Discussion and Research
l. Describe the three main ways in which the
Good News was transmitted and made evident to others in the earliest days of
the Church
2. How would you answer someone who asked you
why the gospels were not written by the disciples immediately after the death
of Jesus?
3. Explain why Christians maintain that (i) the
Resurrection of Jesus really happened, and (ii) the Resurrection is of supreme
import
4. Explain the importance of Paul in the early
Church.
5. (a) Discuss the importance of baptism in the
early Church.
(b)
Describe baptismal procedures in a modern Church.
6. (a) Explain the significance of the
'breaking of bread' (the fellow meal) in the early Church.
(b)
Outline what takes place in Holy Communion (the Mass, the Lord's Supper) in a
modern Church,
7. Suggest how a modern Christian might
present the Good New one of the following: (i) a traditionalist, (ii) a Muslim,
(iii) an atheist
8. Describe one modern example of a persecuted
Church which has been purified and strengthened by its experience.
9. Discuss the following comment: 'African
Christians should reject all Western customs such as building stone churches
and singing English hymns.'
10. Discuss the following statement: 'Christians
ought to fight against racist regimes,'
11. What should be the attitude of a Christian
towards the practice magic which is intended to bring profit or benefit to a
person?
12. Discuss aspects of modern African society
which (i) help, and hinder, the spread of the Christian faith.