Book of Concord - Quiz
Book of Concord
  • 1. Which year marked the first complete English translation of The Book of Concord?
A) 1851
B) 1921
C) 1882
D) 1930
  • 2. Who edited the 1921 edition known as Concordia Triglotta?
A) John C. Mattes
B) Theodore G. Tappert
C) Friederich Bente
D) Henry E. Jacobs
  • 3. In which edition were variant readings of the Latin and German texts first inserted in square brackets?
A) Tappert Edition (1959)
B) Kolb-Wengert Edition (2000)
C) Concordia Triglotta (1921)
D) 1851 Henkel edition
  • 4. Which translation of The Apology of the Augsburg Confession did the Tappert edition use as its basis?
A) Octavo edition
B) Quarto edition
C) Latin text from 1580
D) German text
  • 5. What significant change in translation practice did the Tappert Edition introduce regarding The Augsburg Confession?
A) Translating from the quarto edition
B) Inserting variant readings in square brackets
C) Using only the English text
D) Providing translations of both German and Latin texts
  • 6. Which scholars were involved in translating the Kolb-Wengert Edition?
A) Henry E. Jacobs and John C. Mattes
B) Justus Jonas and Christian Peters
C) Robert Kolb and Timothy J. Wengert
D) Friederich Bente and Theodore G. Tappert
  • 7. Which edition of The Apology did the Kolb-Wengert Edition primarily use?
A) German text
B) Octavo edition
C) Latin text from 1580
D) Quarto edition
  • 8. What was a notable feature of the Kolb-Wengert Edition regarding the Nicene Creed?
A) Setting off 'the filioque' in square brackets
B) Translating it into German
C) Including it without any special notation
D) Omitting it entirely
  • 9. Which edition commemorated the 425th anniversary of The Book of Concord's publication?
A) Tappert Edition (1959)
B) Kolb-Wengert Edition (2000)
C) Concordia Triglotta (1921)
D) Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions (2005)
  • 10. Who claimed the quarto edition was merely a stage towards the definitive text of The Apology?
A) Theodore G. Tappert
B) Friederich Bente
C) Henry E. Jacobs
D) Christian Peters
  • 11. What was the main reason for differences in Justus Jonas's translation of The Apology?
A) Looseness, more like a paraphrase than a translation
B) Translation from Latin to German
C) Insertion of variant readings
D) Use of different editions
  • 12. Which edition first included historical introductions and English translations of other documents?
A) 1851 Henkel edition
B) 1921 Concordia Triglotta
C) 1882 Edition by Henry E. Jacobs
D) 1959 Tappert Edition
  • 13. Who were the additional translators for the Tappert Edition besides Theodore G. Tappert?
A) Robert Kolb and Timothy J. Wengert
B) Jaroslav Pelikan, Robert H. Fisher, and Arthur Carl Piepkorn
C) Friederich Bente and Henry E. Jacobs
D) John C. Mattes and Paul T. McCain
  • 14. Which edition discontinued the practice of inserting translations of variant readings in square brackets?
A) Concordia Triglotta (1921)
B) Tappert Edition (1959)
C) 1851 Henkel edition
D) Kolb-Wengert Edition (2000)
  • 15. What format was the quarto edition of The Apology printed in?
A) Quarto
B) Octavo
C) Duodecimo
D) Folio
  • 16. Who edited the 2005 version of Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions?
A) Paul T. McCain, Edward A. Engelbrecht, Robert C. Baker, and Gene E. Veith
B) Friederich Bente and Theodore G. Tappert
C) Henry E. Jacobs and John C. Mattes
D) Robert Kolb and Timothy J. Wengert
  • 17. What was the purpose of the 1930 Bekenntnisschriften critical text?
A) To finalize the Kolb-Wengert Edition
B) To begin a new English version
C) To publish the Concordia Triglotta
D) To commemorate the 425th anniversary
  • 18. Which edition was published in two different years, 2005 and 2006?
A) Kolb-Wengert Edition
B) Concordia Triglotta
C) Tappert Edition
D) Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions
  • 19. What was the role of Justus Jonas in the translation of The Apology?
A) He published the 1882 edition
B) He edited the Concordia Triglotta
C) He started a new English version
D) He translated it from Latin into German
  • 20. In which year was the Book of Concord published in German?
A) 1578
B) 1530
C) 1584
D) 1580
  • 21. Where was the Book of Concord first published?
A) Augsburg
B) Dresden
C) Leipzig
D) Berlin
  • 22. Which document is considered to be of singular importance as the basic definition of what it means to be 'Lutheran'?
A) The Augsburg Confession
B) The Small Catechism
C) The Formula of Concord
D) The Apology of the Augsburg Confession
  • 23. Which city hosted the Diet where the original Augsburg Confession was presented?
A) Leipzig
B) Dresden
C) Berlin
D) Augsburg
  • 24. In what year was the Preface to the Book of Concord written?
A) 1537
B) 1579
C) 1580
D) 1529
  • 25. In which year was the Augsburg Confession originally published?
A) 1526
B) 1531
C) 1530
D) 1577
  • 26. In what year was Martin Luther's Small Catechism published?
A) 1529
B) 1577
C) 1580
D) 1531
  • 27. Which of Martin Luther's works from 1529 is longer?
A) The Large Catechism
B) The Small Catechism
C) Baptism Booklet
D) Luther's Marriage Booklet
  • 28. Which year marks the publication of both the Epitome and Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord?
A) 1530
B) 1529
C) 1577
D) 1580
  • 29. What is the title of Martin Luther's work that addresses church articles?
A) The Apology of the Augsburg Confession
B) Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope
C) The Smalcald Articles
D) Epitome of the Formula of Concord
  • 30. What is the ISBN of the critical text edition published in Göttingen by Vandenhoek & Ruprecht?
A) 978-3-525-52101-4.
B) 0-8006-2740-7.
C) 0-7586-1343-1.
D) 0-8006-0825-9.
  • 31. Which edition was published by Vandenhoek & Ruprecht?
A) The Book of Concord by Theodore G. Tappert.
B) Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions — A Reader's Edition of the Book of Concord.
C) Concordia Triglotta: The Symbolical Books of the Ev. Lutheran Church, German-Latin-English.
D) Die Bekenntnisschriften der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirche.
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