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 _____________, _____________ andCatholic 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 undoubtedlyembodied 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 butaccepted 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 onlybegotten _____________ 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 denominationsteach 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 atleast since the _____________ century.16.As of the early 21st century, Christianity has between 1.5 billion and 2.1 billionadherents, 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 gavethem 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 thesin 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 eternaldeath.27.The three principal traditions within Christianity are _____________,_____________ and _____________.28._____________is associated with the belief that the _____________ is the finalsource of authority for Christians.29.Trinity refers to the teaching that the one God comprises three distinct, eternallyco-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 arerewarded 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 whichone is admitted as a full member of the Christian Church.38.The _____________ is a cross with a representation of _____________, orcorpus. It is a principal symbol of the Christian religion.39.Christianity may be broadly represented as being divided into five maingroupings: _____________, _____________, Oriental Orthodoxy,_____________and Restorationism.mon English translations of the word “_____________” include: “Verily”,“Truly”, “So be it”, and “Let it be”.41.The Greek myths and legends are known today primarily from_____________.42._____________are not the principle figures in Greek mythology.43.In Greek mythology, _____________was the formless primeval emptiness of theuniverse before things came into being.44.In Greek mythology heroes are _____________.45.Uranus and Gaea had twelve children known as_____________.46.The Olympians refers to the_____________ major gods and goddesses dwellingon Mount Olympus.47._____________ was also the goddess of marriage and family.48._____________was the goddess of war, wisdom and handicraft.49._____________ , an epic poem attributed to Greek poet Homer, tells the story ofthe Trojan War.50.The Olympics date back to_____________.。