Christian Religious Knowledge Questions & Answers

What effect did the decision of the Council of Jerusalem have on the Early Church?

Members became more united

The Jews became leaders of the community

The church experienced freedom from persecution

Gentiles were free to be members

Correct answer is A

The council decided that Gentile converts to Christianity were not obligated to keep most of the Law of Moses, including the rules concerning circumcision of males. The Council did, however, retain the prohibitions on eating blood, meat containing blood, and meat of animals not properly slain, and on fornication and idolatry, sometimes referred to as the Apostolic Decree or Jerusalem Quadrilateral. This led to unity in the early church

According to Paul in Philippians, Jesus demonstrated humility when He

Likened Himself to God

Had pity on the possessed man

Took the form of man

Forgave those who crucified Him

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Correct answer is C

Jesus portrayed humility when he took the form of man
Philippians 2 :5-8

''Your prayers and your alms have ascended as a memorial before God.....''

The statement above marked the conversion of

Philip

Cornelius

Saul of Tarsus

The Ethiopian Eunuch

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Correct answer is B

Cornelius stared at him in fear. "What is it, Lord?" he asked. The angel answered, "Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God.
Acts 10:4

During the Temple's repair, King Josiah commanded that the money for the work, be given to the workmen without asking for an account of it because

They were honest men

They were to be tested first

There was no room for that

The king enquired from God

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Correct answer is A

But they need not account for the money entrusted to them, because they are honest in their dealings."
2 kings 22:5-7

When the wall of Jerusalem was broken down, the survivors who escaped the exile were in great

Frustration

Trouble and shame

Disappointment