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Many religions either use special words to describe important concepts, or use common words with a very specific interpretation of its meaning.
11 Religious Language quizzes and 130 Religious Language trivia questions.
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Theological Lexicon C
  Theological Lexicon - "C"    
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 10 Qns
When we look at language, it's easy to see how many words and ideas were informed by the religious traditions of our predecessors. Match these ten theological terms with their proper meanings.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, trident, Apr 16 26
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Theological Lexicon A
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Match the Religious Terms
When we look at language, it's easy to see how many words and ideas were informed by the religious traditions of our predecessors. Match these ten theological terms with their proper meanings.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, trident, Sep 20 25
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Theological Lexicon B
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Match the Religious Terms
When we look at language, it's easy to see how many words and ideas were informed by the religious traditions of our predecessors. Match these ten theological terms with their proper meanings.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, trident, Feb 20 26
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  Biblical Idioms and Metaphors   best quiz  
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Idioms and metaphors are parts of speech that have a non-literal meaning, such as the expression, "He is the salt of the earth". Many are derived from the Bible. Match the expression with the Biblical character associated with that idiom or metaphor.
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  Biblical Idioms and Metaphors 2   popular trivia quiz  
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Many of the idioms and metaphors we use are derived from the Bible. Match the expression with the Biblical character associated with that idiom or metaphor. (Various translations were used - KJV, NKJV, NIV, GNT and NLT).
Average, 10 Qns, MotherGoose, Jan 20 26
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  Titles for Religious Leaders   popular trivia quiz  
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Match the title with the religion or denomination MOST LIKELY to be using it to address a clergy member or (in some cases) a high-ranking leader.
Easier, 10 Qns, skylarb, Jan 06 20
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  Languages of Faith   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
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The languages used in sacred rites and holy texts are often a little different from the languages of daily life. Test your knowledge of the tongues used around the world to deal with the divine.
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  Terms of World Religions   popular trivia quiz  
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Each world religion has its own terminology, which helps its followers spread its message to the people. Here are ten terms from different world religions that you can match to their meaning.
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  Glossary of World Religions    
Multiple Choice
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I'll give you the word and its meaning. You give me the religion that it is based on. Have fun!
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  A-Z of Religious Terms    
Multiple Choice
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Are you one of those people who just love alphabetizing everything? Join the club! This quiz tests your knowledge of various terms from different world religions. It is arranged alphabetically, with "U" and "V" combined under one question.
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  The Way    
Multiple Choice
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"The way" is a common expression used in a wide variety of world religions. What do you know about the way?
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Religious Language Trivia Questions
1. Which religion's adherents were originally known primarily as "followers of the way"?

From Quiz The Way

Answer: Christianity

According to the New Testament, the followers of Jesus were first called "Christians" at Antioch. It is quite possible that the term "Christian" was intended sarcastically, but it eventually came to be adopted by followers of Christ themselves.

2. Tanakh: This religion's Holy Book. The term comes from the initials of its three divisions: Torah, Neviim, and Ketuvim.

From Quiz Glossary of World Religions

Answer: Judaism

In the Christian faith the Tanakh is considered to be the Old Testament. Torah is the law, Neviim is the prophets, and Ketuvim is the writings.

3. Which word in the title of a Daoist scripture literally means "way"?

From Quiz The Way

Answer: Tao

In The Tao Te Ching (or Dao De Jing), tao (dao) means "way," (and is usually extrapolated to "the way") and te (de) means "virtue." Ching (jing) means "classic."

4. B: Baisakhi is a Sikh festival celebrating what?

From Quiz A-Z of Religious Terms

Answer: New Year

An alternative spelling is 'Vaisakhi'. Originally a Punjabi harvest festival, it is celebrated in April and recalls the creation of the Khalsa, the Sikh Brotherhood.

5. Jiva: "Soul", the life force that inheres in all beings.

From Quiz Glossary of World Religions

Answer: Jainism

The term jiva originates from Sanskrit 'to breathe'. It also has the same Indo-European root as the Latin word vivus meaning 'alive'.

6. What religious figure said, "I am the way, come to me"?

From Quiz The Way

Answer: Krishna

In the Hindu epic the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna goes on to say, "Neither the multitude of gods, nor great sages know my origin, for I am the source of all the gods and great sages."

7. C: What is the significance of 'Chi' or 'qi' in Taoism?

From Quiz A-Z of Religious Terms

Answer: life energy

The word literally translates as breath or air. Tai chi is a system of exercises for channeling the chi, which pervades all living things, so that it may lead to harmony.

8. Easter: The oldest and most widely accepted holiday in this religion's calendar.

From Quiz Glossary of World Religions

Answer: Christianity

Easter is established each year according to the lunar calendar and may vary by a number of weeks from year to year. Easter is the day Christians celebrate to honor the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

9. The Tao Te Ching says the way is like what object, "used, but never used up"?

From Quiz The Way

Answer: A well

Daoist scripture goes on to say, "It is like the eternal void: / filled with infinite possibilities. / It is hidden but always present...It is older than God."

10. Hadith: "Speech", sacred collections of short narratives about this religion's founder, thought to have originated with his early companions.

From Quiz Glossary of World Religions

Answer: Islam

Followers of Islam today use the Hadith as a supplement to the Qur'an, believing that it answers some of life's questions that the Qur'an does not address.

11. Which Jewish term literally means "the way to walk"?

From Quiz The Way

Answer: Halakah

Halakah refers to all of Jewish law, including biblical law, Talmudic law, and rabbinical law. A "mitzvah" is one of the 613 biblical commands. The Mishna, which comes from a word meaning repetition, refers to a written, edited collection of the oral law. The Talmud, which has its root in a word meaning "teach" or "study", catalogues the discussions of the rabbis on issues of Jewish law.

12. Holy Spirit: Divine presence and agent of guidance. In many denominations of this religion, it is generally considered as one person of the Trinity, along with the Father and the Son.

From Quiz Glossary of World Religions

Answer: Christianity

Followers of most types of Christianity believe that the Holy Spirit resides in every true Christian's heart, acting as a spiritual and moral guide.

13. In Genesis, whom does God choose so that he will direct his descendants "to keep the way"?

From Quiz The Way

Answer: Abraham

"Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him" (Genesis 18:18-19).

14. Sanskrit is an ancient language - in fact, it is one of the oldest Indo-European languages we know. The first known written works in Sanskrit are holy ones: the Vedas, books of prayers, hymns and mantras. In what faith are the Vedas held sacred?

From Quiz Languages of Faith

Answer: Hinduism

The four Vedas are at least 2500 years old, and may actually be 1000 years older than that. For centuries before they were written down, pious people kept them alive as an oral tradition, following strict regimens of memorization and recitation in order to avoid error. They were the first in a long line of Sanskrit scriptures which further illuminated philosophy, theology and the legendary stories of people and gods. Its poetry, hymns, mantras and original texts combine to make this a well-studied language, still heard in temples and universities, and in the silence of believers' hearts.

15. What scripture includes the words, "In the beginning was the Way"?

From Quiz The Way

Answer: The Tao Te Ching

The Tao Te Ching says, "In the beginning was the Way. All things issue from it; all things return to it." The Gospel of John (KJV) begins, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made." Genesis starts, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."

16. Mishnah: The written expression of the oral law.

From Quiz Glossary of World Religions

Answer: Judaism

The Mishnah was compiled in 200 C.E. by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi.

17. In the Gospel of Matthew (King James Version), Jesus said "the way" is what?

From Quiz The Way

Answer: Narrow

"Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it" (Matthew 7:14).

18. In the highlands of Guatemala, many members of the Quiché people still hold sacred an ancient text: the Popol Vuh. From what ancient civilization does the Popol Vuh draw its stories and theology?

From Quiz Languages of Faith

Answer: The Maya

The Popol Vuh is in the classical Quiché language as it existed in the 1500s, when the Guatemalan highlands were ruled as a Maya kingdom. Although the Maya did have a complete system of writing, featuring symbols for specific words as well as symbols for individual syllables, it is not known for certain whether the Popol Vuh existed as a written text before the arrival of the Spanish. The earliest copy we know of was written phonetically, using the Spanish alphabet, from a recitation of the work. Like many other sacred texts (both written and oral), the Popol Vuh strongly emphasizes the power of its words. Here is its beginning, as translated by Luis Enrique Sam Colop: "This is the root of the ancient word of this place called Quiché. Here we shall write, we shall plant the ancient word, the origin, the beginning of all what has been done in the Quiché Nation..."

19. H: 'Haoma' in Zoroastrianism is what?

From Quiz A-Z of Religious Terms

Answer: a sacred plant

Zoroastrians drink haoma juice, during sacred ceremonies. Scholars are not sure what the original plant used for this was; in modern times it is often a member of the genus Ephedra.

20. Bodhisattva: A compassionate being who resolves to bring other beings to liberation.

From Quiz Glossary of World Religions

Answer: Buddhism

In Mahayana Buddhism, a bodhisattva follower will only reach enlightenment after every other sentient being has reached Nirvana.

21. According to the Tao Te Ching, it is the way of heaven to conquer without competing, and to answer without what?

From Quiz The Way

Answer: Speaking

The Tao continues, "To attract without summoning,/ To get results without hastening."

22. I: In Eastern Orthodox Christianity, what is an 'Icon'?

From Quiz A-Z of Religious Terms

Answer: a sacred image of Christ or the saints

Icons are the focus of prayers in Eastern Orthodox churches, as well as in certain Catholic churches. They come in many forms: metal or stone sculptures, paintings on wood or other materials, mosaics, frescoes, etc.

23. Gurdwara: Term for this religion's temples.

From Quiz Glossary of World Religions

Answer: Sikhism

The Harimandir Sahib is the most well known of the gurdwara. The Golden Temple is the more common name and it is located in Punjab, India.

24. Who said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father but by me"?

From Quiz The Way

Answer: Jesus

Jesus is quoted as making this claim in John 14:6. Jesus, like Krishna, often used the descriptor "I Am," which some Jews may have regarded as a claim to divinity because "I Am" is the name by which God identified himself to Moses.

25. J: 'Jen' is a concept of righteousness and harmony in which religion?

From Quiz A-Z of Religious Terms

Answer: Confucianism

Jen is what makes people human, the most basic of all virtues. It is one of the two main concepts of Confucianism. The other one is 'li', social mores.

26. Tanha: Meaning "desire", it is the reason people are bound to this cycle of existence.

From Quiz Glossary of World Religions

Answer: Buddhism

It is desire that causes Karma and thus ties people to this cycle. The Buddha had desired enlightenment and therefore sought after it, only to have it elude him. Once he ceased to desire it, he found enlightenment.

27. Five Pillars: Repetition of the Creed, Daily Prayer, Alms Giving, Fasting, and Pilgrimage.

From Quiz Glossary of World Religions

Answer: Islam

The Creed is "There is no god but God; Muhammad is the messenger of God." Muslims are expected to pray five times daily; the five accepted times are dawn, midday, mid afternoon, sunset, and nightfall. Muslims are expected to share their possessions with the poor, widows, and orphans. Alms may also be used to support religious institutions, scholars, and students. Islam requires the longest and most stringent fast of all known religions. Each year during the month of Ramadan, Muslims are expected to abstain from eating, drinking, smoking, and engaging in sexual relations during the daylight hours. This fast is kept in remembrance of the month when Muhammad first received his revelation. Pilgrimage to Mecca is required of all Muslims in their lifetime granting they can afford the trip. This pilgrimage takes place during the month of Dhu al-Hijah.

28. L: 'Langar' a part of every Sikh temple, is a room for what activity?

From Quiz A-Z of Religious Terms

Answer: eating

Every Sikh service ends in a shared meal in the langar, which everyone, Sikh or non-Sikh, is welcome to join.

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