Christian Denomination Quiz

1. A congregation practices baptism upon a personal profession of faith, commonly by immersion, and emphasizes local church autonomy. Which tradition is the closest match?

2. Which Christian group is formally known as the Religious Society of Friends?

3. A congregation uses the Westminster Confession or Westminster Shorter Catechism as an important doctrinal standard. Which tradition is most likely?

4. A church belongs to the Church of England, acknowledges the British monarch as its Supreme Governor, and has bishops in the historic episcopal structure. Which tradition is it?

5. Which family of churches did not accept the Council of Chalcedon in 451 and includes the Coptic Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic churches?

6. The Salvation Army belongs broadly to which major Christian family?

7. A church places particular emphasis on baptism in the Holy Spirit and gifts such as speaking in tongues. Which movement is the closest match?

8. Which denomination grew from the eighteenth-century revival movement associated with John and Charles Wesley?

9. A congregation belongs to an autocephalous church, celebrates the Byzantine Divine Liturgy, and does not recognize a universal pope. Which tradition best fits these clues?

10. A congregation worships on Saturday, emphasizes the anticipated return of Christ, and identifies with the Adventist movement. Which denomination is the clearest match?

11. Which Christian tradition treats the Augsburg Confession as a foundational statement of faith?

12. A church recognizes the Bishop of Rome, the pope, as the universal pastor with authority over the worldwide church. To which tradition does it most directly belong?

13. Sixteenth-century Radical Reformation communities known for rejecting infant baptism and baptizing professing believers were historically called what?

14. Which development is conventionally associated with the beginning of the Protestant Reformation in 1517?

15. A parish regularly uses the Book of Common Prayer and belongs to a worldwide communion historically linked to the See of Canterbury. Which tradition is it?

16. A church is governed through elected elders and regional presbyteries and draws heavily on Reformed confessions. Which denomination is the closest match?