Quiz: Scripture

It’s been close to a year since we’ve had a theology quiz, so I’ve decided to make another one—one on the historic Protestant doctrine of scripture. Just to make things easier for you, everything you need to know to answer these questions correctly can be found somewhere in the Theological Term of the Week posts. I’ll give the answers some time next week.

1. The books I find in my Bible are authoritative because

• a. God is their ultimate source.
• b. they are included in the canon of scripture.
• c. Christians down through the ages have considered them authoritative.
• d. a and b above.
• e. all of the above.

2. That scripture is sufficient means that

• a. scripture reveals everything I need to know in order to be obedient to God.
• b. scripture reveals everything I need to know in order to be saved.
• c. scripture reveals everything I need to know.
• d. a and b above. 
• e. all of the above.

3. The ordinary reader of scripture who seeks God’s help will

• a. find every bit of it is very easy to understand.
• b. need to have what is read interpreted by the church in order to understand it correctly.
• c. be able to understand what God requires of him.
• d. a and b above.
• e. all of the above.

4. Because God is the ultimate source of all scripture,

• a. scripture is a unified whole.
• b. clear passages can be used to help interpret more obscure passages.
• c. one passage of scripture should not be interpreted in a way that contradicts the rest of scripture.
• d. a and b above.
• e. all of the above.

5. 2 Timothy 3:14-17 can be used to support the following doctrine(s):

• a. the inspiration of scripture.
• b. the authority of scripture.
• c. the sufficiency of scripture.
• d. a and b above.
• e. all of the above.

Comments

[David Kjos]

1. a
2. d
3. c
4. e
5. e

[rebecca]

Thanks for taking the test, David. I won't say anything one way or the other about your answers lest others be tempted to just copy them. :)

[candy]

What David said. :)

[Jane]

1. e
2. d
3. c
4. e
5. e