JAMB Christian Religious Studies 2002 Question 47

Question 47

Mission to the Gentiles

The resolution of the Council at Jerusalem was that the Gentiles should abstain from

  1. A.circumcision, whoremongering, homosexuality and falsehood
  2. B.idolatry, unchastity, strangled meat and blood
  3. C.homosexuality, idolatry, fornication and strangled meat
  4. D.adultery, greed, strangled meat and divination.
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Answer: B (idolatry, unchastity, strangled meat and blood)

Explanation

James proposed that Gentile believers abstain from the pollutions of idols, unchastity, what is strangled and blood (Acts 15:20, 29).