The difficulty of the questions varies widely from almost obscure information to the ridiculously easy. Does this survey really tell us anything at all? I took the 15 question version & scored 100% & thus in the 99th percentile. It has generated a lot of interest which tells us far more than the results of this survey. It stands as one of those pointless academic exercise & finding out nothing about nothing except a money grant for the people who conducted it.
Questions 44 and 45 are badly worded. The supposedly correct answer to each is 1, but that answer reflects an ignorant – and Protestant – perspective not consistent with the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
(ROTATE Q.44 AND Q.45)
44. Which of the following best describes Catholic teaching about the bread and wine used for communion?
(READ LIST IN ORDER. ENTER ONE ONLY)
1 The bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Jesus Christ, or
2 The bread and wine are symbols of the body and blood of Jesus Christ
3 (DO NOT READ) Other
D (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
R (DO NOT READ) Refused http://www.pewforum.org
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ASK ALL:
(ROTATE Q.44 AND Q.45)
(ROTATE 1-2; THEN READ CODES 3 AND 4, WITH ITEMS IN PARENS ROTATED
IN SAME ORDER AS 1 AND 2))
45. Which of these religious groups traditionally teaches that salvation comes through faith
alone?
(READ ROTATED OPTIONS 1-2, THEN 3, THEN 4. ENTER ONE ONLY)
1 Only Protestants
2 Only Catholics
3 Both (Protestants) and (Catholics)
4 Neither (Protestants) nor (Catholics)
D (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
R (DO NOT READ) Refused
The difficulty of the questions varies widely from almost obscure information to the ridiculously easy. Does this survey really tell us anything at all? I took the 15 question version & scored 100% & thus in the 99th percentile. It has generated a lot of interest which tells us far more than the results of this survey. It stands as one of those pointless academic exercise & finding out nothing about nothing except a money grant for the people who conducted it.
Questions 44 and 45 are badly worded. The supposedly correct answer to each is 1, but that answer reflects an ignorant – and Protestant – perspective not consistent with the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
(ROTATE Q.44 AND Q.45)
44. Which of the following best describes Catholic teaching about the bread and wine used for communion?
(READ LIST IN ORDER. ENTER ONE ONLY)
1 The bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Jesus Christ, or
2 The bread and wine are symbols of the body and blood of Jesus Christ
3 (DO NOT READ) Other
D (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
R (DO NOT READ) Refused
http://www.pewforum.org
22
ASK ALL:
(ROTATE Q.44 AND Q.45)
(ROTATE 1-2; THEN READ CODES 3 AND 4, WITH ITEMS IN PARENS ROTATED
IN SAME ORDER AS 1 AND 2))
45. Which of these religious groups traditionally teaches that salvation comes through faith
alone?
(READ ROTATED OPTIONS 1-2, THEN 3, THEN 4. ENTER ONE ONLY)
1 Only Protestants
2 Only Catholics
3 Both (Protestants) and (Catholics)
4 Neither (Protestants) nor (Catholics)
D (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
R (DO NOT READ) Refused