Q 01/05

By 2020, which region had overtaken Europe as home to the most Christians?

A) Latin America

B) Sub-Saharan Africa

C) North America

D) Asia-Pacific

Answer · why

B) Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa now has more Christians than either Latin America or Europe, ending Europe's long lead.

Q 02/05

Which saint is said to have used a three-leafed shamrock to show how God is three persons in one?

A) Saint Patrick

B) Saint Columba

C) Saint Brigid

D) Saint Andrew

Answer · why

A) Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick's shamrock lesson isn't written down until 1726, though coins from the late 1600s already show him holding one.

Q 03/05

According to the Acts of the Apostles, in which city were followers of Jesus first called 'Christians'?

A) Jerusalem

B) Corinth

C) Antioch

D) Ephesus

Answer · why

C) Antioch

Antioch is where Barnabas and Saul taught large crowds for a whole year.

Q 04/05

Which Roman emperor issued the Edict of Milan in 313, decriminalising Christianity?

A) Nero

B) Diocletian

C) Constantine

D) Trajan

Answer · why

C) Constantine

Constantine was only baptised as he lay dying in 337, nearly a quarter-century after the edict.

Q 05/05

Which emperor's Edict of Thessalonica in 380 made Nicene Christianity the Roman state church?

A) Constantius II

B) Julian

C) Theodosius I

D) Justinian I

Answer · why

C) Theodosius I

Theodosius I later did public penance at Bishop Ambrose's demand after his troops massacred people in Thessalonica.