STUDY QUESTIONS FOR “The Episcopal Church”

1. According to Matthew 16:18, how many churches did Jesus Christ say He would estab­lish?

2. Ephesians 1:22-23 explains that the church is the body of Christ. According to 1 Corin­thians 12:29, how many bodies (and thus how many churches) are there?

3. According to Daniel 2:44, when was the church of Christ (the kingdom of Heaven) proph­esied to begin?

4. According to Jesus Christ’s remarks in Mark 9:1, was the church (the kingdom) established in the first century?

5. According to material presented in this lesson, when was the Episcopal Church established?

6. According to material presented in this lesson, who established the Episcopal Church?

7. According to material presented in this lesson, who is the head of the Episcopal Church?

8. According to Ephesians 1:22-23, who is the head of the church about which we read in the New Testament?

9. According to material presented in this lesson, what are the three sources of authority used by the Episcopal Church?

 10. According to Matthew 28:18, to whom did God give “all authority in Heaven and on Earth”?

 11. According to John 12:48, what source of authority will one day judge us in regard to how we have lived as Christians?

 12. According to Episcopal Church teachings, reason and tradition stand on equal ground with the Bible in regard to sources of authority. What does 2 Timothy 3:16-17 say about such a teaching?

 13. According to material presented in this lesson, in the Episcopal Church one bishop rules over a congregation or a diocese. What method, according to passages such as Acts 14:23, did God establish regarding the earthly leadership of the church?

 14. The Episcopal Church teaches salvation by “faith only.” What does James 2:24 have to say about such a concept?

 15. Episcopal Church doctrine teaches that people are born in sin. How does that compare to biblical teaching such as that found in Ezekiel 28:15 and Matthew 18:3?

 16. What must an individual do, according to New Testament teaching, to become a Christ­ian?

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