The Prevailing Assumption That the Movement Toward the Institutionalization of Offices

question 8

Multiple Choice

The prevailing assumption that the movement toward the institutionalization of offices in the church and toward treating "the faith" as a body of orthodox doctrine and praxis began as early as the second generation of Christians is referred to as . . .

• A) "early Catholicism."
• B) "early Protestantism."
• C) "Montanism."
• D) "Methodism."

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Definitions:

Leverages

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T-Statistic

A type of test statistic used in Student's t-test, calculated as the difference between an observed sample mean and a known population mean, divided by the standard error.

Multiple Regression

A statistical technique that uses multiple independent variables to estimate the outcome of a dependent variable.

Least-Squares Regression

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