The notion of the Rapture is
a. a belief that some people will be taken suddenly from this world
b. a dogma of the Council of Nicaea
c. is the literal belief of most mainline churches
d. written about in 1 Corinthians
Quiz of the Day, November 29, 2025
Royalty from what American state are on the Episcopal calendar of saints?
a. Connecticut
b. Hawaii
c. Massachusetts
d. Louisiana
Quiz of the Day, November 28, 2025
Where is it written that Jesus preached to the spirits of the dead?
a. Matthew
b. Revelations
c. Jude
d. 1 Peter
Quiz of the Day, November 27, 2027
De profundis in the Bible is
a. reference to Jonah's despair
b. the Latin title for Psalm 131
c. the cataracts referred to in the Psalms
d. the first two words in Latin of Psalm 131
e. two of the above
Quiz of the Day, November 26, 2025
Which of the following is not a topic of the words of Jesus?
a. Wealth and greed
b. service
c. discipleship
d. kingdom of God
e. child motif
f. Son of Man
g.the evils of Rome
Quiz of the Day, November 25, 2025
In what Gospel might one find a spiritual metaphor for voluntary celibacy?
a. Matthew
b. Mark
c. Luke
d. John
Quiz of the Day, November 24, 2025
Turning swords into plowshares in not found in which of the following books of the Bible?
a. Micah
b. Joel
c. Isaiah
d. Revelations
Quiz of the Day, November 23, 2025
Which Pope instituted the Feast of Christ the King?
c. Pius XI
d. John XXIII
Quiz of the Day, November 22, 2025
Of the following, we was not a member of the Oxford literary group know as the Inklings?
a. C.S. Lewis
Quiz of the Day, November 21, 2025
Of the following, which have liturgical celebrations found in the Hebrew Scriptures?
a. bar mitzvah
b. bat mitzvah
c. Hanukkah
d. Purim
e. none of the above
Quiz of the Day, November 20, 2025
Where does Jesus get money to pay for taxes?
a. from a borrowed denarius coin
b. from the mouth of a caught fish
c. Jesus did not pay taxes
d. from his disciples fishing revenue
Quiz of the Day, November 19, 2025
For the Jews of the Maccabean times, their revolt might best express
a. the Pharisee position against the Saduccees
c. the fight for a conserving Judaism without too much hellenistic compromise
d. the need for the Hanukkah festival
Quiz of the Day, November 18, 2025
The church is referred to as the bride of Christ where?
a. Romans
b. John
c. 1 John
d. Titus
e. Revelations
Quiz of the Day, November 17, 2025
Prior to 1948, when was the last time of self rule for Israel?
a. the autonomy granted under Darius
b. the monarchies of David and Solomon
c. the divided kingdom era
d. the Hasmonean era
Quiz of the Day, November 16, 2025
The life of Mattathias is found in what book?
b. 1 Maccabees
c. Enoch
d. Daniel
Quiz of the Day, November 15, 2025
The Apocrypha books are not in the Jewish canon of Scripture mainly because
a. a council of rabbis in 2nd century BCE did not vote to include them
b. Rabbi Akiba
c. Josephus the historian's list of books
d. the council of scholars at Jamnia
Quiz of the Day, November 14, 2025
Antiochus IV Epiphanes is associated with what Jewish Feast?
a. Purim
b. Passover
c. Hanukkah
d. Yom Kippur
e. Sukkot
Quiz of the Day, November 13, 2025
Alexander the Great is explicitly named in
a. Zechariah
b. Daniel
c. Ezekiel
d. 1 Maccabees
Quiz of the Day, November 12, 2025
Which of the following books of the Bible does not make reference to the plagues visited on Egypt?
a. Genesis
b. Exodus
c. Psalms
d. Deuteronomy
e. Revelations
Quiz of the Day, November 11, 2025
Of the following, who is not a patron saint of soldiers?
a. Joan of Arc
c. St. George
f. St. Alban
Quiz of the Day, November 10, 2025
The "fallen Babylon" of the Book of Revelation is probably reference to
a. Nero
b. the Babylonian Empire which was defeated by Persia
d. Rome
Quiz of the Day, November 9, 2025
When was Jesus called a "ghost?"
a. by Herod after John the Baptist was killed
b. when he walked on the water
c. when he appeared to his disciples on seashore
d. when he encountered the Doubting Thomas
Quiz of the Day, November 8, 2025
Why did Ezra tear his clothes in distress and anger?
b. the destruction of the holy writings
c. the intermarriage of his countrymen
d. the destruction of Jerusalem
Quiz of the Day, November 7, 2025
Ahava is
a. food eaten by Israelites in exile
b. a river near the Euphrates
c. a city in Babylon
d. a song sung in the Temple
Quiz of the Day, November 6, 2025
Which is not a notable number in the Book of Revelations?
a. 3
b. 7
c. 12
d. 144,000
e. 666
Quiz of the Day, November 5, 2025
Of the following, who does not get "bad press" in the Hebrew Scriptures?
a. Ahab
b. Jezebel
d. Hamaan
e. Tobiah
f. Sanballat
Quiz of the Day, November 4, 2025
Asaph was not
a. Solomon's close friend
b. chief Levite musicianQuiz of the Day, November 3, 2025
c. writer of a number of Psalms
d. appointed by David
What ancient people celebrated the predecessor to the "Day of the Dead?"
a. Incas
b. Aztec
c. Apache
d. Celts
Quiz of the Day, November 2, 2025
Who fell asleep during a sermon?
a. the disciples
b. Eutychus
c. Dorcas
d. Sapphira
Quiz of the Day, November 1, 2025
Why is October 31st called Reformation Day?
b. it's the anniversary of Luther's nailing of the 95 Theses to the Wittenberg church door
c. Luther opposed the veneration of the saints
d. an anniversary for Protestant opposition to superstition regarding the dead
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