Filters
Question type
Study Flashcards

Thomasine Christian literature is characterized by all of the following except:


A) Its narration of Gnostic myths
B) Its depiction of the material realm as a prison
C) Its declaration that Jesus is a divine messenger sent from God
D) Its rejection of the pleasures of the flesh

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Gnostics believed that ____________ was essential for salvation.


A) knowledge
B) belief in Jesus
C) baptism with oil
D) renunciation of material wealth

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

What were the two most important Christian Gnostic groups? How do the Thomasine Christians relate to these groups? What characterized each group, and what were some of the differences between them?

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

the body and this material realm, are un...

View Answer

Based on information you can glean from the Johannine epistles, who were the opponents that the community confronted?

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

First John states that the community had...

View Answer

Showing 21 - 24 of 24

Related Exams

Exam 1

What Is the New Testament the Early Christians and Their Literature

21 Questions

Exam 2

Do We Have the Original New Testament

33 Questions

Exam 3

The Greco-Roman World of Early Christian Traditions

24 Questions

Exam 4

The Jewish World of Jesus and His Followers

12 Questions

Exam 5

From Oral Traditions to Written Gospels

15 Questions

Exam 6

Jesus, the Suffering Son of God: the Gospel According to Mark

10 Questions

Exam 7

The Synoptic Problem and Its Significance for Interpretation

26 Questions

Exam 8

Jesus, the Jewish Messiah: the Gospel According to Matthew

10 Questions

Exam 9

Jesus, the Savior of the World: the Gospel According to Luke

13 Questions

Exam 10

Jesus, the Man Sent From Heaven: the Gospel According to John

15 Questions

Exam 12

Jesus From Different Perspectives: Other Gospels in Early Christianity

24 Questions

Exam 13

The Historical Jesus: Sources, Problems, and Methods

21 Questions

Exam 14

Jesus in Context

34 Questions

Exam 15

Jesus, the Apocalyptic Prophet

28 Questions

Exam 16

From Jesus to the Gospels

34 Questions

Exam 17

Lukes Second Volume: the Acts of the Apostles

15 Questions

Exam 18

Paul the Apostle: the Man and His Mission

15 Questions

Exam 19

Paul and His Apostolic Mission: 1 Thessalonians As a Test Case

15 Questions

Exam 20

Paul and the Crises of His Churches: 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Philippians, and Philemon

11 Questions

Exam 21

The Gospel According to Paul: the Letter to the Romans

18 Questions

Exam 22

Does the Tradition Miscarry Paul in Relation to Jesus, James, Thecla, and Theudas

38 Questions

Exam 23

In the Wake of the Apostle: the Deutero-Pauline and Pastoral Epistles

16 Questions

Exam 24

From Pauls Female Colleagues to the Pastors Intimidated Women: the Oppression of Women in Early Christianity

37 Questions

Exam 25

Christians and Jews: Hebrews, Barnabas, and Later Anti-Jewish Literature

27 Questions

Exam 26

Christians and Pagans: 1 Peter, the Letters of Ignatius, the Martyrdom of Polycarp, and Later Apologetic Literature

21 Questions

Exam 27

Christians and Christians: James, the Didache, Polycarp, 1 Clement, Jude, and 2 Peter

24 Questions

Exam 28

Christians and the Cosmos: the Revelation of John, the Shepherd of Hermas, and the Apocalypse of Peter

24 Questions

Show Answer