|
Tick the statements that are correct (more than one may be right)
1.
The canonical gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and
John) are usually thought to have been completed
a)
between ad
65 and 90
b)
near the end of the second century
2.
The gnostic gospels are usually thought to have
been completed
a)
between ad
65 and ad 90
b)
near the end of the second century
3.
Copies of gnostic gospels have been discovered
a)
in a cave on the shores of the Dead Sea
b)
in a vault beneath the Vatican
c)
in the French village of Rennes-le-Château
d)
somewhere in Egypt
4.
A codex is
a)
an ancient manuscript in the form of a book
b)
a secret code devised by the church, used to
conceal inconvenient facts
5.
Opus Dei is
a)
a fairly traditionalist society within the Roman
Catholic Church whose aim is to help people come closer to God
b)
the Vatican’s secret police
c)
a name for the recitation of the church’s cycle
of prayer
6.
Our perception of the ‘feminine-in-all-things’
(sometimes called the ‘sacred feminine’) seems to have been
suppressed
a)
in the Jerusalem Temple in the mid seventh century
BC
b)
during the first four centuries of the church
c)
by the emperor Constantine
d)
at the Reformation
True or false?
7.
The canonical gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and
John) show Jesus as a very ‘human’ person, whereas the Gnostic
Gospels tend to place the emphasis on his divinity.
True / false
8.
The best evidence shows that, within 20 years, the
death and resurrection of Jesus were interpreted as the defeat of the
world’s hostile spiritual powers. True
/ false
9.
Winchester Cathedral and
Lincoln Cathedral hosted the filming of The Da Vinci Code, but
Westminster Abbey refused. True
/ false
10.
Appleton-le-Moors used to have a chapel dedicated
to Mary Magdalene. True
/ false
For
discussion – would you have allowed them to film the Da Vinci Code in
Lastingham Crypt (for an ‘undisclosed’ fee)?
Go
to answers.
©
ASF 2006
|