October 17, 2010  11 a.m. – Room 350B

Epistle of Barnabas, Chapters 1-4

"Be Specially Wary”

Answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above".

(References are to the Lightfoot translation)

1.      The “three ordinances of the Lord” are: 

          a.      Faith, hope and love

          b.      Poverty, chastity and obedience

          c.       Hope, righteousness, and love

          d.      Monotheism, tithing, and scripture

2.      Who “has authority”?  

a.      The Holy Spirit

b.      The Active One

          c.       The Ancient of Days

          d.      The Prince of Darkness

3.      “What  to Me is the multitude of your sacrifices?” is a quotation from --:         

a.      Isaiah

          b.      Amos

          c.       Hosea

          d.      Leviticus

4.  True fasting is  --: 

a.      breaking forced contracts

          b.      feeding the hungry

          c.       housing the homeless

          d.      keeping kosher law

5.  The “king, who shall bring low three of the kings under one”  might  be --:

a.      Herod the Great

          b.      Agrippa I

          c.       Vespasian

          d.      Constantine

6.      The commandments were written by --:

          a.      angels

          b.      Moses

          c.       Aaron

          d.      the finger of God

7.      Barnabas calls himself a --:

          a.      deacon

b.      missionary

c.       Pope

d.      slave

8.      The reader should block the entry of --:

          a.      the Prince of Darkness

          b.      the Black One

          c.       the Antichrist

          d.      the Man of Sin

9.      Let  us flee from --:

          a.      lust

          b.      vanity

          c.       envy

          d.      anger

10.    The Prince of Evil might  --:

          a.      damage our souls

          b.      claim us for his own

          c.       thrust us out of the kingdom

          d.      lead us into temptation