Bible Quiz: The Protestant Reformation (10 Questions and Answers)

Category: Adults · 10 questions

Key verses of the Reformation and a few solid landmarks, from Luther to the first Protestant Bible in French.

1. Which Old Testament saying does Paul quote in Romans 1:17?
   Answer: The righteous will live by faith
   Paul quotes Habakkuk 2:4: the righteous will live by faith (Romans 1:17).
2. What does the monk Martin Luther publish on October 31, 1517?
   Answer: 95 theses against the sale of indulgences
   Luther, a monk and professor of theology at Wittenberg, publishes 95 theses. Related verse: salvation is God's gift (Ephesians 2:8).
3. According to Ephesians 2:8, by what means are we saved by grace?
   Answer: By means of faith
   You are saved by grace through faith, not by works (Ephesians 2:8-9).
4. According to Romans 3:28, how is a person justified?
   Answer: By faith, apart from the works of the law
   We hold that a person is justified by faith apart from works of the law (Romans 3:28; Galatians 2:16).
5. What does Luther do before the Diet of Worms in 1521?
   Answer: He refuses to recant
   In 1521, before the Diet of Worms, Luther refuses to recant. Related verse: all Scripture is inspired by God (2 Timothy 3:16).
6. What is all Scripture useful for, according to 2 Timothy 3:16?
   Answer: Teaching, convincing, correcting and instructing
   All Scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, convincing, correcting and training in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16).
7. How many mediators are there between God and humans, according to 1 Timothy 2:5?
   Answer: Only one: Jesus Christ
   There is one God and one mediator between God and humans, Jesus Christ, himself a man (1 Timothy 2:5).
8. How does Peter describe believers in 1 Peter 2:9?
   Answer: A royal priesthood
   You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God (1 Peter 2:9).
9. How many times did Christ offer himself as a sacrifice, according to Hebrews 10:10?
   Answer: Once and for all
   We are made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, once and for all (Hebrews 10:10).
10. Who publishes the first Protestant Bible translated into French in 1535?
    Answer: Olivétan
    Olivétan publishes the first Protestant Bible translated into French in 1535. Luther had translated the New Testament into German (1522).