INSTRUCTION: True or False   1. When the church became the civic religion of the Roman Empire it also adopted the empire’s political structure and hierarchy. 2. The early church was persecuted within the Roman Empire because it was seen as a threat to the Roman way of life, tradition, and heritage. 3. The church is the whole community of believers, yet if the spirit of division and disagreement among Christians is manifest anywhere, it is within the church. 4. One of the reasons of the Great Schism was the issue on hierarchical leadership within the church. 5. Legitimizing one’s own church institution by using the bible as proof-text leads to fundamentalism.

INSTRUCTION: True or False

1. When the church became the civic religion of the Roman Empire it also adopted the empire’s political structure and hierarchy.

2. The early church was persecuted within the Roman Empire because it was seen as a threat to the Roman way of life, tradition, and heritage.

3. The church is the whole community of believers, yet if the spirit of division and disagreement among Christians is manifest anywhere, it is within the church.

4. One of the reasons of the Great Schism was the issue on hierarchical leadership within the church.

5. Legitimizing one’s own church institution by using the bible as proof-text leads to fundamentalism.

6. Matthew 16:17-19 is about the justification of the existence of the papacy or the leadership of the Popes.

7. The oldest origin of the word church which is Ekklesia was a religious term within Greek society.

8. The New Testament or the early church was already aware of the reality of divisions within a social movement.

9. The church as Temple of the Spirit means that a close relationship must exist among Christians though they may have marked differences.

10. The need for ecumenism was a pioneering effort of the protestant branch of the church.

11. Jesus willfully established the church.

12. One of the important meanings of the church as the Body of Christ is that the believing community is a “living temple.”

13. What the historical Jesus initiated was a Jewish renewal movement, not a religion or a movement apart from Judaism.

14. The church as “catholic,” as emphasized in the lessons, means that Christians should be directed to the Roman Catholic Church.

15. Jesus is the “foundation” of the church.