Quiz of the Day, September 30, 2016
Who of the following was not a Bible translator?
a. John Eliot
b. Jerome
c. William Tyndale
d. John Wycliffe
e. Miles Coverdale
f. Edward Sapir
g. Martin Luther
h. Miles Coverdale
Quiz of the Day, September 29, 2016
What is Michaelmas?
a. a feast for non-human beings
b. a feast for Gabriel, Raphael and Uriel
c. a feast for the Archangel Michael
d. sometime a name for the fall term at a seminary or church school
e. all of the above
Quiz of the Day, September 28, 2016
Which of the following mystics wrote "The Scale of Perfection?" (aka "The Ladder of Perfection")
a. St. Teresa of Avila
b. Walter Hilton
c. Margery Kempe
d. Thomas Traherne
e. Richard Rolle
f. John Climacus
Quiz of the September 27, 2006
Which of the following best describes Thomas Traherne?
a. A supralapsarian
b. A Metaphysical poet
c. A Pelagian
d. A monk of Lindisfarne
Quiz of the Day, September 26, 2016
"It is more blessed to give than to receive." These words are attributed to Jesus and in what book of the Bible are they found?
a. Matthew
b. Mark
c. Luke
d. John
e. Acts of the Apostles
Quiz of the Day, September 25, 2016
The tongue is compared to the rudder of a ship, a fire and a bit of a horse in what book in the Bible?
a. Psalms
b. Proverbs
c. Ecclesiastes
d. James
Quiz of the Day, September 24, 2016
Which prophet to Judah is associated with the reign of King Uzziah?
a. Hosea
b. Amos
c. Jeremiah
d. Isaiah
Quiz of the Day, September 23, 2016
What is the Masoretic Text?
a. a very early text for the New Testament
b. a text of the Bible found among the Masoric people
c. Official Hebrew and Aramaic text of Hebrew Scriptures of Rabbinic Judaism
d. an ancient translation of Hebrew Scripture into Aramaic
Quiz of the Day, September 22, 2016
What record of "book burning/scroll burning" is found in the Bible?
a. the Torah was burned by the Chaldean armies
b. the Book of Maccabees by Antiochus Epiphanes
c. the magic books by Christian converts in Ephesus
d. the writings of Simon Magus
Quiz of the Day, September 21, 2016
In the story of Esther what is the name of the hateful antagonist of Mordecai?
a. Ahasuerus
b. Haman
c. Bigthana
d. Teresh
Quiz of the Day, September 20, 2016
Which of the following is not true of the man Apollos who is recorded in the Acts of the Apostles?
a. He was a Jew
b. He was from Alexandria
c. He had the baptism of John
d. He became a companion of Paul in his mission
Quiz of the Day, September 19, 2016
Which biblical figure said, "If I perish, I perish?"
a. Jesus
b. Paul
c. Esther
d. David
Quiz of the Day, September 18, 2016
Purim is the Jewish holiday which derives from the book of Esther, a story of the saving of the Jewish people from the plot of the wicked Haman. What does "pur" in Purim refer to?
a. the wicked plot
b. lot or method of selecting the day on the calendar
c. a Persian word for "Queen"
d. gallows, on which the wicked Haman was hung
Quiz of the Day, September 17, 2016
The Bible is a book about the knowledge of God in the experience of humanity. How many times is the name of God mentioned in the book of Esther?
a. once
b. twice
c. three times
d. nil
Quiz of the Day, September 16, 2016
Why was Queen Vashti replaced with the new Queen Esther?
a. the king preferred Esther's beauty
b. the king wanted to marry a Jew
c. Vashti refused to come to the king when bidden
d. Esther was married for a political alliance
Quiz of the Day, September 15, 2016
Which of the following "heretical" groups used the writings of Cyprian to bolster their position?
a. Peligians
b. Donatists
c. Docetists
d. Arians
Quiz of the Day September 14, 2016
Who built the first temple in Jerusalem?
a. David
b. Moses
c. Melchizedek
d. Solomon
Quiz of the Day, September 13, 2016
Which of the following saint had a surname meaning "golden-tongue?"
a. John of Constantinople
b. Basil the Great
c. Gregory of Nyssa
d. Gregory Nazianzus
Quiz of the Day, September 12, 2016
What does "Behemoth" refer to in Job?
a. an alligator or crocodile
b. hippopotamus
c. Elephant
d. rhinoceros
e. dinosaur
f. a large animal living in/near water and eats grass
Quiz of the Day, September 11, 2016
Where does one find the phrase, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great?"
a. Daniel
b. Ezekiel
c. Maccabees
d. Revelation
Quiz of the Day, September 10, 2016
What does the Gospel of John record the High Priest Caiphas as predicting about Jesus?
a. he must be turned over to the Romans
b. he must die for the nation of Israel
c. he must be punished for blasphemy
d. he must by punished for misrepresenting Judaism
Quiz of the Day, September 9, 2016
At the Council of Jerusalem where the validity of the innovation of the mission to the Gentiles was confirmed, who spoke the definitive statement of confirmation?
a. Simon Peter
b. James of Jerusalem
c. Paul
d. Barnabas
Quiz of the Day, September 8, 2016
Which of the following was the "earliest" Church Council?
a. Nicaea
b. Constantinople
c. Jerusalem
d. Ephesus
e. Chalcedon
Quiz of the Day, September 7, 2016
Spirit, Bride, Alpha, Omega, Bright Morning Star are found in a canticle from what book of the Bible?
a. Daniel
b. John
c. Ezekiel
d. Revelation
Quiz of the Day, September 6, 2016
In John's Gospel, the discussion about Jesus being "Son of God," Jesus responds to his shocked interlocutors by quoting a Hebrew Scripture about humans being "gods and sons of the Most High." What Hebrew Scripture did Jesus quote?
a. Genesis
b. Isaiah
c. Psalms
d. Job
Quiz of the Day, September 5, 2016
Albert Schweitzer, organist, physician, humanitarian and theologian wrote a book, "The Quest for the Historical Jesus." In this book, he argues that Jesus should be primarily seen as
a. an apocalyptic prophet
b. a wisdom teacher
c. a wonder working healer
d. a rabbi founding another rabbinical school of thought
Quiz of the Day, September 4, 2016
Which of the following is not a metaphor for Jesus in the Gospel of John?
a. gate
b. shepherd
c. Good Shepherd
d. Way
e. Truth
f. Word
g. Letter
Quiz of the Day, September 3, 2106
Who is Prudence Crandall?
a. A Quaker saint on the Episcopal calendar of saints
b. A founder of a school which admitted a black child in 1831 in Connecticut
c. A person who closed her school because of fear for safety of her children
d. All of the above
Quiz of the Day, September 2, 2016
Which of the following biblical character says, "I have escaped by the skin of my teeth?"
a. David
b. The Psalmist
c. Jeremiah
d. Job
Quiz of the Day, September 1, 2016
A recent liturgical observance for the time September 1st through October 4th is called what?
a. Holy Cross Month
b. Rogation
c. Season of Creation
d. Harvest Festival
Who of the following was not a Bible translator?
a. John Eliot
b. Jerome
c. William Tyndale
d. John Wycliffe
e. Miles Coverdale
f. Edward Sapir
g. Martin Luther
h. Miles Coverdale
Quiz of the Day, September 29, 2016
What is Michaelmas?
a. a feast for non-human beings
b. a feast for Gabriel, Raphael and Uriel
c. a feast for the Archangel Michael
d. sometime a name for the fall term at a seminary or church school
e. all of the above
Quiz of the Day, September 28, 2016
Which of the following mystics wrote "The Scale of Perfection?" (aka "The Ladder of Perfection")
a. St. Teresa of Avila
b. Walter Hilton
c. Margery Kempe
d. Thomas Traherne
e. Richard Rolle
f. John Climacus
Quiz of the September 27, 2006
Which of the following best describes Thomas Traherne?
a. A supralapsarian
b. A Metaphysical poet
c. A Pelagian
d. A monk of Lindisfarne
Quiz of the Day, September 26, 2016
"It is more blessed to give than to receive." These words are attributed to Jesus and in what book of the Bible are they found?
a. Matthew
b. Mark
c. Luke
d. John
e. Acts of the Apostles
Quiz of the Day, September 25, 2016
The tongue is compared to the rudder of a ship, a fire and a bit of a horse in what book in the Bible?
a. Psalms
b. Proverbs
c. Ecclesiastes
d. James
Quiz of the Day, September 24, 2016
Which prophet to Judah is associated with the reign of King Uzziah?
a. Hosea
b. Amos
c. Jeremiah
d. Isaiah
Quiz of the Day, September 23, 2016
What is the Masoretic Text?
a. a very early text for the New Testament
b. a text of the Bible found among the Masoric people
c. Official Hebrew and Aramaic text of Hebrew Scriptures of Rabbinic Judaism
d. an ancient translation of Hebrew Scripture into Aramaic
Quiz of the Day, September 22, 2016
What record of "book burning/scroll burning" is found in the Bible?
a. the Torah was burned by the Chaldean armies
b. the Book of Maccabees by Antiochus Epiphanes
c. the magic books by Christian converts in Ephesus
d. the writings of Simon Magus
Quiz of the Day, September 21, 2016
In the story of Esther what is the name of the hateful antagonist of Mordecai?
a. Ahasuerus
b. Haman
c. Bigthana
d. Teresh
Quiz of the Day, September 20, 2016
Which of the following is not true of the man Apollos who is recorded in the Acts of the Apostles?
a. He was a Jew
b. He was from Alexandria
c. He had the baptism of John
d. He became a companion of Paul in his mission
Quiz of the Day, September 19, 2016
Which biblical figure said, "If I perish, I perish?"
a. Jesus
b. Paul
c. Esther
d. David
Quiz of the Day, September 18, 2016
Purim is the Jewish holiday which derives from the book of Esther, a story of the saving of the Jewish people from the plot of the wicked Haman. What does "pur" in Purim refer to?
a. the wicked plot
b. lot or method of selecting the day on the calendar
c. a Persian word for "Queen"
d. gallows, on which the wicked Haman was hung
Quiz of the Day, September 17, 2016
The Bible is a book about the knowledge of God in the experience of humanity. How many times is the name of God mentioned in the book of Esther?
a. once
b. twice
c. three times
d. nil
Quiz of the Day, September 16, 2016
Why was Queen Vashti replaced with the new Queen Esther?
a. the king preferred Esther's beauty
b. the king wanted to marry a Jew
c. Vashti refused to come to the king when bidden
d. Esther was married for a political alliance
Quiz of the Day, September 15, 2016
Which of the following "heretical" groups used the writings of Cyprian to bolster their position?
a. Peligians
b. Donatists
c. Docetists
d. Arians
Quiz of the Day September 14, 2016
Who built the first temple in Jerusalem?
a. David
b. Moses
c. Melchizedek
d. Solomon
Quiz of the Day, September 13, 2016
Which of the following saint had a surname meaning "golden-tongue?"
a. John of Constantinople
b. Basil the Great
c. Gregory of Nyssa
d. Gregory Nazianzus
Quiz of the Day, September 12, 2016
What does "Behemoth" refer to in Job?
a. an alligator or crocodile
b. hippopotamus
c. Elephant
d. rhinoceros
e. dinosaur
f. a large animal living in/near water and eats grass
Quiz of the Day, September 11, 2016
Where does one find the phrase, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great?"
a. Daniel
b. Ezekiel
c. Maccabees
d. Revelation
Quiz of the Day, September 10, 2016
What does the Gospel of John record the High Priest Caiphas as predicting about Jesus?
a. he must be turned over to the Romans
b. he must die for the nation of Israel
c. he must be punished for blasphemy
d. he must by punished for misrepresenting Judaism
Quiz of the Day, September 9, 2016
At the Council of Jerusalem where the validity of the innovation of the mission to the Gentiles was confirmed, who spoke the definitive statement of confirmation?
a. Simon Peter
b. James of Jerusalem
c. Paul
d. Barnabas
Quiz of the Day, September 8, 2016
Which of the following was the "earliest" Church Council?
a. Nicaea
b. Constantinople
c. Jerusalem
d. Ephesus
e. Chalcedon
Quiz of the Day, September 7, 2016
Spirit, Bride, Alpha, Omega, Bright Morning Star are found in a canticle from what book of the Bible?
a. Daniel
b. John
c. Ezekiel
d. Revelation
Quiz of the Day, September 6, 2016
In John's Gospel, the discussion about Jesus being "Son of God," Jesus responds to his shocked interlocutors by quoting a Hebrew Scripture about humans being "gods and sons of the Most High." What Hebrew Scripture did Jesus quote?
a. Genesis
b. Isaiah
c. Psalms
d. Job
Quiz of the Day, September 5, 2016
Albert Schweitzer, organist, physician, humanitarian and theologian wrote a book, "The Quest for the Historical Jesus." In this book, he argues that Jesus should be primarily seen as
a. an apocalyptic prophet
b. a wisdom teacher
c. a wonder working healer
d. a rabbi founding another rabbinical school of thought
Quiz of the Day, September 4, 2016
Which of the following is not a metaphor for Jesus in the Gospel of John?
a. gate
b. shepherd
c. Good Shepherd
d. Way
e. Truth
f. Word
g. Letter
Quiz of the Day, September 3, 2106
Who is Prudence Crandall?
a. A Quaker saint on the Episcopal calendar of saints
b. A founder of a school which admitted a black child in 1831 in Connecticut
c. A person who closed her school because of fear for safety of her children
d. All of the above
Quiz of the Day, September 2, 2016
Which of the following biblical character says, "I have escaped by the skin of my teeth?"
a. David
b. The Psalmist
c. Jeremiah
d. Job
Quiz of the Day, September 1, 2016
A recent liturgical observance for the time September 1st through October 4th is called what?
a. Holy Cross Month
b. Rogation
c. Season of Creation
d. Harvest Festival