西方文化概论练习题--1

1.Western culture originates from two ancient cultures, _____________culture and

_____________ culture.

2.Western culture is a term used to generally refer to most of the cultures of

_____________origin and most of their descendants.

3.The foundations of Western Culture are _____________, _____________ and

Catholic and Protestant Christianity.

4.Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle are 3 great ancient Greek philosophers,

_____________ is Plato’s mentor, _____________ is Plato’s student.

5.Western culture originates from the Hebraic-Christian culture that is undoubtedly

embodied in and founded upon the _____________.

6.Christianity was the inheritor and the reformer of _____________.

7._____________is the collection of books written prior to the life of Jesus but

accepted by Christians as scripture.

8.The Torah, or “Instruction”, is also known as the “Five Books” of

_____________.

9.Christianity is a _____________ religion centered on the life and teachings of

_____________ as presented in the New Testament.

10.Adherents of Christianity, known as Christians, believe that Jesus is the only

begotten _____________ and _____________ (Christ) prophesied in the Hebrew Bible.

11.Christian theology claims that Jesus Christ is a_____________, the model of a

_____________, the _____________of God, as well as an _____________of God, and most importantly _____________ of humanity who suffered, died, and was resurrected to bring about salvation from _____________.

12.Christians maintain that Jesus ascended into heaven, and most denominations

teach that Jesus will return to judge _____________ and _____________, granting everlasting life to his _____________.

13.Christians call the message of Jesus Christ the _____________.

14.Following the Age of Discovery, through_____________and _____________,

Christianity spread to the Americas and the rest of the world.

15.Christianity has played a prominent role in the shaping of Western civilization at

least since the _____________ century.

16.As of the early 21st century, Christianity has between 1.5 billion and 2.1 billion

adherents, representing about _____________the world’s population and is the world’s largest religion.

17.Most Christian groups see God as the _____________ who created the

_____________ and _____________.

18.God is usually held to have the properties of _____________, _____________,

_____________, omniscience, omnibenevolence, omnipresence and _____________.

19.The account of Adam and Eve is in the Book of _____________.

20.Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating the fruit of _____________, which gave

them the ability to judge and know good from evil for themselves.

21.In Christian theology, the death of Jesus on the cross is the _____________to the

sin of Adam.

22.Christians generally believe that Jesus is God incarnate and “true

_____________and true _____________”.

23.According to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, Jesus was conceived by the

_____________ and born from the _____________.

24.In the Biblical narrative, Jesus’method of teaching involved _____________,

_____________, _____________, _____________, _____________ and a small number of _____________.

25.According to the New Testament Jesus was crucified, died a physical death,

buried within a tomb, and rose from the dead _____________ days later.

26._____________ is the belief that one can be saved (rescued) from sin and eternal

death.

27.The three principal traditions within Christianity are _____________,

_____________ and _____________.

28._____________is associated with the belief that the _____________ is the final

source of authority for Christians.

29.Trinity refers to the teaching that the one God comprises three distinct, eternally

co-existing persons; _____________, _____________, and _____________. 30.The Old Testament is about _____________, and the New Testament is about

_____________. The Word “Testament” means “_____________”.

31.Good Friday is Jesus_____________ Day.

32.The Torah, or “Instruction”，is also known as the “ _____________” of Moses:

_____________, _____________, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.

33.The Torah contains the Ten _____________, of God, revealed at Mount

_____________.

34.Most Christians believe that human beings experience divine judgment and are

rewarded either with eternal _____________or eternal _____________.

35.Christians believe that the second coming of Christ will occur _____________.

36.In Christian belief and practice, a _____________ is a rite, instituted by Christ,

that mediates grace, constituting a sacred mystery.

37.In Christianity, _____________is the ritual act, with the use of water, by which

one is admitted as a full member of the Christian Church.

38.The _____________ is a cross with a representation of _____________, or

corpus. It is a principal symbol of the Christian religion.

39.Christianity may be broadly represented as being divided into five main

groupings: _____________, _____________, Oriental Orthodoxy,