According to the text, how a historian weighs the ancient evidence (either from the NT texts where women are associated with house churches, or the epigrammatic references to episcopa and presbytera) depends largely on a set of historical assumptions that the interpreter brings to the text.
a. true
b. false
Answer: a. true
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a. the intentions of the writer or speaker b. the public definitions of the words involved c. the use to which the assertion is put d. the observations that verify it
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According to Leibniz, we can always know the sufficient reason for anything that exists
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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While Catholicism is a sacramental faith, its forward-looking nature is also __________
a. heretical b. mystical c. prophetic d. transcendental
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What tribe did the Hasmoneans, who ruled Judea from 142-63 BCE, descend from?
A. Ephraimites B. Benjaminites C. Levites D. Aaronites
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