Q.1.
Your 'starter': which of these is NOT an actual, or major, arm of the Christian Church?
Q.2.
If, a few years back, you ever prepared for '11+-style' Verbal Reasoning tests, you may have come across a type of question that says (for instance): 'A library always has (windows, lamps, books, silence, tables).' The appropriate answer would have been 'books', since without these, it would hardly be worthy of the name; each of the other items is important, but less essentially characteristic. Now, bearing in mind how widely churches and their customs and traditions vary, which of the following would you have picked as the strongest distinctive common feature ~ if you had been set a similar question along the lines of 'A church has ...'?
Q.3.
Let's have another go at the same essential question from a slightly different angle: 'A church will always have (pick only ONE) ... '
Q.4.
To the nearest reasonable margin, how long has it been since the Protestant Church devolved from Roman Catholicism in the Reformation?
Q.5.
What is the formal name for the movement which encourages unity and empathy between various branches of the Church, concentrating on what they celebrate in common, and urging tolerance of one another's more detailed differences?
Q.6.
As Jesus Himself once famously assured His believers, 'Where two or three are gathered in my name, ... (?) ...
Q.7.
Some people (not without reason) initially picture a church ~ any church, in general principle ~ as a calm, ordered place of sanctuary, where a troubled soul can draw apart from life's perplexities and seek fellowship and solace. Most parts of The Church (in its more general sense) meanwhile continue to grapple with major lifestyle and demographic concerns, seeking to discern how God is calling them to respond. Which of the following have been principal challenges as we move through the '20-teens'?
Q.8.
Who was once famously described by Jesus as 'the rock upon which I shall build my church'?
Q.9.
ONE of the following significant branches of the Church has been brought forward in the list below, from the point at which it split from its parent church (obviously it can't therefore be answer 4). Which one is too early in the sequence?
Q.10.
Most branches of the Church ~ while perhaps differing over criteria and examples ~ would probably be proud to align themselves, in terms of the Creed indeed, alongside the tradition of the saints: men and women honoured for their unusually holy lives (and, in many cases, deaths). The story goes of a young child ~ probably a little too young for much detailed theology ~ who, when asked what a saint was, replied: 'A saint is someone the light shines through'. Even here there's a lovely parable ... which of the following would NOT be a suitable interpretation?