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History of Christianity - Pre and Early Christianity Knowledge Test

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There is the 'Standard' Christianity that we are taught in either/both a religious setting or General History class and then there is deeper, 'mystic' Christianity taught to initiates, non-layman and in certain Scholarly Fields.

Test Yourself to see if you know the difference between Dogma, Rhetoric and Actual Documented Historical Events. You may find What You Have Not Been Told quite surprising, while coming to New Understanding of the True Meaning of Christianity, The Christs Message and Your Own Beliefs! Are you willing to Open Your Religious Perspective up to something new that may take you to an experience Your Faith on an Entirely New Level?

The test covers two areas, The Origins & History of Pre-Christianity (Being That which came before Christianity as we commonly know it today, in a Form unedited/uncensored by The 'Orthodox' Church itself) and Secondly, The Content of what is by some considered to be the 'Original' Teachings of Christ and hence the 'True' Message of The New Testament & Christianity. For the purposes of this quiz, all questions are to be considered within this framework, rather than from Current Religious Traditions

And Yeshua said to him, "Recognize What is in your sight, and that which is hidden from you will become plain to you. For there is Nothing Hidden which will not become manifest"
The Gospel of Thomas

1

What are the Apocrypha?

Documents that were not accepted into the canon of the New Testament by the orthodox church
Storage Containers for religious texts & scrolls
Religious texts regarding the apocalypse.

2

How many gospels/texts are written by a Disciple called Thomas?

1
3
None

3

What was the purpose of The Counsel of Nicea?

To determine if Christianity should be recognized as a Church/State Sanctioned Religion
To decide what books, texts & scripture would become part of official Biblical Canon
To determine if Jesus was divine, and how.

4

What is the Nag Hammadi Library?

Hebrew religious texts regarding the observation of Jewish Laws
The name given to the collection known as 'The Dead Sea Scrolls', discovered in 1947
The name given to the collection Scrolls Discovered in 1945 & later sold on the Black-market

5

Which of the following are actual gospels written?

The Gospels of Luke, Peter & Paul
All of the above
The Gospels of Peter, Paul & Mary

6

Which of the following did Jesus say of himself?

"I am both Man & God, for I am The Son of Man & I am The Son of My Father
Follow Me and you will find all that you seek. It is in me that You will find my Father.
But What I am is known to me alone, and no one else

7

Which of the following disciples had a 'Secret Gospel' not included in the Canonical Bible?

Mark
Peter
Luke

8

Which of the following is true of The Biblical Gospels?

Translated from Aramaic to Greek, they are Sayings & Teachings which the 'Living Christ' actually spoke, being then recorded and written down by his disciples
They are a collection of letters about the Teachings and Events of Christs Life, written within 70-200 years of his lifetime
Neither of the Above

9

The Decision regarding which gospels would or would not be included in the Canonical Bible was decided by?

By Orthodox Church Leaders at the State Sanctioned Counsel of Nicea
In the majority, one man by the name of Iraneus, based on his personal religious & political views, decided what was & was not Heretical, therby determining inclusion.
Neither of the Above

10

Which of the following is true of The Gnostic (Non-Canonical) Gospels?

Translated from the Original Aramaic to Greek, they are The Sayings & Teachings which the 'Living Christ' actually spoke, being at that time recorded and written down by his disciples
They are a collection of letters, about the Teachings and Events of Christs Life, writtenin Greek within 70-200 years of his lifetime
Neither of the Above

11

The following section is a series of questions regarding the Words, Sayings and Teachings of Christ that have been documented in Authenticated Historical Religious Texts/Scrolls (including the Canonical, Non-Canonical & Gnostic Books, Documents & Gospels) as the Spoken Words of Christ. The Actual Source will be referenced at the end of the quiz (see footnote *1, etc)

Select which passage you believe to be genuine

Both of these
"Men think, perhaps, that it is peace which I have come to cast upon the world. They do not Know that it is dissension which have come to cast upon the earth: fire, sword, and war". *1
The Kingdom is inside of you and it is outside of you. When you know yourselves, then you will become known" *4

12

Select which passage you believe to be genuine

"When you make the two one, and when you make the male and the female one and the same, so that the male not be male nor the female female; and a likeness in place of a likeness; then will you enter the kingdom" *6
Neither of These
"Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of God." *5

Comments (3)

Logan (01249)

519 days ago

YOU TOOK MY FRIENDS NAME YOU WILL PAY *stabs awkwardly* UwU

Ha (00063)

768 days ago

Jakj, agreed.

Jakj (83353)

787 days ago

a lot of mistakes in this quiz

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