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Take this test and see which theologian you most resemble: http://quizfarm.com/test.php?q_id=44116 I am Paul Tillich (73%) |
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« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2005, 07:13:33 PM » |
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I am Bl. Augustine (100%)
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« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2005, 08:26:34 PM » |
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Paul Tillich!? Egads man, and you admit this on an Orthodox message board?   Oh wait, it said I was either Calvin or Barth (both at 87%)! I think that's interesting that an Orthodox Christian (supposedly semi-Pelagian according to some) would be compared to Calvin to closely. Regarding the quiz, some of the questions were difficult to answer, as the questions themselves were either worded in a difficult way, or even had theological errors in them that the creator of the quiz was apparently unaware of (e.g., the very first one asks about Christ descending into hell, which would be difficult considering that there was no hell to descend to, but rather he descended to hades.) It was an enjoyable one to take, though. |
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93% Anselm and 93% Augustine.
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« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2005, 08:53:56 AM » |
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87% John Calvin...
Interesting for an eastern minded (roman) catholic - even in 80% lutheran country...
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« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2005, 10:28:17 AM » |
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I most closely resembled Karl Barth? I have never read anything about this man. But I will say that the questions were very tricky. Many started off well...but then had a catch at the end.  Juliana |
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« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2005, 12:35:52 PM » |
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My Top Five
Augustine: 93%
Karl Barth: 80%
Friedrich Schleiermacher: 67%
John Calvin: 67%
Anslem: 67%
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« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2005, 12:42:24 PM » |
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Augustine
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John Calvin
67%
Martin Luther
67%
Karl Barth
67%
Anselm
67%
Friedrich Schleiermacher
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Paul Tillich
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Charles Finney
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J�rgen Moltmann
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Jonathan Edwards
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Now where were we? Oh yeah - the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn’t have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...
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« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2005, 12:46:08 PM » |
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Woa. Scary.
You scored as Anselm.ÂÂ
Anselm is the outstanding theologian of the medieval period.He sees man's primary problem as having failed to render unto God what we owe him, so God becomes man in Christ and gives God what he is due. You should read 'Cur Deus Homo?'
John Calvin 73%
Anselm 73%
Augustine 67%
Karl Barth 67%
Friedrich Schleiermacher 60%
Martin Luther 53%
Paul Tillich 33%
Jonathan Edwards 33%
Charles Finney 27%
J?Moltmann 20%
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« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2005, 01:12:09 PM » |
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Karl Barth 73%
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You scored as Karl Barth. ÂÂ
The daddy of 20th Century theology. You perceive liberal theology to be a disaster and so you insist that the revelation of Christ, not human experience, should be the starting point for all theology.
Karl Barth 100%
Anselm 100%
John Calvin 67%
Augustine 67%
Jonathan Edwards 67%
Charles Finney 67%
Martin Luther 33%
J?Moltmann 33%
Friedrich Schleiermacher 33%
Paul Tillich0%
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« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2005, 01:35:04 PM » |
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Strange stuff.
J�rgen Moltmann
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Anselm
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Augustine
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Karl Barth
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John Calvin
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Paul Tillich
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Friedrich Schleiermacher
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Martin Luther
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Jonathan Edwards
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Charles Finney
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« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2005, 02:52:24 PM » |
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Matthew777: dude, that's the exact same quiz  ....it seems like no one else is scoring Paul Tillich like me....everyone is scoring Blessed Augustine...am I just weird or something? |
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« Reply #14 on: November 10, 2005, 03:10:10 AM » |
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John Calvin 93%
Paul Tillich 67%
Augustine 60%
Karl Barth 47%
Charles Finney 40%
Martin Luther 33%
J?Moltmann 33%
Friedrich Schleiermacher 33%
Anselm 33%
Jonathan Edwards 20%
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« Reply #15 on: November 10, 2005, 01:19:53 PM » |
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Loaded questions indeed  I'm apparently the only one to have Schleiermacher first. Interesting. "You seek to make inner feeling and awareness of God the centre of your theology, which is the foundation of liberalism. Unfortunately, atheists are quick to accuse you of simply projecting humanity onto 'God' and liberalism never really recovers." Friedrich Schleiermacher 73% John Calvin 67% Karl Barth 67% Martin Luther 53% |
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« Reply #16 on: November 10, 2005, 01:28:53 PM » |
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"The papacy is a tool of the devil" That question rocks! And the answer is: You scored as Martin Luther. The daddy of the Reformation. You are opposed to any Catholic ideas of works-salvation and see the scriptures as being primarily authoritative. Martin Luther  80% Paul Tillich    80% Augustine    67% Charles Finney 60% Friedrich Schleiermacher 53% John Calvin 53% Karl Barth 40% J Moltmann 27% Anselm 13% Jonathan Edwards 0% |
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« Reply #17 on: November 10, 2005, 03:41:50 PM » |
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Huh!
Anselm - 93%
Karl Barth - 87%
John Calvin - 87%
Martin Luther - 80%
Augustine - 73%
Friedrich Schleiermacher - 67%
Jonathan Edwards - 60%
Paul Tillich - 33%
Charles Finney - 33%
J Moltmann - 33%
Though I think the questions were loaded (and I'm willing to guess the "possible results" were relatively narrow, if only being singularly western), I suppose there is a lot of truth to the results I get, at least in so far as they go. The amateur-philosopher in me cannot avoid the issue of "predestination", and the westerner in me cannot avoid the judicial metaphor/paradigm that the Scriptures provide for discussing the work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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« Reply #18 on: November 10, 2005, 03:49:13 PM » |
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You scored as Paul Tillich.
Paul Tillich sought to express Christian truth in an existentialist way. Our primary problem is alienation from the ground of our being, so that our life is meaningless. Great for psychotherapy, but no longer very influential.
Paul Tillich
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Friedrich Schleiermacher
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J?Moltmann
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Anselm
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Augustine
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Martin Luther
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John Calvin
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Jonathan Edwards
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Charles Finney
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Karl Barth
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Augustine?? Why didn't you score as "Augustine"?! btw, you're right, the questions themselves already presuppose a Western paradigm. These are all man-centered questions (Western), rather than God-centered questions (Eastern). Thus, if you're only answering man-centered questions, yuo'll only get man-centered answers. Thus all the Protestant theologians.
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« Reply #19 on: November 10, 2005, 04:30:24 PM » |
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Beavis,
I probably had so many Protestant thinkers early on in my list because of the papacy question (though I doubt I was as hostile as some here...ahem Tom, ahem, cough, cough, wink) and a few others key questions which probably were considered (by the one who composed the quiz) as being halmarks of the Reformation (when in reality, they pretty much characterize anyone who talks about the Lord Jesus and is not a Roman Catholic.)
As for the Anselm thing...again, some key "damned if you do, damned if you don't" type questions. Though, like I said, I guess there are probably some peculiarlties of my outlook which, when stacked by loaded questions, would give that result.
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...ahem Tom, ahem, cough, cough, wink Man: 'Evening, squire! Squire: (stiffly) Good evening. Man: Is, uh,...Is your wife a goer, eh? Know whatahmean, know whatahmean, nudge nudge, know whatahmean, say no more? Squire: I, uh, I beg your pardon? M: Your, uh, your wife, does she go, eh, does she go, eh? S: (flustered) Well, she sometimes "goes", yes. M: Aaaaaaaah bet she does, I bet she does, say no more, say no more, knowwhatahmean, nudge nudge? S: (confused) I'm afraid I don't quite follow you. M: Follow me. Follow me. That's good, that's good! A nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat! S: Are you, uh,...are you selling something? M: SELLING! Very good, very good! Ay? Ay? Ay? (pause) M: Oooh! Ya wicked Ay! Wicked Ay! Oooh hooh! Say No MORE! S: Well, I, uh.... M: Is, your uh, is your wife a sport, ay? S: Um, she likes sport, yes! M: I bet she does, I bet she does! S: As a matter of fact she's very fond of cricket. M: 'Oo isn't? Likes games, eh? Knew she would. Likes games, eh? She's been around a bit, been around? S: She has traveled, yes. She's from Scarsdale. (pause) M: SAY NO MORE!! M: Scarsdale, saynomore, saynomore, saynomore, squire! S: I wasn't going to! M: Oh! Well, never mind. Dib dib? Is your uh, is your wife interested in....photography, ay? "Photographs, ay", he asked him knowlingly? S: Photography? M: Snap snap, grin grin, wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more? S: Holiday snaps, eh? M: They could be, they could be taken on holiday. Candid, you know, CANDID photography? S: No, no I'm afraid we don't have a camera. M: Oh. (leeringly) Still, mooooooh, ay? Mwoohohohohoo, ay? Hohohohohoho, ay? S: Look... are you insinuating something? M: Oh, no, no, no...yes. S: Well? M: Well, you're a man of the world, squire. S: Yes... M: I mean, you've been around a bit, you know, like, you've, uh.... You've "done it".... S: What do you mean? M: Well, I mean like,....you've SLEPT, with a lady.... S: Yes.... M: What's it like? |
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« Reply #21 on: November 10, 2005, 07:32:11 PM » |
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I scored as Karl Barth
Which is funny because in the evangelical seminary I graduated from he was considered a bad guy liberal; I always thought in his historical context, he was a pretty good guy (but that was one of those thoughts you kept to yourself)
But as I was learning about Orthodoxy early on, needing a category to place some of the things I was learning in (bear with me here, as a protestant you nedd a category for EVERYTHING) I thought, this sounds kind of like Karl Barth!
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« Reply #22 on: November 20, 2005, 03:24:25 PM » |
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Martin Luther 80%  At least more orthodox than Calvin. I think, some protestant guys made that test. Proof: total ignorance of Orthodox matters. |
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I din't understand any of the questions, and I didn't know any of the people on the results. I think that puts me below sewer-mutant theologian or something |
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« Reply #24 on: November 20, 2005, 10:13:08 PM » |
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I scored 93% Anselm. I've never read any of his stuff either. But interestingly enough, there was a TV mini series made here in Australia in the 90's called "Brides of Christ" - a story about women becoming Catholic nuns, and living through the 60's etc. Anyway, one of the main postulants, who became a nun always had a problem with "saints starting with A" - and one of them was Anselm. But in the end, she had a great appreciation for him and his writings. Oh well ... that's really got nothing to do with this questionnaire, just a side thought  |
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I would think, Anselm was rather philosopher than theologian. He is the author of the (in)famous "ontological proof of existence of God".
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« Reply #26 on: November 21, 2005, 04:26:42 AM » |
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I agree with those of you who said that these questions were tricky...there were many that I felt, were quite frankly, asking the wrong question. But I had to give an answer, so when I didn't really like the question, I picked one that would be in the middle, as a neither agree nor disagree. Anyway, these are my top four.
1) Blessed Augustine 93%
2)Karl Barth 93%, have no idea who that is
3)Anselm 80%
4)Martin Luther 67%
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« Reply #27 on: November 22, 2005, 07:56:06 PM » |
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2)Karl Barth 93%, have no idea who that is
Barth was a modern Protestant theologian who led a reaction against the liberal theology that was common in his day. He was my #1, with 100%. (Luther, Calvin and St. Augustine tied for second, at 67%. |
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« Reply #28 on: November 23, 2005, 10:44:26 AM » |
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You scored as Augustine.
You have a big view of God and also take human sin and depravity very seriously. Predestination is important for you.
Augustine 67%
John Calvin 47%
Karl Barth 47%
Martin Luther 40%
Anselm 33%
Friedrich Schleiermacher 20%
Charles Finney 7%
J?Moltmann 7%
Paul Tillich 0%
Jonathan Edwards 0%
I don't think I believe in predestination, but aparrently I do. Maybe I was destined to disagree with this quiz.... But yea, I'm Augustine with a splice of Calvin and Barth... That's Hot....
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« Reply #29 on: July 21, 2009, 07:58:16 PM » |
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Karl Barth 100%
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You Scored as Karl Barth
The daddy of 20th Century theology. You perceive liberal theology to be a disaster and so you insist that the revelation of Christ, not human experience, should be the starting point for all theology.
Karl Barth
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Augustine
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Friedrich Schleiermacher
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Anselm
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Martin Luther
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Jonathan Edwards
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Charles Finney
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Jürgen Moltmann
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John Calvin
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Paul Tillich
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Are these the only choices?
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If you blow on a spark, it will glow;
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Charles Finney
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Karl Barth
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Martin Luther
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John Calvin
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Paul Tillich
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Friedrich Schleiermacher
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Jürgen Moltmann
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Anselm
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Jonathan Edwards
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Augustine
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Anselm
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Charles Finney
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Karl Barth
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Martin Luther
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John Calvin
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Friedrich Schleiermacher
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Jürgen Moltmann
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Paul Tillich
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Jonathan Edwards
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You Scored as Jürgen Moltmann!The problem of evil is central to your thought, and only a crucified God can show that God is not indifferent to human suffering. Christian discipleship means identifying with suffering but also anticipating the new creation of all things that God will bring about.  Didn't know him. But I've been reading Ernst Bloch's works, particularly "Philosophy of Renaissance" lately and Bloch is thought as a strong influence of his...... Still, this isn't an explanation, of course.
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50% or more of the questions in this quiz are posited from an erroneous starting point.
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TIEBREAKER!!
Karl Barth 80%
Anselm 80%
Augustine 73%
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You Scored as Anselm
Anselm is the outstanding theologian of the medieval period.He sees man's primary problem as having failed to render unto God what we owe him, so God becomes man in Christ and gives God what he is due. You should read 'Cur Deus Homo?'
Anselm 87%
Augustine 80%
Calvin 73%
Hmm, never heard of Anselm. I am very upset and disturbed however that Calvin is so high up on my results.
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Mine said: "You scored as Augustine." But the percentage results broke down like this:
Friedrich Schleiermacher - 73%
Augustine - 73%
Karl Barth - 67%
Anselm - 67%
John Calvin - 60%
Martin Luther - 60%
Charles Finney - 47%
Jürgen Moltmann - 40%
Paul Tillich - 40%
Jonathan Edwards - 33%
I'm not too familiar with Schleiermacher. Just glad I didn't score as Charles Finney!
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Anselm
87%
Karl Barth
80%
Augustine
67%
Friedrich Schleiermacher
60%
John Calvin
60%
Charles Finney
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Jürgen Moltmann
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Martin Luther
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Paul Tillich
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Jonathan Edwards
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Another Augustine here:
You Scored as Augustine
You have a big view of God and also take human sin and depravity very seriously. Predestination is important for you.
Augustine
80%
Karl Barth
67%
Charles Finney
60%
Anselm
47%
John Calvin
40%
Paul Tillich
33%
Friedrich Schleiermacher
33%
Jonathan Edwards
27%
Jürgen Moltmann
20%
Martin Luther
20%
Is my thinking Orthodox-friendly? I don't know who 4 of these guys are.
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Charles Finney 67%
Augustine 60%
Anselm 53%
Paul Tillich 53%
John Calvin 47%
Martin Luther 33%
Friedrich Schleiermacher 27%
Karl Barth 27%
Jonathan Edwards 20%
Jürgen Moltmann 7%
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You Scored as John Calvin (80%) Must be kidding |
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Is my thinking Orthodox-friendly? I don't know who 4 of these guys are.
50% or more of the questions in this quiz are posited from an erroneous starting point.
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I'm trying to understand how I could have ended up with Charles Finney as number 2 on this list, so I could somehow correct this view... Or maybe it doesn't even really matter... |
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I'm trying to understand how I could have ended up with Charles Finney as number 2 on this list, so I could somehow correct this view... Or maybe it doesn't even really matter... I wouldn't worry about it. As some have already pointed out, there weren't many Orthodox theolgians on the list. I scored as Augustine, which I liked except for the fact that it said I "strongly believe in predestination." So just take it with a grain of salt.  Selam |
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The Blessed Augustine ? 67% at this time.
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You Scored as Friedrich Schleiermacher (100%)
You seek to make inner feeling and awareness of God the centre of your theology, which is the foundation of liberalism. Unfortunately, atheists are quick to accuse you of simply projecting humanity onto 'God' and liberalism never really recovers.
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Y dduw bo'r diolch.
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« Reply #53 on: August 02, 2009, 01:44:23 PM » |
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Paul Tillich 80%
Augustine 67%
Charles Finney 67%
Yippee! I'm not Calvin!
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I'm Karl Barth. Never heard of him.
You Scored as Karl Barth
The daddy of 20th Century theology. You perceive liberal theology to be a disaster and so you insist that the revelation of Christ, not human experience, should be the starting point for all theology.
Karl Barth
100%
Anselm
87%
Augustine
80%
Paul Tillich
73%
John Calvin
67%
Jonathan Edwards
67%
Friedrich Schleiermacher
53%
Martin Luther
40%
Jürgen Moltmann
33%
Charles Finney
27%
Ok i looked him up...I definitly disagree with his doctrine of election and his views on Mary.
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Augustine
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Karl Barth
93%
Anselm
73%
Friedrich Schleiermacher
67%
Jonathan Edwards
53%
Charles Finney
47%
John Calvin
40%
Paul Tillich
33%
Jürgen Moltmann
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Martin Luther
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I took a different but similar quiz on Facebook and came up with Thomas Aquinas. I think that one was less Protestant-centric.
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« Reply #56 on: June 18, 2010, 11:10:43 PM » |
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Me: Anselm (1033-1109) 80%
Anselm is the outstanding theologian of the medieval period.He sees man's primary problem as having failed to render unto God what we owe him, so God becomes man in Christ and gives God what he is due. You should read 'Cur Deus Homo?'
Probably means I have Orthodox theology, since Augustine is the next highest choice for me, and Anselm lived about the time of the Schism in England, and the list lacks any Orthodox philosophers besides Augustine.
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Anselm (1033-1109)'s heresies are extremely bad; while St. Philaretos of Moscow said that God is the love which crucifies and Christ is the crucified love, Anselm claimed that God's nature is infinitely offended and Christ's crucification was for God-Father to have vengeance and satisfy(satisfactio) his "justice"... |
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I thought it would be interesting to see what I would score now (even though a bunch of questions I just had to make up an answer).
You Scored as Paul Tillich
Paul Tillich sought to express Christian truth in an existentialist way. Our primary problem is alienation from the ground of our being, so that our life is meaningless. Great for psychotherapy, but no longer very influential.
Friedrich Schleiermacher 33%
Charles Finney 33%
Paul Tillich 33%
Jürgen Moltmann 33%
Martin Luther 0%
Augustine 0%
John Calvin 0%
Karl Barth 0%
Jonathan Edwards 0%
Anselm 0%
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My results:
Karl Barth
87%
Augustine
80%
Martin Luther
40%
Paul Tillich
40%
Anselm
33%
I'm sort of OK with this, though I would prefer Augustine and Anselm to be a little higher. Luther isn't really that bad of a result, sinc eI used to be Lutheran!
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You Scored as Augustine You have a big view of God and also take human sin and depravity very seriously. Predestination is important for you. Augustine 87% Karl Barth 80% Anselm 80% Friedrich Schleiermacher 67% Jonathan Edwards 53% Martin Luther 47% John Calvin 47% Jürgen Moltmann 40% Charles Finney 33% Paul Tillich 20% |
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Anselm (1033-1109)'s heresies are extremely bad; while St. Philaretos of Moscow said that God is the love which crucifies and Christ is the crucified love, Anselm claimed that God's nature is infinitely offended and Christ's crucification was for God-Father to have vengeance and satisfy(satisfactio) his "justice"... OK, buddy, you take the quiz and find out who your closest heretic is? |
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Anselm (1033-1109)'s heresies are extremely bad; while St. Philaretos of Moscow said that God is the love which crucifies and Christ is the crucified love, Anselm claimed that God's nature is infinitely offended and Christ's crucification was for God-Father to have vengeance and satisfy(satisfactio) his "justice"... OK, buddy, you take the quiz and find out who your closest heretic is? I'm sorry if this sounded offensive, brother... Basically, I've already done it(see previous posts), it's Jurgen Moltmann!!!! I bought a book of his at some book festival lately. He's quite good, I think, regardless of his being protestant(laughter)... |
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Anselm (1033-1109)'s heresies are extremely bad; while St. Philaretos of Moscow said that God is the love which crucifies and Christ is the crucified love, Anselm claimed that God's nature is infinitely offended and Christ's crucification was for God-Father to have vengeance and satisfy(satisfactio) his "justice"... OK, buddy, you take the quiz and find out who your closest heretic is? I'm sorry if this sounded offensive, brother... Basically, I've already done it(see previous posts), it's Jurgen Moltmann!!!! I bought a book of his at some book festival lately. He's quite good, I think, regardless of his being protestant(laughter)... |
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Yes, many of the question are quite horrible. But I think that, given the nature of the questions, that the limited options should not be a suprise to us.
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« Reply #65 on: July 15, 2010, 07:56:34 PM » |
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Karl Barth
80%
Anselm
73%
John Calvin
67%
Charles Finney
60%
Martin Luther
60%
Jürgen Moltmann
47%
Augustine
40%
Paul Tillich
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Jonathan Edwards
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Augustine 80%
Karl Barth 73%
Anselm 67%
Martin Luther 53%
Charles Finney 53%
Friedrich Schleiermacher 40%
Jürgen Moltmann 40%
John Calvin 40%
Jonathan Edwards 33%
Paul Tillich 27%
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You Scored as Anselm
Anselm is the outstanding theologian of the medieval period.He sees man's primary problem as having failed to render unto God what we owe him, so God becomes man in Christ and gives God what he is due. You should read 'Cur Deus Homo?'
Anselm
73%
John Calvin
67%
Karl Barth
47%
Jürgen Moltmann
47%
Charles Finney
40%
Augustine
33%
Friedrich Schleiermacher
33%
Martin Luther
33%
Paul Tillich
33%
Jonathan Edwards
13%
Oh well. I like reading Anselm and Augustine and Schleiermacher. Calvin is a nut.
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You Scored as Karl Barth
The daddy of 20th Century theology. You perceive liberal theology to be a disaster and so you insist that the revelation of Christ, not human experience, should be the starting point for all theology.
Karl Barth
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Anselm
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Jürgen Moltmann
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John Calvin
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Jonathan Edwards
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Augustine
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Charles Finney
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Martin Luther
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Paul Tillich
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Friedrich Schleiermacher
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Karl Who?
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« Reply #71 on: September 25, 2010, 11:18:11 PM » |
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Honestly, considering there were no Orthodox people on the list, I think Karl Barth is pretty good to get.
You Scored as Karl Barth
The daddy of 20th Century theology. You perceive liberal theology to be a disaster and so you insist that the revelation of Christ, not human experience, should be the starting point for all theology.
Charles Finney 73%
Karl Barth 73%
John Calvin 73%
Paul Tillich 67%
Augustine 53%
Jürgen Moltmann 47%
Martin Luther 47%
Anselm 40%
Friedrich Schleiermacher 27%
Jonathan Edwards 0%
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Hmm...I will need to create my own. St. John the Theologian 100% Cappadocian Fathers 100% St Gregory Palamas 100% St. Photios 100% That is a good start. Very true! |
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Hmm...I will need to create my own. St. John the Theologian 100% Cappadocian Fathers 100% St Gregory Palamas 100% St. Photios 100% That is a good start. Very true! Indeed. I thought about making an Orthodox quiz, but then I realized that all our Theologians teach the same thing! |
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Wow. No Orthodox theologians, and I wound up as the following: Martin Luther 60% Paul Tillich 47% Jürgen Moltmann 40% Augustine 33% Friedrich Schleiermacher 33% Karl Barth 27% Anselm 20% John Calvin 7% Jonathan Edwards 0% Charles Finney 0% I've never even heard of most of these! Is someone going to do an Orthodox one sometime? I'd be really interested in that! |
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You Scored as Karl Barth
The daddy of 20th Century theology. You perceive liberal theology to be a disaster and so you insist that the revelation of Christ, not human experience, should be the starting point for all theology.
Karl Barth 93%
Anselm 80%
Augustine 60%
All others less than 50%
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« Reply #78 on: October 03, 2010, 12:06:28 AM » |
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Hmm...I will need to create my own. St. John the Theologian 100% Cappadocian Fathers 100% St Gregory Palamas 100% St. Photios 100% That is a good start. Very true! Indeed. I thought about making an Orthodox quiz, but then I realized that all our Theologians teach the same thing! Maybe you could throw in one or two, for the sake of balance. |
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"Some have such command of their bowels, that they can break wind continuously at pleasure, so as to produce the effect of singing."- St. Augustine of Hippo
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« Reply #79 on: October 03, 2010, 02:57:22 AM » |
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Just for fun, here's a proposed list of Orthodox theologians that might be on such a list. Whether you think they differed in belief, I think these ten differed at least in approach enough to merit being on the list together. If you prefer, you can think of it as ten people viewing the same truth from ten points of view, all within the circle of acceptable orthodoxy. After all, these people weren’t just mindless robots repeating what people before them had said… they all had their own voice to add to the chorus (except maybe St. John of Damascus. He was pretty much a robot.  ). So, here’s the list… St. Irenaeus St. Athanasius St. Gregory the Theologian St. John Chrysostom St. Augustine St. Maximos the Confessor St. John of Damascus St. Photius St. Symeon the New Theologian St. Gregory Palamas A few comments about how I came up with the list. I avoided using Biblical writers, for reasons I can get into if necessary. Second, when considering the original list, some would argue that Tillich is hardly a Trinitarian-monotheist Christian, that Augustine is a heretic, etc., so I was tempted to include people like Origen in the Orthodox list... but I eventually decided against it. Also, I generally tried to stick with the heavy hitters; I mean, I like Aphraates and all, but how many people would know who he was if that was the answer they got? Another thing is that, if I was going for variety of thought, I had to necessarily leave off certain beloved saints, if I already had someone on the list that was quite close to them in thought. Still another is that I wasn‘t sure what to do about including anyone after St. Gregory Palamas. I have read enough about St. Nektarios, St. Justin Popovich, and some others that I could have thrown one of them on the list, but I didn’t want to include them just so that the list looked balanced; so instead I just went with the ten best I could think of, regardless of when they happened to live (also, I felt like including St. Justin Popovich would have been a fairly biased pick). And finally, I tried to avoid just picking favorites. Thoughts on changes that are needed? |
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