Comprehensive Theological Competency Test

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* 1. How Many books are in the Protestant Bible?

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* 2. What is considered a contributing factor to the Great Reformation?

The Diocletian Persecutions

The Council of Trent

The Seventh Crusade

The Invention of the Printing Press

The introduction of the iPhone

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* 3. Which is NOT a book of the Bible?

Hezekiah

Jeremiah

Malachi

Ruth

Romans

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* 4. When was the doctrine of the Trinity invented?

In the New Testament

At the Council of Nicea

In the Old Testament

During the Great Reformation

It was never invented, it was discovered

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* 5. Who wrote the book "Why the God Man?"

Anselm

Augustine

Mike Licona

Terry Bradshaw

John Calvin

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* 6. What is the Ransom to Satan Theory of the Atonement?

The belief that Satan died on the cross, not Christ

The belief that Satan required the sacrifice of Christ to free man from his bondage

The belief that Satan will one day atone for his sins and be reconciled to God

The belief that if you pay enough money to the Church you will spend less time in Purgatory

None of the above

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* 7. How many days did God spend creating the heavens and the earth?

the Bible doesn't actually say

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* 8. What does the term soteriology mean?

The doctrine of the soul or immaterial self

The doctrine of sanctification

The doctrine of the end times

The doctrine of salvation

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* 9. Define "Sitz im Leben"

Stands for the "situation in life" and describes the cultural context a passage of scripture finds itself in.

Stands for "sacrifice of Lebanon" and describes Lebanon's struggle to survive amidst Israel's conquest.

Stands for "life drug" and describes what people find as the most appealing pursuit of happiness.

Is an untranslatable biblical term calling on the reader to beware of what is coming.

Is a liberal German phrase coined by Friedrich Schleiermacher speaking to folly in attempting to have one interpretation of Scripture.

None of the above

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* 10. When was the Bible written?

Between 1100 BC and AD 1

Between 5000 BC and AD 33

Between 1600 and 1800

Between AD 33 and AD 100

Between 1500 BC and AD 100

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* 11. In what books does the historical Jesus appear?

Genesis and Exodus

All of the books

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Acts

Romans, Mark, 1 Peter, and Revelation

Only the Psalms

He never appears

No one knows

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* 12. Which book is NOT part of the Major Prophets?

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Isaiah

Hosea

Daniel

Ezekiel

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* 13. Who was NOT present at the Council of Nicea?

Santa Claus - St. Nicholas

Eusebius of Caesarea

Constantine I

Eutychius of Smyrna

Pope Sylvester I

Alexander of Alexandria

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* 14. What is the earliest manuscript of the New Testament we have?

P66

P67

P52

Codex Vaticanus

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* 15. Which book comes first in the Bible?

Romans

Psalms

Ruth

Daniel

Malachi

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* 16. Which is NOT one of the Ten Commandments?

Love your neighbor as yourself

Remember the Sabbath

Do not steal

Do not covet

Do not have any other gods

These are all part of the Ten Commandments

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* 17. Where is the "Great Commission" located?

Romans 10

Genesis 37

John 3

John 4

Matthew 28

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* 18. Which is NOT a tenet of Calvinism?

Belief in Unconditional Election

Belief in Perseverance of the Saints

Belief in Resistible Grace

Belief in Total Depravity

Belief in Limited Atonement

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* 19. T/F: Arminians deny the doctrine of Total Depravity

True

False

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* 20. Which is a major difference between Protestants and Roman Catholics?

The Doctrine of Justification

The Doctrine of the Trinity

The Doctrine of the End Times

The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit

The Doctrine of Christ

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* 21. T/F: Canon of Scripture refers to the accepted books of the Bible

True

False

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* 22. Who is considered the "Father of Liberalism"?

Snoop Dog

Friedrich Niche

Bill Clinton

Justo Gonzalez

Friedrich Schleiermacher

Adolf Hitler

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* 23. In what year was the book of Galatians most likely written?

AD 50

AD 80

AD 30

AD 100

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* 24. What is the Tetragrammaton?

A way of writing Hebrew in cursive

An early was of church discipline involving a fish net

The name of God: YHWH

The name of Christ: "the seed of the woman"

none of the above

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* 25. Which is NOT a biblical hermeneutic?

Allegory

Reader Response

Authorial Intent

Creative Writing

Pesher

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* 26. What best describes the term sanctification?

To be highly educated in Jewish law

To have no need of a servant

To be sad due to family loss

To be set apart and made holy

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* 27. What name is most associated with atheism today?

Robert Plant

Robert Palmer

Phil Collins

Bono

Richard Dawkins

Richard Pryor

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* 28. Who wrote Mere Christianity?

John Calvin

Polycarp

C. S. Lewis

J. R. R. Tolkien

James Montgomery Boice

John Wesley

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* 29. T/F: The New Testament was originally written in Latin

True

False

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* 30. What does the term homoiousia mean?

Gay

Similar substance

Same substance

Same god

Same personality