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This study set covers Theology through
20 practice questions.
A series of factual questions covering historical dates, key figures, and numerical data in theology. Every question includes the correct answer so you can learn as you go — pick any format above to get started.
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Theological History and Figures study set below.
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1
In what year did the Council of Nicaea, the first ecumenical council, begin?
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A
325 AD
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B
313 AD
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C
381 AD
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D
451 AD
2
How many 'Theses' did Martin Luther famously write in 1517?
3
Thomas Aquinas, author of the Summa Theologica, died in which year?
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A
1225
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B
1274
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C
1300
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D
1325
4
The Great Schism, which divided the Church into Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox, officially occurred in which year?
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A
1054
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B
1095
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C
1150
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D
1204
5
How many articles of faith are commonly identified in the Westminster Confession of Faith (1647)?
6
John Calvin was born in which year?
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A
1483
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B
1509
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C
1517
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D
1536
7
The Council of Trent, which addressed the issues of the Protestant Reformation, lasted from 1545 until which year?
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A
1550
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B
1563
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C
1575
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D
1580
8
How many volumes comprise the standard edition of Karl Barth's 'Church Dogmatics'?
9
Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, is traditionally said to have lived during which century?
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A
8th century BCE
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B
6th century BCE
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C
4th century BCE
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D
2nd century BCE
10
The Edict of Milan, which established religious toleration in the Roman Empire, was issued in which year?
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A
306 AD
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B
313 AD
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C
325 AD
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D
330 AD
11
Augustine of Hippo, author of 'Confessions', died in which year?
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A
354 AD
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B
410 AD
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C
430 AD
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D
476 AD
12
The 'Five Pillars of Islam' represent the core beliefs and practices of the faith; how many main categories are there?
13
In 1870, the First Vatican Council defined the dogma of papal infallibility under which Pope?
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A
Pius IX
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B
Leo XIII
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C
Pius X
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D
Benedict XV
14
The Bhagavad Gita is a core religious text containing how many verses?
15
The Synod of Dort, which produced the Five Points of Calvinism, concluded in which year?
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A
1610
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B
1619
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C
1625
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D
1648
16
Ulrich Zwingli, a leader of the Swiss Reformation, was killed in battle in which year?
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A
1525
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B
1531
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C
1540
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D
1555
17
How many books are contained in the standard Protestant canon of the Old Testament?
18
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German theologian executed by the Nazis, died in which year?
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A
1942
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B
1943
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C
1944
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D
1945
19
The 'Apocrypha' (or Deuterocanonical books) added to the Catholic Bible at the Council of Trent were formally canonized in which year?
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A
1546
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B
1563
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C
1580
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D
1600
20
The Second Vatican Council, which modernized many Catholic practices, ran from 1962 to which year?
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A
1965
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B
1967
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C
1970
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D
1975
