1. This ecumenical council declared "Theotokos" as an appropriate title for Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and condemned Nestorius. A. Council of Ephesus

B. First Council of Nicaea

C. First Council of Constantinople

D. Second Council of Constantinople

2. The First Council of Nicaea condemned Arianism and held that Jesus is what? A. A different aspect of God the Father

B. Entirely distinct and subordinate to God the Father

C. Homoousios with God the Father

D. In hypostatic union with God the Father

3. The Second Council of Nicaea dealt with which heresy? A. Partialism

B. Modalism

C. Iconoclasm

D. Caesaropapism

4. Which ecumenical council first declared that Constantinople shall have the prerogative of honor after Rome because it is the "New Rome"? A. First Council of Nicaea

B. Council of Chalcedon

C. First Council of Lyon

D. First Council of Constantinople

5. The Council of Chalcedon, convened with the approval of Pope Leo the Great, condemned which council as a "Robber Council"? A. Quinisext Council

B. Second Council of Ephesus

C. Third Council of Constantinople

D. Council of Antioch

6. The Council of Chalcedon accepted which of the following Christological stances as true? A. Monothelitism

B. Monophysitism

C. Docetism

D. Hypostatic union of two natures

7. Which ecumenical council was an attempt to reunite those who accepted the Council of Chalcedon and the Monophysites? A. Second Council of Nicaea

B. Second Council of Ephesus

C. Second Council of Constantinople

D. Second Council of the Lateran

8. The Third Council of Constantinople condemned which heresy? A. Monothelitism

B. Modalism

C. Docetism

D. Quartodecimanism

9. Pelagianism was condemned at which of the following councils? A. First Council of Constantinople

B. First Council of Nicaea

C. Second Council of Nicaea

D. Council of Ephesus

10. Which ecumenical council dealt with the Photian schism? A. First Council of the Lateran

B. Fourth Council of Constantinople

C. Third Council of Constantinople

D. Second Council of Constantinople

11. One of the goals of the First Council of the Lateran was to do what? A. End the errors of Arnold of Brescia

B. Free the election of bishops and abbots from secular influence

C. Ascertain the legitimacy of Holy Orders obtained through simony

D. Deal with the Gnostic heresies

12. Which ecumenical council challenged the errors of Arnold of Brescia? A. First Council of the Lateran

B. First Council of Lyon

C. Third Council of Constantinople

D. Second Council of the Lateran

13. Which of the following did not occur at the Third Council of the Lateran? A. Affirmation of Transubstantiation

B. Condemnation of Catharism

C. Deposing of three anti-popes

D. Establishment of positions that lead to cathedral schools which themselves would evolve into universities

14. The canons of the Fourth Council of the Lateran did not touch upon which of the following topics? A. Transubstantiation

B. Publication of marriage banns

C. Institution of the Spanish Inquisition

D. Condemnation of the doctrines of Joachim of Flora and of Amaury

15. Which ecumenical council said that Cardinals were to wear red hats? A. Fourth Council of the Lateran

B. First Council of Lyon

C. Second Council of Lyon

D. Third Council of the Lateran

16. Which of the following did the Second Council of Lyon not do? A. Mandate the Cardinals elect a Pope in a conclave

B. Plan a crusade to recapture the Holy Land

C. Establish the Holy Roman Empire

D. Negotiate a peace agreement with the Tartars

17. Which group lost Papal support at the Council of Vienne? A. Knights Templar

B. Albigensians

C. Mongols

D. Dominicans

18. In order to end the Western Schism, the Council of Constance, after deposing or accepting the resignation of all other Papal claimants, elected who as Pope? A. Pius VI

B. Gregory XII

C. Martin V

D. Eugene IV

19. The Council of Trent, called in response to the Protestant Reformation, repudiated which concept? A. Indulgences are a remission of temporal punishment

B. Veneration of relics

C. Ordination imprints an indelible mark on the soul

D. Salvation through faith alone

20. The Second Vatican Council did NOT do which of the following? A. Stated that Gregorian chant should be the primary means of musical worship in Mass

B. Expounded on the similarities between Catholicism and Islam

C. Established the reception of the Eucharist in the hand as the universal norm

D. Advocated for the religious freedom of all people, including non-Catholics

21. Which of the following did NOT happen at the First Vatican Council? A. The doctrine of Papal Infallibility was clarified

B. The Council was indefinitely suspended due to Rome being conquered

C. The Archbasilica of St. John Lateran was designated as the cathedral of the Pope, replacing St. Peter's Basilica

D. The publication of an apostolic constitution on divine revelation and faith

E. The error of Rationalism was condemned

22. The Council of Florence (first convoked as the Council of Basel) tried to deal with all of the following issues except which? A. Ending the Great Schism

B. The divine right of kings and whether or not Jan Žižka was fit to sit on the Polish throne

C. The fight between Papal Supremacy and Conciliarism

D. A rival council occurring in Ferrara which elected an anti-pope

23. Which is the last ecumenical council recognized by both Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism? A. Third Council of Constantinople

B. Council of Chalcedon

C. First Council of Lateran

D. Second Council of Nicaea

24. The Order of Grandmont, a religious order founded by Saint Stephen of Thiers towards the end of the 11th century, was approved by which ecumenical council? A. First Council of Lyon

B. First Council of Lateran

C. First Vatican Council

D. First Council of Constantinople