A.   "Acts of the Apostles"

B.   The "New Testament"

C.   "The Gospels"

D.   "The Epistle of the Church in Rome"

A.   Greek and Aramaic

B.   Greek and Assyrian

C.   Proto-Romanian and Assyrian

D.   Aramaic and Semetic

A.   "a formal letter."

B.   "one of twelve disciples chose by Jesus to preach his gospel."

C.   "the invocation of a blessing."

D.   "the superior of an abbey or monastery for men."

A.   "the kingdom of heaven is theirs."

B.   "you will be a leader among men."

C.   "the sands at your feet will give way to gold."

D.   "they shall live on earth forever."

A.   the Gospel of Mark

B.   the Gospel of Luke

C.   the Gospel of John

D.   the Gospel of Matthew

A.   "the wounds of Jesus."

B.   "sins."

C.   "repentance"

D.   "the" -- at that time "known planets."

A.   "In the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives, while the disciples Peter, James, and John sleep, Jesus reconciles his soul to death."

B.   "John the Baptist, a preacher in the wilderness of Judea, baptizes Jesus in the Jordan River."

C.   "Jesus fast for forty days and nights in the wilderness; he rejects the worldly wealth offered to him by the devil."

D.   "The archangel Gabriel announces to the Virgin Mary that Godhas chosen her to ebar his son."

A.   ambulatory

B.   narthex

C.   transept

D.   nave

A.   A document announcing the first Catholic pope

B.   The only document in the handwriting of Jesus

C.   A treaty between Christians and Jews

D.   A statement of Chrisitan faith

A.   The Parliament of Justine

B.   Hagia Sophia

C.   King Fahad Mosque

D.   The Church of San Vitale

A.   Orans

B.   Gregorian chants

C.   Saints and Angels

D.   Carolingian Miniscule

A.   The Church of San Vitale

B.   Hagia Sophia

C.   The Parliament of Justine

D.   St. Paul's Cathedral

A.   in an Islamic Mosque

B.   in a Jewish Cemetery

C.   in a Jewish Temple

D.   in a Catholic Church

A.   Paul

B.   Augustus

C.   Matthew

D.   Saint Augustine

A.   the most sacred books of the Quran

B.   the body of Muslim law based on the Quran and the Hadith

C.   Muhamad's journey from Mecca to Medina in the year 622

D.   a collection of some 250 prose tales

A.   a spoon

B.   a rotating pulpit

C.   a two-leaved hinged tablet

D.   a half-pear-shaped wooden string instrument

A.   a type of ornament featuring plant and flower forms

B.   a religious song

C.   the first illuminated manuscript

D.   an Islamic dance

A.   mullah

B.   minbar

C.   mihrab

D.   sharia

A.   Mastaba

B.   Judaism

C.   Islam

D.   Christianity

A.   The Magna Carta

B.   The Edict of Milan

C.   The Nicene Creed

D.   The Sermon on the Mount

A.   strict self-denial and self-discipline

B.   a group that allows a wide variety of religious beliefs and practices

C.   the punishment that the Romans gave to thieves and traitors

D.   a Christian posture of prayer

A.   “find the Ark of  the Covenant.”

B.   “create a new language that will be known only to Christians.”

C.   “tell my mother that I am always with her.”

D.   “go to the gentiles”

A.   “Christianity at all.”

B.   “the lost city of Atlantis.”

C.   "The Edict of Milan.”

D.   “the Sarcophagus of Archbishop Theodorus."

A.   An Arabic poem honoring the Prophet Muhammad. The name means 'poem of the mantle' or 'of the cloak'.

B.   Any Islamic art seeking to portray the meaning and essence of things, rather than just their physical form.

C.   Complex geometric designs create the impression of unending repetition.

D.   a large traditional house that often has a complex double structure that allows men to visit without running any risk of meeting the women of the family.

A.   none

B.   one

C.   10

D.   613