NBST 520 EXAM 1 WITH ANSWERS

NBST 520 EXAM 1 WITH ANSWERS According to Elwell, the word “simony,” named for Simon the Sorcerer, is the term used for the practice of buying or selling church office or privilege. Selected Answer: True • Question 2 5 out of 5 points According to Elwell, Rome generally pursued a benevolent approach to governing people whom it ruled, allowing as much local control as possible. Selected Answer: True • Question 3 5 out of 5 points According to Elwell, which of the following was not one of the outcomes of Pentecost, described in Acts 2:42-47, on the common life of the early believers? Selected Answer: they stopped going to the temple to worship • Question 4 5 out of 5 points According to Elwell, one of the key questions in interpreting Acts for the church today is: how much of Acts merely describes what once took place, and how much prescribes what should take place in other times and settings? Selected Answer: True • Question 5 5 out of 5 points Who was the first to bring the gospel to the Samaritans? Selected Answer: Philip • Question 6 5 out of 5 points According to Luke, where was the name “Christian” first used? Selected Answer: Antioch • Question 7 5 out of 5 points