Grade 8 Religion Review: Finding God

What does the word Messiah mean?

• The anointed one

• the chosen one

• the one who lived

• the only one

What does the word martyr mean?

• a witness

• one put to death

• one remembered

• a savior

What does the word gentile refer to?

• Christians

• non-Christians

• Jews

• Muslims

What does the word solidarity mean?

• dignity

• wisdom

• unity

• responsibility

What event split up the Catholic Church in Europe?

• The Glorious Revolution

• The Council of Trent

• The Counter Reformation

• The Protestant Reformation

Another name for a letter written by the pope and sent to the whole Church and sometimes to the whole world is

• an encyclical

• a proclamation

• a communication

• an encyclopedia

Meetings called by the pope to discuss matters of doctrine and pastoral care are called

• Papal Meetings

• Holy Councils

• Synods

• Holy Sermons

Sister Teresa is frequently called Mother Teresa because

• she acted as a mother to the orphans in India.

• she was the superior, or leader, of the community.

• she liked being called mother.

• the pope gave her that name.

A belief that rejects a personal God and views God and the universe as being identical is called

• Pantheism

• Polytheism

• Modernism

• Realism

During the Second Vatican Council, Church leaders stated that

• the Mass is more important than the Bible.

• bishops could make rules in the Church without the pope’s consent.

• lay ministers do not have a place in the Church.

• the Eucharist is the high point of our lives as Catholics.