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Practice Questions (B10-L14)

Below you can find some sample questions for the Lesson 14 on the History of the Syriac Orthodox Church! It is provided in various formats.  (Questions provided by St. Peter’s Philadelphia.)

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  1. Which council does the Syrian Orthodox Church reject?
    1. The Council of Nicea
    2. The Council of Constantinople
    3. The Council of Ephesus
    4. The Council of Chalcedon
  2.  To what religion were Christians forced to convert to?
    1. Judaism
    2. Islam
    3. Hinduism
    4. Buddhism
  3. Who founded Christianity in India?
    1. St. Paul
    2. St. John
    3. St. Thomas
    4. St. Peter
  4. True or False: The Chaldean Syrian Church of Kerala is not the only remnant of the Nestorian influence.
    1. True
    2. False
  5. Who introduced a false doctrine saying that Jesus existed as two persons, the human Jesus and divine Son of God?
    1. Vasco da Gama
    2.  St. Thomas
    3. Nestorius
    4. Archbishop Menezes
  6. True or False: A very large group of Syriac Christians assembled and took a solemn oath by tying a long rope to a Cross in Mattancherry which caused the Cross to bend a ittle due to the weight.
    1. True
    2. False
  7. True or False: In 1774, the court separated the church belonging to Mor Kurilose from our Church and it became the Malabar Independent Church.
    1. True
    2. False
  8. What is the doctrinal difference of the Protestant Church?
    1. Jesus existed as two persons, the human Jesus and the divine Son of God
    2. No major doctrinal difference with our Church, though there are differences in liturgical rites.
    3. They disown St. Mary and all other saints and they do not have prayers for the departed
    4.  Some doctrinal difference exist such as the filioque and the infallibility of the Pope.
  9. What is the doctrinal difference of the Malankara Catholic Church?
    1. Jesus existed as two persons, the human Jesus and the divine Son of God
    2. No major doctrinal difference with our Church, though there are differences in liturgical rites.
    3. They disown St. Mary and all other saints and they do not have prayers for the departed
    4. Some doctrinal difference exist such as the filioque and the infallibility of the Pope.
  10. Who does the Malankara Orthodox Church consider as the head of the church?
    1. The Patriarch
    2. The Catholicose
    3. The Apostles
    4. The disciples
  11. Why is the Syriac Orthodox Church unique?
    1. Presents a form of Christianity, which preserves the practices and preaching of the Apostolic times
    2. Employs in its liturgy the Syriac language, an Aramaic dialect akin to the Aramaic spoken by Christ and the Apostles
    3. Utilizes the most ancient liturgy handed from one generation to another
    4. All of the above

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