Question 1

What was the French Enlightenment thinkers' relationship to the church?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were hostile 
B)  They sought a way to unite faith and reason 
C)  They created philosophies that ultimately helped church theologians, though this would be long after they died 
D)  Unlike the English Enlightenment thinkers, they were among the most devout 
A)  They were hostile 
B)  They sought a way to unite faith and reason 
C)  They created philosophies that ultimately helped church theologians, though this would be long after they died 
D)  Unlike the English Enlightenment thinkers, they were among the most devout A

Question 2

What were French Protestants called?

Accepted Answer

A)  Valores 
B)  Huguenots 
C)  Bon Vivants 
D)  Baptists 
A)  Valores 
B)  Huguenots 
C)  Bon Vivants 
D)  Baptists B

Question 3

What made Copernicus hesitant to publish his theory that the sun was the center of the solar system?

Accepted Answer

A)  He challenged formal church teaching 
B)  He challenged the witness of the Bible 
C)  He challenged the working models most scientists had at the time 
D)  His benefactor threatened to withdraw all support, leaving him a pauper 
A)  He challenged formal church teaching 
B)  He challenged the witness of the Bible 
C)  He challenged the working models most scientists had at the time 
D)  His benefactor threatened to withdraw all support, leaving him a pauper C

Question 4

The author believes that the church has principally supported science throughout his history. What are his arguments, and do you think he is persuasive?

Accepted Answer

The author's arguments for the church's

Question 5

After Ferdinand was dethroned in Bohemia, he became the Holy Roman emperor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What is the Presbyterian model of church governance?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is ruled by a council of elders 
B)  It is ruled by a bishop and his priests, but they had to get the people's agreement for any changes to the church 
C)  It is ruled by a House of Commons 
D)  It is ruled as a democracy 
A)  It is ruled by a council of elders 
B)  It is ruled by a bishop and his priests, but they had to get the people's agreement for any changes to the church 
C)  It is ruled by a House of Commons 
D)  It is ruled as a democracy

Question 7

What was Galileo's sentence for being found guilty of heresy?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was restricted to his villa in Florence 
B)  He was put in the papal dungeon 
C)  He was banished from Italy, and his possessions were confiscated 
D)  He was burned at the stake 
A)  He was restricted to his villa in Florence 
B)  He was put in the papal dungeon 
C)  He was banished from Italy, and his possessions were confiscated 
D)  He was burned at the stake

Question 8

Galileo's understanding of the relationship between science and religion was that there was none.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

How were the English Protestants' concerns about King James I allayed?

Accepted Answer

A)  He wrote the King James Bible 
B)  Catholics tried to kill him and members of Parliament 
C)  He was made to swear an oath of allegiance to the Church of England 
D)  They never were as they always suspected him of Catholic sympathies 
A)  He wrote the King James Bible 
B)  Catholics tried to kill him and members of Parliament 
C)  He was made to swear an oath of allegiance to the Church of England 
D)  They never were as they always suspected him of Catholic sympathies

Question 10

Regarding the Wars of Religion, the author quotes Cavanaugh's The Myth of Religious Violence to argue what?

Accepted Answer

A)  There are numerous examples where religious loyalties were trumped by other concerns 
B)  None of the wars were ultimately concerned for religious issues 
C)  Modern wars were based on the Wars of Religion 
D)  Religious concerns turned out to be a private affair during the Wars of Religion 
A)  There are numerous examples where religious loyalties were trumped by other concerns 
B)  None of the wars were ultimately concerned for religious issues 
C)  Modern wars were based on the Wars of Religion 
D)  Religious concerns turned out to be a private affair during the Wars of Religion

Question 11

Many scientists are atheists who believe that scientific inquiry can explain most or all of the conditions of the universe. Do you believe this is a justified position? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

As an AI, I don't have personal beliefs,

Question 12

Did Oliver Cromwell support the bishops of England?

Accepted Answer

A)  Yes, he found them the appropriate power to check the King's power 
B)  Yes, he even tried to get the archbishop of Canterbury made king 
C)  No, as a Puritan, he rejected the episcopal model 
D)  No, as a Puritan he believed that all are priests, all are bishops 
A)  Yes, he found them the appropriate power to check the King's power 
B)  Yes, he even tried to get the archbishop of Canterbury made king 
C)  No, as a Puritan, he rejected the episcopal model 
D)  No, as a Puritan he believed that all are priests, all are bishops

Question 13

What did Denis Diderot and Paul d'Holbach argue that led to their conclusion God was unnecessary?

Accepted Answer

A)  Matter worked mechanically through the laws of physics 
B)  Matter and motion were eternal 
C)  God as a first cause also would have to be considered a contingent being, thus the universe could have no noncontingent being, that is, God 
D)  They argued, God was dead 
A)  Matter worked mechanically through the laws of physics 
B)  Matter and motion were eternal 
C)  God as a first cause also would have to be considered a contingent being, thus the universe could have no noncontingent being, that is, God 
D)  They argued, God was dead

Question 14

What marked the beginning of the Thirty Years' War?

Accepted Answer

A)  German nobility wanted to overthrow the Holy Roman Emperor 
B)  Ferdinand II cancelled religious freedom in Bohemia 
C)  French troops launched a raid on a Swiss battalion 
D)  French King Louis IV invaded the western part of the Holy Roman Empire 
A)  German nobility wanted to overthrow the Holy Roman Emperor 
B)  Ferdinand II cancelled religious freedom in Bohemia 
C)  French troops launched a raid on a Swiss battalion 
D)  French King Louis IV invaded the western part of the Holy Roman Empire

Question 15

According to the author, the latter half of the Thirty Years' War was fundamentally a proxy between Catholic France and Catholic Hapsburgs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What was interesting about Roger Williams who founded Rhode Island and the first Baptist church in the Americas?

Accepted Answer

A)  He wasn't even a Christian at the time 
B)  He was asked to be the pastor each year for twelve years and finally relented and agreed 
C)  He argued for a United Colonies of America, this over 150 years before the Declaration of Independence 
D)  He argued for the separation of church and state as well as religious toleration 
A)  He wasn't even a Christian at the time 
B)  He was asked to be the pastor each year for twelve years and finally relented and agreed 
C)  He argued for a United Colonies of America, this over 150 years before the Declaration of Independence 
D)  He argued for the separation of church and state as well as religious toleration

Question 17

When the Puritans fully ran England, they abolished sports and theater.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What ended the Thirty Years' War?

Accepted Answer

A)  The civil war in England 
B)  The Clemency Agreement 
C)  The Hinderland Accord 
D)  The Peace of Westphalia 
A)  The civil war in England 
B)  The Clemency Agreement 
C)  The Hinderland Accord 
D)  The Peace of Westphalia

Question 19

According to the author what best characterizes the church's relationship to science?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was widely opposed to science 
B)  It stayed aloof from science 
C)  It argued that these were different magisteria and thus unrelated 
D)  It supported scientific discovery 
A)  It was widely opposed to science 
B)  It stayed aloof from science 
C)  It argued that these were different magisteria and thus unrelated 
D)  It supported scientific discovery

Question 20

What was David Hume's understanding of miracles?

Accepted Answer

A)  They represented proof of God that went beyond rational explanation 
B)  They required faith, which ultimately is the foundation for sound religion 
C)  They represented a prescientific imagination 
D)  They represented the kinds of beliefs that ought to lead one to atheism 
A)  They represented proof of God that went beyond rational explanation 
B)  They required faith, which ultimately is the foundation for sound religion 
C)  They represented a prescientific imagination 
D)  They represented the kinds of beliefs that ought to lead one to atheism

Exam 16: The Enlightenment: From Conflict to Tolerance

What was the French Enlightenment thinkers' relationship to the church?

What were French Protestants called?

What made Copernicus hesitant to publish his theory that the sun was the center of the solar system?

The author believes that the church has principally supported science throughout his history. What are his arguments, and do you think he is persuasive?

After Ferdinand was dethroned in Bohemia, he became the Holy Roman emperor.

What is the Presbyterian model of church governance?

What was Galileo's sentence for being found guilty of heresy?

Galileo's understanding of the relationship between science and religion was that there was none.

How were the English Protestants' concerns about King James I allayed?

Regarding the Wars of Religion, the author quotes Cavanaugh's The Myth of Religious Violence to argue what?

Many scientists are atheists who believe that scientific inquiry can explain most or all of the conditions of the universe. Do you believe this is a justified position? Why or why not?

Did Oliver Cromwell support the bishops of England?

What did Denis Diderot and Paul d'Holbach argue that led to their conclusion God was unnecessary?

What marked the beginning of the Thirty Years' War?

According to the author, the latter half of the Thirty Years' War was fundamentally a proxy between Catholic France and Catholic Hapsburgs.

What was interesting about Roger Williams who founded Rhode Island and the first Baptist church in the Americas?

When the Puritans fully ran England, they abolished sports and theater.

What ended the Thirty Years' War?

According to the author what best characterizes the church's relationship to science?

What was David Hume's understanding of miracles?

Introduction

The Old Testament

Jesus and the New Testament

Development of Christianity in the New Testament

Christianity Becomes a Religion

The Life of the Early Church

The Imperial Church

The Great Fathers and the Quest for Union With God

Christianitys Spiritual Life

Expansion and Change in the East and North

The Church and the Western Empire

Medieval Piety and the Rise of the Universities

The Renaissance

The Reformation

The Catholic Reformation

Colonization and Missions

Christianity in the United States to the Civil War

Modern Challenges to Christianity

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