ST101

According to the historic view of the church, Apostles and Prophets:

• Continued to function authoritatively in every generation.

• Could occassionally err in their prophecies

• Were the unique first-century foundation of the church.

• Had less authority than Old Testament prophets.

"Sola Scriptura" means:

• Scripture alone is the "norming norm which cannot be normed," the final authority in matters of faith and practice, vis-a-vis popes, councils, or personal epiphanies

• Scripture alone is God's sole means of revealing himself to humanity, not nature or experience.

• Scripture alone is to be used to interpret Scripture, and no other source or norm can be consulted without tainting our interpretation and harming the faith.

• Scripture alone is our sole source for systematic theology, not reason, experience, or tradition.

The earliest extant (though partial) list of a New Testament canonical writing is:

• The fourth-century list of the Council of Nicaea

• The second-century Roman Muratorian

• The fifth-century definition of the Council of Chalcedon

• The third-century writing of Origen of Alexandria

A philosophical discussion on whether and to what extent knowledge can be warranted is most properly the domain of....

• Veritology

• Epistemology

• Prolegomena

• Exegesis

In 1 Corinthians 7:12, when Paul says, "I say this (I, not the Lord)," it most likely means:

• Paul did not sense the inspiration of the Holy Spirit at that moment

• Paul was acknowledging that some of his words were less inspired that others

• Jesus had not taught on the specific subject, so Paul was addressing a new question

• Paul was just giving his opinion, not authoritative teaching

Which of the following descriptions best reflects the historical development of the New Testament canon of Scripture?

• By the end of the first century, all of the New Testament books were written, but there was not functioning collection of authoritative writing until the Council of Nicaea (325) voted on which books to include in the canon.

• The earliest canon included not on ly our current New Testament books but also a dozen or so heretical books like the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip, and the like. Eventually, these heretical books were removed from the canon by church councils.

• Between A.D. 100 and 200, most of the New Testament books were permanently fixed in the canon, but it took about a century or so before a handful of marginal books were sorted out with regard to their canonical

• Until about the fourth century there was a great amount of uncertainty regarding which books should be included in the New Testament canon, but by applying tests of antiquity, apostolic authorship, catholicity, and orthodoxy, it was finally settled.

The Neo-Orthodox perspective on Scripture teaches that:

• Scripture is inspired by God in a verbal sense, but not in a plenary sense, allowing for degrees of authority in the text.

• Scripture is like a beautiful work of art hat moves us to higher contemplation of things that cannot be reduced to words

• Scripture contains the Word of God (the message) and points to the Word of God (Christ), but does not itself constitute the very words of God.

• Scripture is inspired by God in both a verbal sense and a plenary sense, those there may be some minor errors of irrelevant facts.

Which of the following is NOT normally considered a presupposition regarding revelation in classic Christian theology?

• God has made himself known.

• God is love and wants to have a personal relationship with his creatures.

• Though God can never be known fully, he can be known truly.

• God exists.

All dispensationalists today and from its beginnings in the nineteeth century have always agreed on:

• The nature of the distinction between Israel and the Church

• The division of history into seven dispensations

• The final authority of Scripture in all matter of faith and practice

• A consistent literal, historical-grammatical hermeneutic

Which of the following passages teaches that the authors of Scripture were carried along by the Spirit?

• 2 Timothy 3

• 2 Peter 1

• 1 Corinthians 2

• Ephesians