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40 Church Fathers Test

Question 1 of 85

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Who was Clement of Alexandria?

Select one or more of the following:

  • second teacher in biblical exegesis school

  • wrote commentaries on every book in Bible

  • distinguished between being and becoming

Explanation

Question 2 of 85

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Select from the dropdown list to complete the text.

Clement of Alexandria ( more academic than pastoral, tasked with doing catechumens )

Explanation

Question 3 of 85

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Clement of Alexandria

Select one of the following:

  • worked to present intellectually viable orthodoxy

  • said Jesus was God in participation, not nature

  • considered the Logos inferior to God; therefore Jesus was not God.

Explanation

Question 4 of 85

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Clement of Alexandria was

Select one of the following:

  • 1st century

  • 2nd century

  • 3rd century

Explanation

Question 5 of 85

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Clement of Alexandria wrote

Select one of the following:

  • Exhortation to pagans

  • On Baptism

  • Against Heretics

Explanation

Question 6 of 85

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Clement of Alexandria believed

Select one of the following:

  • all sound philosophy derived from revelation from Moses and prophets

  • Adam and Eve 1st created as spirits and then a second creation gave them bodies

  • earth is a shadow of reality

Explanation

Question 7 of 85

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Clement of Alexandria believed

Select one of the following:

  • scripture is allegorical / parables

  • wanted to be martyred

  • in Montanism heresy

Explanation

Question 8 of 85

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Clement of Alexandria believed

Select one of the following:

  • in impassibility

  • the succession of bishops

  • the devil was a spirit and will be saved

Explanation

Question 9 of 85

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Clement of Alexandria's upbringing

Select one of the following:

  • High born and well educated and well traveled

  • Wanted to be martyred like dad

  • A roman citizen with a patrician upbringing

Explanation

Question 10 of 85

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Clement of Alexandria's successor

Select one of the following:

  • Origen

  • Tertullian

  • Irenaeus

Explanation

Question 11 of 85

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Clement of Alexandria considered himself a true gnostic (wise person)

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 12 of 85

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Origen was of what century?

Select one of the following:

  • 2nd

  • 3rd

  • 4th

Explanation

Question 13 of 85

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Origen

Select one of the following:

  • Wrote commentaries on every book of scripture

  • Said Christians were ignorant rabble

  • Used the missionary method

Explanation

Question 14 of 85

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Origen was

Select one of the following:

  • Clement's disciple

  • Bishop of Neocaesarea

  • Attracted to Montanist heresy (imminent return, longer fasting, anti-sex)

Explanation

Question 15 of 85

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When Origen was young

Select one of the following:

  • Demetrius tasked him to train catechumens

  • Learned at Polycarp’s feet (who learned from John)

  • he said heretics can’t use Bible

Explanation

Question 16 of 85

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Origen became famous for

Select one of the following:

  • his genius and good schools

  • being the first to write in Latin

  • writing “Demonstration of Apostolic Preaching”

Explanation

Question 17 of 85

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Origen

Select one of the following:

  • Believed Jesus was God through participation, not nature

  • Forced the need for canonization

  • Worked miracles

Explanation

Question 18 of 85

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Origen

Select one of the following:

  • didn't contradict Ceclus who said christians were ignorant rabble

  • Began a rival church

  • Influenced by Justin

Explanation

Question 19 of 85

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Origen wrote alot. Some of Origen's written work include

Select one of the following:

  • “First Principles” “Prayer” , “Exhortation to Martyrdom”

  • “On Baptism” “To His Wife” “Prescription for Heretics”

  • Wrote “Against Heretics” “Demonstration of Apostolic Preaching”

Explanation

Question 20 of 85

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Origen says

Select one of the following:

  • there were 2 creations; first spiritual & perfect, then bodies post-fall

  • Yahweh is arbitrary and not the Jesus’ Father

  • Guided by virgin and apostles

Explanation

Question 21 of 85

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Origen says

Select one of the following:

  • Jesus came as a man not a baby

  • Devil is a spirit and will be saved

  • Christians shouldn’t be hunted

Explanation

Question 22 of 85

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Origen

Select one of the following:

  • Wanted to be martyred like dad

  • said the goal of humanity is “divinization”

  • Substituted pagan festivals with Christian ones

Explanation

Question 23 of 85

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Origen

Select one of the following:

  • was high born and well educated and well traveled

  • Castrated himself to gain self control

  • Conservative Christian with roman mores

Explanation

Question 24 of 85

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Origen was

Select one of the following:

  • Succeeded by Clement of Alexandria

  • Persecuted by Decius

  • Guided by virgin and apostles

Explanation

Question 25 of 85

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Origen was martyred by Decius.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 26 of 85

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Origen wrote against Celcus to contradict him when said Christians were ignorant rabble

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 27 of 85

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Marcion

Select one of the following:

  • His heresy was condemned by Irenaeus

  • Persecuted by Decius

  • Wrote “Demonstration of Apostolic Preaching”

Explanation

Question 28 of 85

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Marcion

Select one of the following:

  • Began a rival church

  • Considered himself a true Gnostic (wise person)

  • Substituted pagan festivals with Christian ones

  • was a true pastor concerned with faith of flock

Explanation

Question 29 of 85

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Which was not a belief of Marcion

Select one of the following:

  • The OT god is a weak god of material and injustice

  • The NT god (Jesus’ Father) is loving

  • Devil is a spirit and will be saved

  • Yahweh is arbitrary and not the Jesus’ Father

Explanation

Question 30 of 85

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Marcion forced the need for canonization

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 31 of 85

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Which statement did Marcion not make?

Select one of the following:

  • Jesus came as a man not a baby

  • OT is Yahweh’s book and should be cast aside

  • Jesus is light from light and true God from true God

Explanation

Question 32 of 85

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Marcion rejected key doctrines

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 33 of 85

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TERTULLIAN was of which century

Select one of the following:

  • 1st

  • 2nd

  • 3rd

  • 4th

Explanation

Question 34 of 85

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Which books did TERTULLIAN write?

Select one of the following:

  • “First Principles” “Prayer”, “Exhortation to Martyrdom”

  • “On Baptism”, “To His Wife”, “Prescription for Heretics”

  • “Against Heretics”, “Demonstration of Apostolic Preaching”

Explanation

Question 35 of 85

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Which of statement did Tertullian not make?

Select one of the following:

  • Jesus islight from light and true God from true God

  • Humans were to grow beyond angels

  • heretics can’t use Bible

Explanation

Question 36 of 85

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For what was TERTULLIAN famous?

Select one of the following:

  • being the first to write in Latin

  • learning from John the apostle

  • initiating sunday worship

Explanation

Question 37 of 85

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Tertullian's upbringing

Select one of the following:

  • A roman citizen with a patrician upbringing and conservative Christian/roman mores

  • Wanted to be martyred like dad

  • High born and well educated and well traveled

Explanation

Question 38 of 85

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Tertullian rejected greek philosophy

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 39 of 85

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IRENAEUS OF LYON was of which century

Select one of the following:

  • 1st

  • 2nd

  • 3rd

  • 4th

Explanation

Question 40 of 85

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IRENAEUS OF LYON wrote which books

Select one of the following:

  • “Against Heretics”, “Demonstration of Apostolic Preaching”

  • “To His Wife”, “Prescription for Heretics”

  • “Prayer”, “Exhortation to Martyrdom”

Explanation

Question 41 of 85

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IRENAEUS OF LYON did not say which statement?

Select one of the following:

  • Christ must be truly God and human to bring us together

  • NT and OT are equally sacred as scripture

  • Humans were to grow beyond angels

  • Said heretics can’t use Bible

  • Goal of humanity is “divinization”

Explanation

Question 42 of 85

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IRENAEUS OF LYON was influenced by

Select one of the following:

  • Justin

  • Origen

  • Plato

  • Polycarp

Explanation

Question 43 of 85

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Which is false about IRENAEUS OF LYON

Select one of the following:

  • Learned at Polycarp’s feet (who learned from John)

  • Claimed apostolic authority due to Polycarp (John)

  • A true pastor concerned with faith of flock

  • A roman citizen with a patrician upbringing

Explanation

Question 44 of 85

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CYPRIAN OF CARTHAGE was of which century

Select one of the following:

  • 1st

  • 2nd

  • 3rd

  • 4th

Explanation

Question 45 of 85

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Which statement is false about CYPRIAN OF CARTHAGE?

Select one of the following:

  • Persecuted by Decius

  • Martyred by valerius

  • Discovered Tatian

  • Followed Tertullian (loved rigor)

Explanation

Question 46 of 85

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Which statement is true of CYPRIAN OF CARTHAGE?

Select one of the following:

  • The bishop IS the church and alone can forgive/reinstate

  • The bishop IS NOT the church and alone can forgive/reinstate

Explanation

Question 47 of 85

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JUSTIN MARTYR was of which century?

Select one of the following:

  • 1st

  • 2nd

  • 3rd

  • 4th

Explanation

Question 48 of 85

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JUSTIN MARTYR

Select one of the following:

  • initiated Roman 1st day worship

  • Against young leaders deposing elders at Corinth

  • Didn’t want to be rescued from martyrdom like Jesus and Paul

Explanation

Question 49 of 85

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Which was not true of JUSTIN MARTYR

Select one of the following:

  • Christianity is the “true” philosophy

  • Saw value in the Logos doctrine

  • Believed ministerial succession from apostles on down

Explanation

Question 50 of 85

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JUSTIN MARTYR did not believe

Select one of the following:

  • OT prophets predict Jesus but reject Sabbath and circumcision

  • he qualified as a Christian philosopher

  • The bishop IS the church and alone can forgive/reinstate

Explanation

Question 51 of 85

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JUSTIN MARTYR

Select one of the following:

  • Hated Judaism

  • Discovered Tatian

  • Persecuted by Decius

Explanation

Question 52 of 85

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CLEMENT OF ROME was of which century?

Select one of the following:

  • 1st

  • 2nd

  • 3rd

  • 4th

Explanation

Question 53 of 85

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CLEMENT OF ROME- which is false of him and his beliefs?

Select one of the following:

  • Ministerial succession from apostles on down

  • Saw value in the Logos doctrine

  • Peter and Paul already in heaven

  • Against young leaders deposing elders at Corinth

Explanation

Question 54 of 85

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IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH was of which century?

Select one of the following:

  • 1st

  • 2nd

  • 3rd

  • 4th

Explanation

Question 55 of 85

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IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

Select one of the following:

  • was a Bishop/martyred

  • deemed himself a Christian philosopher

  • Influenced by Justin

Explanation

Question 56 of 85

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Which is false of IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH's beliefs

Select one of the following:

  • Humans were to grow beyond angels

  • Established monarchical structure: 3-fold pattern bishop, presbyter, deacon in writing

  • Bishop is head for the sake of unity and preventing heresy

  • Bishop must acknowledge marriages

Explanation

Question 57 of 85

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Which statement about Ignatius of Antioch is false?

Select one of the following:

  • Didn’t want to be rescued from martyrdom like Jesus and Paul

  • Fled persecution to be of better use to the church

Explanation

Question 58 of 85

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EPISTLE OF BARNABAS was written in which century?

Select one of the following:

  • 1st

  • 2nd

  • 3rd

  • 4th

Explanation

Question 59 of 85

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Which is false of the EPISTLE OF BARNABAS

Select one of the following:

  • Written after major jewish uprisings in Alexandria and Judea

  • Rejects weekly Sabbath for 1k years and 8th day of rest

  • said that the goal of humanity is “divinization”

  • Allegorizes OT stories into Christian teachings but keeps their historical reality

Explanation

Question 60 of 85

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Which century was POLYCARP OF SMYRNA

Select one of the following:

  • 1st

  • 2nd

  • 3rd

  • 4th

Explanation

Question 61 of 85

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Which is true of Polycarp of Smyrna

Select one of the following:

  • He was a martyred bishop

  • He was a martyred philosopher

  • He was only persecuted, not martyred

Explanation

Question 62 of 85

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Which is false about POLYCARP OF SMYRNA

Select one of the following:

  • Taught Christians in philippi to use Presbyterian form of governance

  • Learned Christianity from John

  • Served God 86 years

  • Tells stories of OT judgments against usurpers/rebellious

Explanation

Question 63 of 85

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DIOCLETIAN was of what century

Select one of the following:

  • 1st

  • 2nd

  • 3rd

  • 4th

Explanation

Question 64 of 85

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Who were DIOCLETIAN's co-regents/emperors?

Select one of the following:

  • Maximian (augustus), Galerias (caesar), Constantius (caesar)

  • Maximian (augustus), Jerome (caesar), Constantine (caesar)

  • Maximian (augustus), Julian (caesar), Constantine (caesar)

Explanation

Question 65 of 85

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Diocletian

Select one of the following:

  • Called for return to traditional roman religion

  • Called for the restoration of Rome to pagan glory

  • Called for the Council of Nicea

Explanation

Question 66 of 85

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Which is false re: DIOCLETIAN

Select one of the following:

  • Pushed to eradicate new religions like Christianity and Manicheanism

  • Wife Prisia and daughter Valeria were Christians

  • Persecuted Christians who prayed against him (treason)

  • Forced to retire because of sickness

Explanation

Question 67 of 85

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ATHANASIUS was of which century?

Select one of the following:

  • 1st

  • 2nd

  • 3rd

  • 4th

Explanation

Question 68 of 85

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ATHANASIUS wrote

Select one of the following:

  • “Life of Anthony”

  • “On the Holy Spirit”

  • “Life of Paul”-

Explanation

Question 69 of 85

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ATHANASIUS experienced all the following but

Select one of the following:

  • defended Alexander against Arius

  • battled with demons in spiritual warfare, and defeated the devil by living like Christ.

  • Athanasius was banished five times for upholding the Nicean formula

Explanation

Question 70 of 85

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ANTHONY was of which century

Select one of the following:

  • 1st

  • 2nd

  • 3rd

  • 4th

Explanation

Question 71 of 85

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ANTHONY

Select one of the following:

  • became the model anchorite, the first ascetic to leave the Nile valley for the upper desert

  • Developed communal/cenobitic monasticism

  • attempted an urban Christian ascetic movement

Explanation

Question 72 of 85

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ANTHONY did not do which of the following

Select one of the following:

  • Tried to become a martyr

  • Confounded the Arians

  • Favored Constantine who ended persecution

  • battled with demons in spiritual warfare, and defeated the devil by living like Christ.

Explanation

Question 73 of 85

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BASIL OF CAESAREA/ BASIL THE GREAT was of which century

Select one of the following:

  • 1st

  • 2nd

  • 3rd

  • 4th

Explanation

Question 74 of 85

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BASIL OF CAESAREA/ BASIL THE GREAT wrote

Select one of the following:

  • “On the Holy Spirit”

  • “Rule”

  • “Church history”,

  • “Life of Anthony”

Explanation

Question 75 of 85

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BASIL OF CAESAREA/ BASIL THE GREAT did not

Select one of the following:

  • educated in Athens in the schools of philosophy and attempted an urban Christian ascetic movement

  • Organize monasteries geared to devotion and care for the needy

  • Developed communal/cenobitic monasticism

Explanation

Question 76 of 85

1

MACRINA was of which century?

Select one of the following:

  • 2nd

  • 3rd

  • 4th

  • 5th

Explanation

Question 77 of 85

1

MACRINA was the sister of

Select one of the following:

  • Basil of Caesarea

  • Gregory of Nazianzus

  • Anthony

Explanation

Question 78 of 85

1

Macrina

Select one of the following:

  • married Donatus

  • was a founder of Greek monasticism

  • was martyred by Constantine

  • Led many schools for the poor

Explanation

Question 79 of 85

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Which is true about Macrina

Select one of the following:

  • taught the ascent of the soul to God in Christian terms

  • taught the Holy Spirit is God with the same divine nature as the Father and Son

  • taught ordinations are invalid if the bishop isn’t holy

Explanation

Question 80 of 85

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Which is false about Macrina

Select one of the following:

  • turned her family estate into a monastic experiment where she and her slaves lived as equals

  • the older sibling of Basil who learned philosophy and religion from him and through personal reading

  • Agreed with Origen - all would be saved, even the devil (Apokatastasis)

Explanation

Question 81 of 85

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GREGORY OF NYSSA was of which century?

Select one of the following:

  • 2nd

  • 3rd

  • 4th

  • 5th

Explanation

Question 82 of 85

1

GREGORY OF NYSSA wrote

Select one of the following:

  • “the Life of Macrina”, “On the Making of Man”, “On the Soul and the Resurrection”, “On the Holy Spirit"

  • “the Life of Macrina”, “On the Making of Man”, “On the Soul and the Resurrection”, “Against the Galileansy”

  • “the Life of Macrina”, “On the Making of Man”, “On the Soul and the Resurrection”, “On Virginity”

Explanation

Question 83 of 85

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With whom did GREGORY OF NYSSA agree?

Select one of the following:

  • Origen- all would be saved, even the devil (Apokatastasis)

  • Donatus- all would be saved, even the devil (Apokatastasis)

  • Cyprian-all would be saved, even the devil (Apokatastasis)

Explanation

Question 84 of 85

1

Who were the great Cappadocian Fathers?

Select one of the following:

  • Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Casae Nigrae, and Gregory of Nazianzus

  • Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus

  • Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Thaumaturgus

Explanation

Question 85 of 85

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GREGORY OF NYSSA's sibling

Select one of the following:

  • BASIL OF CAESAREA

  • EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA

Explanation

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