Religion Quiz

• God worshiped: -Jewish Religion, -Christian Religion
• Parable- Short story that illustrates moral or religious principles.
• Sect- a group that has separated itself from an establishment.
• Christianity is the largest religion in the world.
• Christianity has more than 2 billion followers.
• It's teachings revolve around the beliefs about the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
• Jesus Christ was a Historical Figure.
• Jesus christ was born 2BCE and 7BCE.
• Jesus Christ was the founder of Christianity.
• Jesus was sent to redeem humankind from its sins.
• Jesus was born to the Virgin Mary.
• Jesus "Earthly" his father is joseph.
• Virgin Birth is a Christian(Catholic) dogma or belief that Jesus was conceived by Mary through the holy spirit without the involvement of a human father.
• Jesus was born in bethlehem, he was raised by his parents in Nazareth which made him a Nazarene.
• Jesus started preaching about the kingdom of god throughout Galilee.
• He was baptized in the Jordan River by a prophet known as John the Baptist.
• He was crucified by Pontius pilate and rose on the third day.
• Jesus was 30 yearsold when he began preaching.
• Examples of Parables: Prodigal son, Ten talents, and Sower and the seed.
• Parable of the Prodigal Son from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 15, verses 11 to 32.
• Aside from teaching about forgiveness, Jesus also taught about happiness through the Beatitudes as narrated in the gospel of matthew chapter 5, verses 3 to 11.
• Jesus also taught his followers how to pray through the Lord's Prayer as narrated in the Gospel of Luke(Luke 11:14)
• Jesus also performed miracles: wedding at Cana where he turned water into wine
• Jesus called on the twelve apostles to help him in his ministry.
• Jesus appointed 72 other followers to bring the "good news" to different places in Galilee.
• The Christian religion has sacred texts and scriptures known as the holy bible.
• Old testament is the same as in judaism, narrates the story of god's creation and the prophecy of the advent of Jesus Christ as the Savior.
• Old Testament- composed of more than 38 books.
• New Testament contains the teachings of Jesus Christ and Gospels written by Evangelist, matthew, mark, luke, and john.
• New testament also contains the book of Revelations.
• The Holy Trinity is the union between the three personas of god who are the father, son, and holy spirit.
• Christians(Catholics and other selected sects) are identified by the cross.
• Cross - which can be seen in many Christian churches, homes, and schools.
• The cross symbolizes Christ, who died to save humanity from death because of sins and opened the doors of Heaven.
• Evangelism comes from the greek word euaggelion and euaggelizo.
• Euaggelion means "good message" or "gospel".
• Euaggelizo means "to announce, declare, bring or preach good."
• the Christian religion has different sects or groups that formed other Christian churches due to reforms, or other interpretation of the Gospel.
• The follower of the christian religion are guided by moral laws to live a life that is pleasing to god.
• These moral laws are in the Ten commandments and in the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament