Johnathan Edwards by Ola Elizabeth Winslow

1. In what century did Johnathan Edwards primarily write?

A) 18th Century
B) 19th Century
C) 20th Century
D) 17th Century

2. Edwards served as a pastor in which location?

A) Boston, Massachusetts
B) New Haven, Connecticut
C) Providence, Rhode Island
D) Northampton, Massachusetts

3. Which of the following was a major theme in Edwards's work?

A) Cultural relativism
B) God's sovereignty
C) Man's free will
D) Political liberty

4. What did Edwards argue about God's nature?

A) God is distant and uninvolved
B) God is capricious and unpredictable
C) God is merely a construct of human thought
D) God is both loving and just

5. Edwards was also known for his interest in which field?

A) Philosophy
B) Sociology
C) Economics
D) Physics

6. What did Edwards believe was essential for personal salvation?

A) A personal experience of conversion
B) Intellectual belief
C) Moral living
D) Membership in a church

7. What was Edwards's stance on the relationship between faith and reason?

A) Faith must adhere strictly to reason
B) Faith transcends human reason
C) Reason is greater than faith
D) Faith and reason are unrelated

8. What role did Edwards take on later in his life?

A) Editor of a newspaper
B) Missionary in India
C) President of Princeton University
D) Governor of Massachusetts

9. What legacy did Johnathan Edwards leave?

A) Promotion of state churches
B) Prominent theological alignment with deism
C) Focus on political activism
D) Influence on American evangelical movements

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