Which of the following describes the rhetoric of the Letter to the Philippians the best?

a. It is an apologia. b. It is an angry letter
c. It is a happy, positive letter
d. Paul is neutral toward the recipients


c

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A) begging the question B) begging the question against C) complex question D) false alternatives E) accident

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Pericopes are the individual acts that Jesus performed during his life 2. We do not know the names of the actual authors of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. 3. Redaction criticism focuses upon the style of writing and point of view used in each canonical Gospel. 4. John the Baptist appears in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

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What are “classics,” religious books with scriptural standing, called in Chinese?

a. Xiao b. Ren c. Junzi d. Jing

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The term "civil religion" is best defined as:

A) ?a personal belief system in which individuals choose whom to worship and also set the rules themselves without relying on the rules of organized religions. B) ?a religious system that employs a democratic system for establishing leadership. C) ?the system of religion that is dictated by the state. D) ?the popular, dominant religion of a nation or culture that typically involves some religious conviction about that nation or culture.

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