Tick the box! In each of the following, say whether it is true or false.
True 1. The Presbyterian Church is a denomination of the Orthodox tradition.
2. The headquarters of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland is located at Church House in Dublin.
3. The Presbyterian Church began with John Calvin in Geneva.
4. Calvin wrote a book called The Institutes of the Catholic Religion, in which he set out his most important ideas.
5. Salvation means how we get into heaven.
6. Predestination is the belief that God has already decided, before you are even born, who is to be saved and who is to be damned.
7. Calvin’s teachings were introduced to Ireland by John Knox.
8. The Presbyterian Church accepts the idea of having a pope and bishops.
9. Each Presbyterian congregation is led by a council of elders. 10. Kirk is the name given to a Presbyterian minister. 11. Only men are entitled to become ministers in the Presbyterian Church.
12. The General Assembly is the chief decision-making body of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.
13. The moderator of the Presbyterian Church is elected each year by the General Assembly.
14. The moderator decides the Presbyterian Church’s policy and directs its activities.
False
4. SP TLIGHT ON THE METHODIST CHURCH
Origins The Methodist Church is a denomination within the Protestant tradition. Today, there are about 70 million Methodists worldwide. There are about 53,000 Methodists in Ireland.
The Methodist Church began as a reform movement within the Anglican tradition. It was founded in the 18th century by two brothers, John Wesley (1703– 1791) and Charles Wesley (1707–1788). Both men were priests of the Church of England.
The original aim of the Wesley brothers was to revitalise the Church of England. They believed that it had largely lost touch with the needs of ordinary working-class people in England at that time.
