Which Church is THE Church of the Bible?
St. Paul Street Evangelization / Bible Christian Society
A short quiz. Answer each question, then check your answers in the key below (the printed pamphlet has the quiz on one side and the answer key on the reverse).
The Quiz
1. Did Jesus found a church?
A) Yes
B) No
2. How many churches did Jesus found?
A) 1
B) 100
C) 1000
D) Tens of Thousands
3. So, if Jesus started a church, how long ago was it started?
A) 1000 years
B) 500 years
C) 2000 years
D) 1500 years
4. Was that church guided by the Holy Spirit?
A) Yes
B) No
5. If the church was founded by Jesus Christ and was guided by the Holy Spirit, could it teach doctrinal error?
A) Yes
B) No
6. So, could we say that the church founded by Jesus Christ and guided by the Holy Spirit, taught doctrinal truth infallibly — without error — to the 1st century Christians?
A) Yes
B) No
7. Did the church of the New Testament teach different doctrinal truths to different people in different areas?
A) Yes
B) No
8. Are there any denominations in the church of the New Testament?
A) Yes
B) No
9. Would a church founded by Jesus Christ and guided by the Holy Spirit still be in existence today?
A) Yes
B) No
10. How old would that church be?
A) 1000 years
B) 500 years
C) 2000 years
D) 1500 years
11. Would that church still be guided by the Holy Spirit?
A) Yes
B) No
12. Could that church founded by Jesus and still guided by the Holy Spirit teach doctrinal error?
A) Yes
B) No
13. So we could say that the church founded by Jesus Christ and guided by the Holy Spirit would still teach doctrinal truth infallibly?
A) Yes
B) No
14. Would that church founded by Jesus Christ and guided by the Holy Spirit teach different doctrinal truths to different people in different areas?
A) Yes
B) No
15. Would there be any denominations teaching different and contradictory doctrines in that church?
A) Yes
B) No
16. So, Jesus founded a Church in Israel, 2000 years ago, that was guided by the Holy Spirit, and that Church is still in existence today and is still guided by the Holy Spirit, which means it teaches doctrinal truth… infallibly. What else should be true about this Church?
17. How many churches fit that description?
A) 1
B) 100
C) 1000
D) Tens of Thousands
18. Which church is that?
See the answer key below.
Answer Key
1. Did Jesus found a church?
A) Yes. Matt 16:18
2. How many churches did Jesus found?
A) 1. The Church is the Body of Christ and there is only one Body of Christ. Rom 12:5, Eph 4:4, Col 1:18
3. So, if Jesus started a church, how long ago was it started?
C) 2000 years.
4. Was that church guided by the Holy Spirit?
A) Yes. John 14:26, John 16:13, Acts 2:3-4
5. If the church was founded by Jesus Christ and was guided by the Holy Spirit, could it teach doctrinal error?
B) No. 1 Timothy 3:15
6. So, could we say that the church founded by Jesus Christ and guided by the Holy Spirit, taught doctrinal truth infallibly — without error — to the 1st century Christians?
A) Yes. Luke 10:16, John 14:16-17, 1 Peter 1:12
7. Did the church of the New Testament teach different doctrinal truths to different people in different areas?
B) No. 2 Tim 1:12-14, Eph 4:14, Titus 1:9
8. Are there any denominations in the church of the New Testament?
B) No. The Church in the New Testament is one, just as the Body of Christ is one. 1 Cor 1:10, 1 Cor 11:18-19, Jude 19
9. Would a church founded by Jesus Christ and guided by the Holy Spirit still be in existence today?
A) Yes. Matt 16:18, Matt 28:20, Eph 3:21
10. How old would that church be?
C) 2000 years.
11. Would that church still be guided by the Holy Spirit?
A) Yes. Matt 28:20, John 14:16
12. Could that church founded by Jesus and still guided by the Holy Spirit teach doctrinal error?
B) No. 1 Tim 3:15, 1 Cor 12:28
13. So we could say that the church founded by Jesus Christ and guided by the Holy Spirit would still teach doctrinal truth infallibly?
A) Yes. Luke 10:16, John 14:16-17, 1 Peter 1:12
14. Would that church founded by Jesus Christ and guided by the Holy Spirit teach different doctrinal truths to different people in different areas?
B) No. Malachi 3:6, Heb 13:8, 1 Tim 4:6
15. Would there be any denominations teaching different and contradictory doctrines in that church?
B) No. The Church is one as the Body of Christ is one. 1 Cor 1:10, 1 Cor 11:18-19, Jude 19
16. So, Jesus founded a Church in Israel, 2000 years ago, that was guided by the Holy Spirit, and that Church is still in existence today and is still guided by the Holy Spirit, which means it teaches doctrinal truth… infallibly. What else should be true about this Church?
The Church founded by Jesus 2,000 years ago in Israel should at least claim to be THE Church founded by Jesus; it should be able to trace its leadership and line of authority back 2,000 years to Peter and the Apostles; and it should claim to be guided by the Holy Spirit and to thus teach doctrinal truth infallibly with the authority of Jesus Christ, its Founder.
17. How many churches fit that description?
A) 1.
18. Which church is that?
The Catholic Church.
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