Chapter Chronology

Quiz for Listening to the Past: Gregory of Tours on the Veneration of Relics

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1. With which of these statements would Gregory of Tours have agreed?

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Correct: The answer is b. Gregory of Tours had no doubts about the healing powers of relics.
Incorrect: The answer is b. Gregory of Tours had no doubts about the healing powers of relics.
1. With which of these statements would Gregory of Tours have agreed?

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2. How did Gregory explain the power of relics?

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Correct: The answer is b. In Gregory’s view, the power of the saints and, by extension, their relics was a gift from God given in recognition of their martyrdom.
Incorrect: The answer is b. In Gregory’s view, the power of the saints and, by extension, their relics was a gift from God given in recognition of their martyrdom.
2. How did Gregory explain the power of relics?

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3. Which of these did Gregory of Tours present as an example of the power of relics?

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Correct: The answer is a. According to Gregory, even nature showed respect to relics, refusing to destroy a ship carrying relics in the possession of Gregory’s deacon.
Incorrect: The answer is a. According to Gregory, even nature showed respect to relics, refusing to destroy a ship carrying relics in the possession of Gregory’s deacon.
3. Which of these did Gregory of Tours present as an example of the power of relics?

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4. According to Gregory, which of the following had a direct experience with the power of relics?

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Correct: The answer is c. Gregory provided examples of the power of relics taken from the lives of both his father and mother.
Incorrect: The answer is c. Gregory provided examples of the power of relics taken from the lives of both his father and mother.
4. According to Gregory, which of the following had a direct experience with the power of relics?

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5. According to Gregory, why was he saved from a lightning strike?

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Correct: The answer is b. Gregory’s story of the lightning strike makes its clear that the power of relics did not derive from the faith of the person who was saved or healed, but from the merit of the saints.
Incorrect: The answer is b. Gregory’s story of the lightning strike makes its clear that the power of relics did not derive from the faith of the person who was saved or healed, but from the merit of the saints.
5. According to Gregory, why was he saved from a lightning strike?