Called by Christ Final Test

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Section One

The word "mystery", from the Greek, mysterion, means that which is hidden in God and only can be known by God revealing it.(Required)

True

False

The primary sanctuary of God’s reigning presence in the Age of the Exodus is:(Required)

The Temple

Mount Zion

The Garden

The Tabernacle

Biblical ________ is really the theological consequent of Divine Inspiration.(Required)

Infallibility

Canonicity

Transmission

Inerrancy

Which statement is more correct?(Required)

The Sacred Scriptures are divinely inspired and, since they do not err, cannot be said to contain any human element.

The Sacred Scriptures transmit the infallible divine Word by means of human language.

The hierarchical ordering of various ministries around the bishop are (choose all that apply):(Required)

Lay

Presbyteral

Monastic

Diaconal

The word which means a “three canticle hymnic composition” is:(Required)

Triodion

Trisagion

Tripartite

Triptych

Christian holiness is something the laity achieve through their hard work. (Required)

False

True

True/False Nepsis is not necessary for the spiritual life.(Required)

True

False

The laity seek the kingdom of God by(choose one):(Required)

None of the above

Becoming ordained

Becoming missionaries

Engaging in temporal affairs and ordering them to the plan of God

In orthodox practice, bowing, kissing, prostrating, reverently touching, genuflecting, and making the sign of the cross or lighting a votive before an image are gestures of __________ .(Required)

Adoration

Ritual

Veneration

Idolatry

Section Two

__________ accounts for the early standardization of the emerging iconographic repertoire.(Required)

Pilgrimage

A common stock of biblical imagery

All of the above

A common artistic vocabulary

Which one of these statements is NOT one of the three criteria for a proper interpretation of the Scriptures?(Required)

Be attentive to the analogy of faith.

Read the Scripture within the living tradition of the whole Church.

Be attentive to the content and unity of the whole Scripture.

Use your Scofield reference Bible.

The story of the Royal High Priest Melchizedek is told in which Age of the Kingdom?(Required)

Age of the Patriarchs

Age of Creation

Age of Exile

Age of the Empire

Which was not a foreseen consequence of the wide acceptance of artificial contraception (Pope St. Paul VI)?(Required)

Government overreach in regard to the promotion of contraceptives

None of the above were foreseen

General lowering of moral standards

Lowering of respect for the dignity of women

All of the above were foreseen

The dogma that the Books of the Bible have God as their primary author, especially the Third Person of the Holy Trinity – the Holy Spirit, is known as:(Required)

Transmission

Immutability

Inspiration

Canonicity

The liturgical vestments of the clergy symbolize the Incarnation of Christ.(Required)

True

False

“Genesis functions primarily as a narrative catechism for the Exodus.”(Required)

True

False

Who said, “God became man, that man might become god”?(Required)

St. Basil

St. John Chrysostom

St. Athanasius

St. Augustine

“Just as the Eternal Word was made flesh in human nature by the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit, so the Word of God through the Holy Spirit was enfleshed in the words of men.” This saying is an expression of:(Required)

Dual Authorship

Biblical Infallibility

The Marian Principle

The Incarnational Analogy

The Christian Church had no material culture before the year AD 300.(Required)

False

True

Section Three

Which of the following statements is NOT correct?(Required)

God's divine pedagogy is exemplified in Jesus Christ, the Divine Teacher, Who sets the ultimate example for all Catechists to follow.

God reveals Himself to man all at once.

The Ecclesial Method is a method of teaching that is faithful to the Word of God and to the Magisterium of the Church.

Jesus always respects a persons free will and intellect. He reveals Himself and the ngives the disciples an opportunity to consider the revelation and to respond in faith. In this way, Jesus always provides an opportunity for personal application.

The Ecclesial Method is aimed at leading participants to an authentic understanding of the Faith and to a conversion of heart.

The story of the Maccabees is told in which Age of the Kingdom?(Required)

Age of the Patriarchs

Age of Exile

Age of Creation

Age of the Empire

All gifts and all ministries are directed towards the growth of the entire community as a single body.(Required)

False

True

Which Greek term means “to turn” or “to think differently”?(Required)

Logismoi

Theoria

Apatheia

Metanoia

The dignity of the human person exists from conception. (Required)

True

False

A theological distinction can be made between the interior life of the Holy Trinity and the revelation of the Trinity in creation.(Required)

True

False

Which is not part of a moral act?(Required)

Circumstances

Consequences

Content (Object)

Intention

The Divine Liturgies of St Basil the Great and St John Chrysostom are full of well over 200 verses of Sacred Scripture, woven together in a tapestry of sacred praise from the beginning of the liturgy until its end.(Required)

True

False

The Greek word for the principle of God’s condescension and divine accommodation in leading humanity to full maturity in salvation history is:(Required)

Katabasis

Paradosis

Apocalypsis

Mysterion

Our corporate worship is mostly recited with only a few things that are sung.(Required)

True

False

Section Four

The education of children is a responsibility that falls naturally to whom?(Required)

The Church

Parents

The state

All of the above

The ________ Sense of Scripture points to the way we should act or live, emphasizing especially the theological virtue of charity.(Required)

Literal

Tropological

Allegorical

Anagogical

Ezra is primarily known as:(Required)

The Steward

The King

The Israelite

The Scribe

Christian appropriation of the Greco-Roman artistic tradition can best be described as __________ .(Required)

Syncretism

Selective Appropriation

Idolatry

Organic Development

The principle of Catholic social teaching that recognizes that issues are best dealt with at the smallest and most direct level of involvement, is called what?(Required)

Philanthropia

Solidarity

Sobornost

Subsidiarity

The Four Empires prophesied about in the Book of Daniel include all but which of the following?(Required)

Babylonian

Philistine

Greek

Medo-Persian

The service of the Lytia where bread, wheat, wine, and oil are blessed in the church traditionally occurs after:(Required)

First Hour

Matins

Vespers

Compline

An example of a Feast of the Theotokos based on the readings of the Gospel is:(Required)

Annunciation

Entrance into the Temple

Dormition

Nativity of the Theotokos

According to the Seventh Ecumenical Council, an ‘icon’ is __________ .(Required)

An image of a holy scene or personage in a variety of artistic media.

A carved image.

Restricted to the sign of the cross and the matter of the Eucharist.

Specifically a painting on a wooden panel.

Veneration or relative worship is that meet reverence, even in the form of gestures, given to persons or things due to their place in the Divine Economy. Adoration is that service (at once taking a ritual and moral expression) rendered only to God which subsists in a complete gift of self to God.(Required)

False

True

Section Five

Personal prayer is always ecclesial.(Required)

False

True

The Church’s teaching that upholds an equitable distribution of communal goods (food, water, adequate work, etc.), is called what?(Required)

Private property

Distributive justice

Solidarity

Subsidiarity

The essence of idolatry consists in __________ .(Required)

External acts of reverence given to a creature rather than to God alone.

Depicting the divine.

Worshipping a creature in place of the Creator.

Work of art depicting pagan gods.

What is Typology?(Required)

The categorization of certain key events within Sacred History into genres, in accordance with their importance for Divine Revelation.

The illumination of the unity of God's plan of salvation across the Old and New Testaments by means of prefigurations and fulfillments.

What is the desert precursor to the Divine Office?(Required)

The Office of 12 Psalms

The battle against VainGlory

The Divine Liturgy

The Jesus Prayer

In the Holy Mystery of Anointing, as we pray for healing of soul and body of the person(s) before us, there is also a forgiveness of sins.(Required)

True

False

What is the proper ordering of the five steps of the ecclesial method?(Required)

Preparation, Proclamation, Explanation, Application, Celebration

Preparation, Explanation, Proclamation, Celebration,Application

The apostolicity of the Church is realized in the ministry of (choose all that apply):(Required)

Priests

Laity

Bishops

Deacons

Catechesis properly begins with which of the following:(Required)

the preaching of the Kerygma

an exposure to the Divine Liturgy

Of the list below, which Church Father is NOT one of the Three Holy Hierarchs:(Required)

St. John Chrysostom

St. Gregory the Great

St. Basil the Great

St. Gregory the Theologian

Section Six

The epiclesis is the moment in the Divine Liturgy when the Holy Spirit is called down to transform the bread and wine to the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.(Required)

True

False

Catechesis should not rely merely on attending the Divine Liturgy, but also the establish of a private prayer rule, especially the Psalms and the Jesus Prayer- true or false?(Required)

True

False

Matins is the early morning service where we are watchful and waiting for the Lord.(Required)

False

True

The Church’s daily cycle of prayer:(Required)

Is found in a grouping of services called the Horologion.

Is a rule of prayer founded largely on the Psalms.

All of the above

Is expressed according to biblical numerology by the number 7 as a number of perfection.

The Imago Dei according to the Old and New Covenants refers to the fact that man is the image of God restored to the likeness of God in Christ.(Required)

False

True

God's chosen people are involved in a Sacred History, in which God communicates Himself to them gradually.(Required)

True

False

The process through which we become transformed as “partakers in the Divine nature”, is called what?(Required)

Theoria

Theosis

Liturgia

Metanoia

According to St. John Cassian what is the goal of the Spiritual life?(Required)

Purity of Heart

Fancy Beards (duh..)

Life in the Church

Spiritual union with God in this life.

What definition does NOT fit for the concept of the Logismoi?(Required)

Thoughts which occupy our understanding and lead us to sin.

A metaphorical expression of the demons.

The precursor to the 7 deadly sins.

The Vice itself which must be confessed in the Holy Mystery of Confession.

In the narrative context of Genesis, the walking, talking serpent-king should remind us of which figure?(Required)

Nebuchadnezzar

Pharaoh

Ahaz

Solomon

Section Seven

The characteristics of Christian worship are: trinitarian, ecclesial, eschatological, and cosmic.(Required)

True

False

Byzantine liturgical prayer is structured around which of the following cycles:(Required)

Daily, weekly, yearly

Daily, monthly, yearly

The name “Deuteronomy” means:(Required)

Second Law

The Five Scrolls

The Ten Words

Law of the Covenant

The __________ Sense is the foundation of all subsequent levels of biblical interpretation.(Required)

Literal

Tropological

Anagogical

Allegorical

Which is said to be the central step of the Ecclesial Method?(Required)

Explanation

Preparation

Application

Proclamation

True/False It is totally reasonable for the average layperson to pray the whole Byzantine Divine office on a daily basis.(Required)

True

False

The word “testament” is also translated as:(Required)

Covenant

Tabernacle

Sacrament

Book

The human person stands at the center of social life.(Required)

True

False

The idea advanced by biblical scholar, Richard B. Hays, that Paul makes use of texts from the Old Testament, not simply as a form of proof texting, but rather as a way of evoking a broader context in the Old Testament narrative that his Jewish readers especially would have understood, is known as:(Required)

Theonomy

Premillenialism

Intertestamental Echoes

Double Effect

God intended for mankind to gradually achieve perfection, even if we had not fallen into sin.(Required)

True

False

Section Eight

Which is NOT an example of a Fixed Cycle feast of the Lord:(Required)

Nativity

Transfiguration

Theophany

Ascension

The Church, and the celebration of the Sacred Mysteries, is the place of salvation.(Required)

No. According to the divine plan for salvation, the Church and the sacraments are entirely incidental to our salvation.

Yes. That which was accomplished by the Savior has now passed into the sacraments of the Church.

"Flowery Sunday" is another name for:(Required)

The Sunday after Dormition

Palm Sunday

Ascension

Pascha

Baptism is the source of the charism and vocation of the laity.(Required)

True

False

The Catechism Christ Our Pascha is structured in which order?(Required)

Worship, Faith, Life

Faith, Worship, Life

The tria munera of the hierarchical priesthood is priestly, prophetic, and political.(Required)

True

False

The Patriarch Jacob’s name is changed to:(Required)

Esau

Melchezidek

Israel

David

The tendency to excessively enclose all prayer within a ritual frame is referred to as:(Required)

Pietism

Liturgicalism

None of the above

Acedia

The root of the word for Akathist means:(Required)

Bowing

Sitting

Standing

Kneeling

The laity participate in Christ’s priesthood, kingship and prophetic mission through (choose one):(Required)

None of the above

Ordination to Holy Orders

The mysteries of Christian Initiation

Special permission from the Bishop

Section Nine

True/False According to the latest Psychological Research, 'Thought Stopping' is the best way of reaching stillness.(Required)

True

False

Authentic catechesis cannot be done through liturgical chant, special occasional services (blessings, consecrations, prayer services, exorcisms), the Church building (icons, relics, holy articles), and family domestic traditions (icon corner, family prayer)- true or false? (Required)

False

True

According to Catholic teaching, the Bible is a unified library or a collection of 73 divinely inspired, related, ancient, oriental, redemptive, translated books that are authoritatively selected by the Church through the guidance of the Holy Spirit.(Required)

True

False

The order of the appendices in the Catechism Christ Our Pascha reflects the following: Daily Prayers, Catechetical Truths, Social Directives.(Required)

False. The proper beginning of all catechesis is social justice, and only then should we learn about prayers and catechism.

True. This is the normal manner in which members of the church have learned the faith.

Which is the better description of the Resurrection of Christ among the following statements?(Required)

The ultimate revelation of God's new creation.

The incorporeal manifestation of divine power over death.

What is the Kerygma?(Required)

The living and uninterrupted experience of the unbroken continuity of Sacred Tradition.

The proclamation of the Paschal Mystery, witnessed in the life of the Christian community.

The depths of revelation are discerned most fully in the light of the Holy Tradition of the Church, and are progressively uncovered therein. Although, all are capable of a certain knowledge of God by means of contemplating His creation.(Required)

True. The gracious action of the Holy Spirit reveals the truth to all who live in communion with God, including those who seek Him with a good will.

False. Since Holy Tradition is not as authoritative as the Sacred Scriptures, and since the Scriptures teach us that faith is necessary for salvation, no one can come to any knowledge of creation whatsoever while devoid of faith.

Chrismation is the Holy Mystery by which we are sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit and this is revealed in the anointing with the Oil of Gladness before Baptism.(Required)

False

True

The Hexapsalm is one of the central features of the service of Byzantine Vespers.(Required)

True

False

True/False In the mind of St. Seraphim, fasting is not optional for the Christian.(Required)

True

False

Section Ten

The life of grace is best described as which of the following.(Required)

That which is initiated by human choice to follow God, and which is subsequently confirmed by the action of God.

A synergy, or cooperation, between the divinity and humanity, whereby humanity responds to divine revelation and invitation.

What is NOT a definition of Nepsis?(Required)

Calling out to Christ for help

Remaining silent and still in prayer

Meditating on a mystery of Christ's life.

Scrutinizing the thoughts of fanciful notions

Which one is NOT a stage of the spiritual life in the classic desert model?(Required)

Nepsis

Catharsis

Theoria

Theosis

According to the Second Council of Nicaea __________ .(Required)

Christ is a divine person with a human nature that can be depicted.

Christ is fully man and fully God and thus he cannot be depicted.

Christ is partially God but also partially man and thus could be depicted.

Christ has a composite nature that could not be depicted.

True/False The Foundation of most spiritual practices was the practices started in the Deserts of Egypt(Required)

True

False

A Christian’s entire spiritual life is service to God and neighbor.(Required)

False

True

The vice which places the amassing of material goods before all else is called what?(Required)

Despondency

Avarice

Calumny

Lust

Care for creation is primarily a _________ issue.(Required)

Political

Ecumenical

Moral

Global

St. John of Damascus was the first Christian thinker to mention or theologically reflect on the artistic tradition of the Church.(Required)

False

True

"Modern man listens more willingly to teachers than to witnesses, and if he does listen to witnesses, it is because they are teachers (Evangelium Nuntiandi)."(Required)

True

False