Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. European Christianity was forced in the period 500-1500 to come grips with the rise of Islam.
2. Iconostasis refers to a screen or wall of icons between the people and the altar in Orthodox churches.
3. All Catholic and Eastern Orthodox doctrine is formally rooted in creeds.
4. Protestantism is divided into mainline and evangelical groups in the United States.
5. Falun Gong is a new religious movement that is widely accepted by the people and the government of China.
1. TRUE - European Christianity, both in the East and the West, was indeed forced in the period 500-1500 to come grips with the rise of Islam. European Christianity was forced in the period 500-1500 to come grips with the rise of Islam.
2. TRUE - Iconostasis refers to a screen or wall of icons between the people and the altar in Orthodox churches.
3. TRUE - All Catholic and Eastern Orthodox doctrine is formally rooted in creeds.
4. TRUE - Protestantism is divided into mainline and evangelical groups in the United States.
5. FALSE - The Communist government has suppressed Falun Gong through today with both prosecution and persecution, just as the emperors of China before it suppressed religious groups that were seen as a threat to their rule.
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