You scored as Chalcedon compliant. You are Chalcedon compliant. Congratulations, you’re not a heretic. You believe that Jesus is truly God and truly man and like us in every respect, apart from sin. Officially approved in 451.
Are you a heretic? |
More results from another interestinmg survey. The results of the other bloggers I read can be seen at Pontifications or at Bonfire of the Vanities.
And now…
| Â | You scored as Traditional Catholic. You look at the great piety and holiness of the Church before the Second Vatican Council and the decay of belief and practice since then, and see that much of the decline is due to failed reforms based on the “Spirit of the Council”. You regret the loss of vast numbers of Religious and Ordained clergy and the widely diverging celebrations of the Mass of Pope Paul VI, which often don’t even seem to be Catholic anymore. You are helping to rebuild this past culture in one of the many new Traditional Latin Mass communities or attend Eastern Catholic Divine Liturgy. You seek refuge from the world of pornography, recreational drugs, violence, and materialism. You are an articulate, confident, committed, and intelligent Catholic.Â
But do you support legitimate reform of the Church, and are you willing to submit to the directives of the Second Vatican Council? Will you cooperate responsibly with others who are not part of the Traditional community?
What is your style of American Catholicism? |
I took the survey. It was very interesting and I think well put together. The following quotes were found at http://www.emaxhealth.com/27/3826.html
“Boston University researchers seek ‘answer’ to provocative question through www.religiosityscalesproject.com survey
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The current Web survey follows-up the team’s extensive review of existing scales of religiosity, the quality of being religious, which examined some 150 measurements used by psychologists, sociologists and others. Research on the relationship of religious faith and facets of today’s society such as volunteerism, belief systems, tolerance, prejudice, forgiveness and more, depends upon the availability and accuracy of such scales.
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“It’s worth noting that in the phrase ‘a good Christian,’ the term ‘practicing’ may be substituted for ‘good,’ since the study is seeking to determine the importance of each of the items in the lives of Christians, not the ‘goodness’ or ‘badness’ of Christians,” said Cutting.
It should take participants less than a half-hour to complete the full survey at www.religiosityscalesproject.com. For each of the 59 multiple choice questions, respondents are asked to judge the importance of each action, task, practice or principle to being a “good Christian,” or “practicing Christian.” Choices are on a one to five scale and range from “not at all important” on one end to “absolutely essential” on the opposite end of the spectrum. The survey is open to men and women of all ages, races, ethnicities, social classes, geographical regions and political and social beliefs. While respondents are asked for their age, gender and ethnicity, the Web site does not collect specific identifying information, making it impossible to connect any individual with their respective responses. “
Many thanks to the Pontificator once again. A recent post on the “Theological Worldview Test” revealed him to be 96% Roman Catholic. I thought I would see how I fared. And the results are:
You scored as Neo orthodox. You are neo-orthodox. You reject the human-centeredness and skepticism of liberal theology, but neither do you go to the other extreme and make the Bible the central issue for faith. You believe that Christ is God’s most important revelation to humanity, and the Trinity is hugely important in your theology. The Bible is also important because it points us to the revelation of Christ. You are influenced by Karl Barth and P T Forsyth.
What’s your theological worldview? |
Actually, pretty true to who I am for a short quiz.
A slightly more engaging quiz reveals:
Your results for Christian Traditions Selector.
Percent Rank Item
(100%) 1: Eastern Orthodox
(98%) 2: Roman Catholic
(93%) 3: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England
(83%) 4: Lutheran
(79%) 5: Presbyterian/Reformed
(62%) 6: Congregational/United Church of Christ
(48%) 7: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic)
(33%) 8: Church of Christ/Campbellite
(22%) 9: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene
(18%) 10: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist
(16%) 11: Seventh-Day Adventist
(10%) 12: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God
(05%) 13: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.)
I seem to follow the path of the reformation pretty closely.
While taking these quizzes and thinking about theologians I recalled the words from the Wizard of Oz to the Scarecrow when the Scarecrow received his brain:
“Why, anybody can have a brain. That’s a very mediocre commodity. Every pusillanimous creature that crawls on the Earth or slinks through slimy seas has a brain. Back where I come from, we have universities, seats of great learning, where men go to become great thinkers. And when they come out, they think deep thoughts and with no more brains than you have! But they have one thing you haven’t got – a diploma.”
What looks like a good book from my neo-orthodox brethren:
Remembered Voices
Reclaiming the Legacy of “Neo-Orthodoxy”
by Douglas John Hall
Westminster / John Knox Press,
1998
176 pages,
English
Paper
ISBN: 0664257720