Christianity: Sources of Wisdom and Authority | AQA A-Level Religious Studies (7062)

Christianity: Sources of Wisdom and Authority

77 questions
6 subtopics
Component 2: Christianity, one religion of five
Component 2

Christianity: the texts, teachers and institutions that carry authority.

Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Christianity as their chosen religion.

Sample questions from Christianity: Sources of Wisdom and Authority

Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.

The Bible as the Word of God

What does 2 Timothy 3:16 claim about scripture, and how is it used in debates about authority?

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It says all scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching, and conservative Christians cite it as scripture's own claim to a divine origin.
The Bible as the Word of God

Define biblical inerrancy.

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The belief that the Bible contains no errors of any kind, including in history and science, because God cannot deceive.
Liberal Views, Biblical Criticism and the Bible in Worship

Which books appear in Catholic Bibles but are placed in the Apocrypha or omitted in most Protestant ones?

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The deuterocanonical books, such as Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach and the books of Maccabees.
Liberal Views, Biblical Criticism and the Bible in Worship

Describe three ways the Bible is used in Christian worship.

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It is read aloud during the service, expounded in the sermon, and supplies much of the wording of liturgy, prayer and hymns.
The Magisterium and Apostolic Succession

Why does the Catholic tradition argue that the Church's authority is prior to the Bible's?

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The Church existed and preached the gospel before the New Testament was written, and it decided which books belonged in the canon, so scripture reaches believers through the Church.
The Magisterium and Apostolic Succession

When does Catholic teaching say the pope is preserved from error?

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When, as universal pastor, he solemnly defines a doctrine of faith or morals; it is not a claim that everything a pope says is correct.
Sola Scriptura and the Reformers

Describe the threefold appeal characteristic of Anglican thought.

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Authority rests on scripture, tradition and reason together, with scripture holding primacy and the other two guiding its interpretation.
Sola Scriptura and the Reformers

What does it mean to say the Church stands under the word of God?

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The Church is created and continually judged by the gospel it receives in scripture, so it can never place its own rulings above the text.

The 6 subtopics

One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.

Subtopic	What it covers	Questions
The Bible as the Word of God	Recall questions on what calling the Bible God's word means, on divine inspiration through human authors, and on verbal inspiration.	8
Liberal Views, Biblical Criticism and the Bible in Worship	Recall questions on liberal and neo-orthodox views of scripture, the canon and translation, form and redaction criticism and conservative distrust of it, and the Bible in worship including lectio divina.	18
The Magisterium and Apostolic Succession	Recall questions on what Catholics mean by the Magisterium, on apostolic succession and on how scripture and tradition are related.	8
Sola Scriptura and the Reformers	Recall questions on the principle of scripture alone, Luther's grounds for it, the priesthood of all believers and the case for translation.	15
The Authority of Jesus	Recall questions on Jesus' authority as God's own, the acts taken to show it, and what the Chalcedonian definition states.	9
The Sermon on the Mount and Retaliation	Recall questions on why the teaching commands respect even without divine claims, and on the law of retaliation and the responses Jesus offers instead.	19

Christianity: Sources of Wisdom and Authority is 77 of the 3,683 questions in the guide.Get the guide, £8

How the guide is worked

Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.

Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.

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