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How Well Do You Know Franciscus Junius?
30 questions. No Googling.
Franciscus Junius was pastor, exile, biblical translator, Hebraist, political thinker, professor, polemicist, and one of the architects of Reformed scholastic theology.
It starts easy. It does not stay easy.
I. The Young Junius
1. Where was Franciscus Junius born in 1545?
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A
Orléans
B
Lyon
C
Paris
D
Bourges
2. What was the principal subject of Junius’s early university training?
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A
Medicine
B
Law
C
Theology
D
Astronomy
3. A projected diplomatic appointment brought the young Junius to Lyon. Where was the embassy headed?
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A
Rome
B
London
C
Madrid
D
Constantinople
4. What philosophical claim helped precipitate Junius’s crisis of unbelief in Lyon?
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A
That God is unconcerned with himself and with all things
B
That reason can know nothing about nature
C
That pleasure is the highest human good
D
That the human soul is naturally mortal
5. Which biblical book did Junius later remember as decisive in his recovery of Christian faith?
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A
Psalms
B
Hebrews
C
The Gospel of John
D
Romans
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