After the Gospels come three further sections, two of which contain only one (but very important) book in each. In what order do these sections appear?

People looking in on Christianity from outside or beyond, might still query what objective proof there is for the claims of the Bible. Plenty of well-intentioned individuals have claimed to find key relics such as wood from the cross on Calvary, Noah's Ark or whatever; but it would be very hard to prove their absolute authenticity (or otherwise). One such, wholly unique and very startling, object is the Turin Shroud ~ which purports to have been what, exactly, with reference to the events of the original Holy Week?

What makes up the Holy Bible is broadly agreed across the Christian spectrum, but the principal difference is probably that the Catholic church (and various others) include a third significant division in between the Old and New Testaments. What is this called?

The Old Testament consists of 39 books which are shared and revered between Judaism (whose entire official holy writings they comprise), Christianity and Islam. In what order do its three main subsections appear?

We rarely hear the word 'testament' in any other context in modern English usage, with one conspicuous exception. What does it mean?

At time of writing, we have been approaching the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth, the longest-reigning British monarch ~ among whose many titles is 'Defender of the Faith'. At her Coronation in 1953 she was given various emblems of her monarchy (orb, sceptre etc.) along with a Bible which was formally described as ... (?)

Christians honour Jesus as God made man, and hence that there can be no finer example of godly living. What was His catchphrase when He referred to Jewish scriptural sources such as the Psalms and Prophets?

To try and summarise the influence of the Bible over many centuries of human thought and affairs, within such a context as this quiz, would probably be somewhat presumptuous ... but we ought perhaps to have a try! The following is an edited quote from eminent Biblical scholar and commentator John Riches, of the University of Glasgow. One section is false, in that we have distorted or even fabricated it: all will become clearer once you have picked your option among the answers. Which is the wrong-'un here?

The New Testament begins with four complementary versions of the Gospel, which scholars now believe to have been written around 40 years after the events they describe. Three of them are known as 'synoptic' since they 'see with a similar eye', and contain plenty of narrative detail with the ring of eye-witness accounts through much of the story. Which is the non-synoptic Gospel?

Many world faiths pass on their traditions and wisdom through a pairing of their scriptures with custom and 'case-lore' as time goes by, and may well be the richer for it. But when Protestants broke away from the church of Rome at the Reformation, around 500 years ago, they were particularly keen to strip away any beliefs or practices that had grown up without any clear Biblical warrant. What was their Latin slogan for this principle?