ST312-01 | Our Daily Bread University

Match each Bible reference with the summary of its contents.

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Believers should not give up meeting together.
We should contend for the faith.
God saves those who believe in Jesus His Son.
Believers will be resurrected in bodily form.

Hebrews 10:25
Jude 3-4
John 3:16-17
John 5:28-29

Match each part of the tree illustration used in the lesson with its corresponding meaning.

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The Scriptures
Key doctrines
Secondary doctrines that flow from major doctrines
The lesser doctrines that flow from secondary doctrines.

The roots
The trunk and the major branches
The smaller branches
The leaves

Match each Bible reference with the description of its contents.

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The Church is built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Jesus as the chief cornerstone.
If I can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge but have not love I am nothing.
Jesus gave the church apostles and prophets… so that the body of Christ may be built up until we reach unity in the faith… and maturity.
Jesus prays that His followers be brought to complete unity to let the world know that the Father sent Him and that He loves them.

Ephesians 2:19-21
1 Corinthians 13:2
Ephesians 4:11-13
John 17:23

Which of the following statements best summarizes the lesson’s teaching about the importance of the Apostles’ Creed?

Every Christian must believe the doctrines expressed in the Apostles' Creed in order to become a member of the Church.
While an individual can be saved even with a poor understanding of doctrine the Apostles' Creed gives us the core beliefs that all Christians should believe.
While the Apostles' Creed contains the doctrines that the Church believes to be essential it is not necessary to believe those doctrines to be saved.

What is the probable origin of the Apostles’ Creed?

The twelve apostles probably each contributed to the original form of the creed.
It probably began as questions asked to baptismal candidates.
It was probably a statement officially accepted by a church council from the second century A.D.

The form of the Apostles’ Creed as we know it today was standardized in Latin around what year?

200 A.D.
500 A.D.
700 A.D.
1000 A.D.

Which of the following statements accurately describe the “Old Roman Creed”? Mark each correct answer.

It was a creed used in Rome in the early centuries after Christ.
It was almost identical to the Apostles' Creed.
Tertullius referred to it by name as early as 200 A.D.
It was adopted by an ecumenical council in Rome in 200 A.D.

Which of the following statements best summarizes the lesson’s teaching about the authority of the Apostles’ Creed?

It has the same authority as Scripture.
It has no ecclesiastical authority but should be studied because of its historical value.
It is not infallible like Scripture but it helps us understand Scripture.

Which of the following statements best represents the views of Origen Hippolytus and Basil (Christian writers from the third and fourth centuries)?

They all defended the Scriptures as the source of Christian doctrine and our final authority but depended on the traditional teachings of the church to summarize the teachings of the Bible.
They all defended the Scriptures as the source of Christian doctrine and our final authority and considered traditional formulas of the church as unnecessary.
They all considered the traditional teachings of the church as having the same authority as Scripture.
Hippolytus and Basil believed the Scriptures had greater authority than the traditional teachings of the Church but Origen considered Church tradition to have the same authority as the Scriptures.

What are some of the explanations given by theologians in the lesson that show why there was a need for the Apostles’ Creed? Mark each correct answer.

They needed a clear and concise statement of sound doctrine in order to distinguish it from false teaching.
The Bible is very long and literacy was limited so they needed a creed so that people wouldn't need to read the whole Bible to learn the essential doctrines.
They had only a few copies of New Testament manuscripts until the eighth century.
They needed a creed to cite together in their public worship services.

Which of the following “links of chain” are infallible according to the lesson?

Christ
The apostles
The New Testament
The Church

Name the theologian who made the following statement regarding creeds, speaking especially of the Nicene Creed: “These words which you have heard are in the divine Scriptures scattered up and down: but thence gathered and reduced into one, that the memory of slow persons might not be distressed; that every person may be able to say, able to hold, what he believes.”

Origen
Hippolytus
Augustine
Basil

What are the three main themes of the Apostles’ Creed? Mark each correct answer.

God
The Church
Salvation
The Scriptures

What are the three statements that introduce each main section of the Apostles’ Creed? Mark each correct answer.

"I believe in God the Father Almighty…"
“I believe in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord…”
“I believe in the Holy Spirit…”
“I believe in the holy catholic church…”

Which of the following statements are biblically valid? Mark each correct answer.

Jesus is God.
Jesus should be honored as much as the Father.
Jesus is the same as the Father.
Jesus the Father and the Holy Spirit are one God but not the same essence.

When the Apostles’ Creed speaks of the “holy catholic church,” what does it mean?

It is speaking of the Roman Catholic Church.
It is speaking of the Church as universal.
It is speaking of the Church as having orthodox doctrine.

Which of the following beliefs of Gnosticism was corrected in the Apostles’ Creed?

Jesus is not divine.
The Holy Spirit is not divine.
The physical body is evil.
The only reality is physical; the spiritual world does not exist.

What does the lesson mean when it says that the Apostles’ Creed is “universal”? Mark all correct answers.

It has been affirmed by all denominations that consider themselves Christians throughout history.
It has been affirmed by most Christians in most places throughout history.
It is affirmed by all true Christians; if someone does not believe it he is not saved.
Its doctrines are confirmed in all of the New Testament.

According to the lesson which of the following creeds are primarily based on the Apostles’ Creed? Mark all correct answers.

The Nicene Creed 325 A.D.
The Creed of the Council of Constantinople 381 A.D.
The Chalcedon Creed 451 A.D.
The Athanasian Creed 500 A.D.

Which of the following organizations are considered “cults” according to the lesson because they do not hold to the doctrines of the Apostles’ Creed? Mark each correct answer.

The Jehovah’s Witnesses
The Mormons
The Amish
The Seventh Day Adventists

Which of the following statements best reflects the view expressed in the lesson?

Doctrine should dominate over striving for unity.
Unity should dominate over striving for doctrinal purity.
We should balance doctrinal purity with striving for unity.

According to the lesson in what sense is the Apostles’ Creed “foundational”?

It gives us a basis for judging doctrine.
It gives us the doctrines adopted by the first ecumenical council.
It gives us all the basic doctrines necessary for salvation.

The word “Trinity” is neither in the Bible nor in the Apostles’ Creed.

True
False

According to the lesson, the phrase “(I believe in) the resurrection of the body” in the Apostles’ Creed refers to the resurrection of Jesus.

True
False

The lesson teaches that the doctrines of the Apostles’ Creed logically lead to other valid doctrines.

True
False

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