

1. The emergence of the cult of Jesus from the established church of Judaism was accompanied by passionate dispute, and many disciples of Jesus ____________.

2. Prior to Augustine's conversion to Christianity, he had repulsed any idea of __________.

3. Christianity became the state religion of ___________.

4. What two philosophers had competing ideas regarding the nature of the Christian God?

5. Possibly under the influence of the collapsing Roman Empire and the consequent beginning of an epoch of chaos, what ideas did Augustine develop?

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