Age of the Fathers Practice Quiz

A gathering of the Church’s bishops from around the world convened by the Pope or approved by him to address pressing issues in the Church.

• Ecumenical Council

• Christendom

• Hypostatic Union

• Papal States

A Germanic tribe who inhabited the Roman provinces of Gaul (roughly coinciding with modern-day France) starting in the sixth century.

• Vulgate

• Vikings

• Franks

• papal bull

A Greek title for Mary meaning “God bearer.”

• Vulgate

• filioque

• Logos

• Theotokos

A Greek word meaning “Word”; a title of Jesus Christ found in the Gospel of John that illuminates the relationship between the three Persons of the Holy Trinity (see John 1:1,14).

• Logos

• Theotokos

• filioque

• iconoclasm

A heresy developed in the late third century that denied Christ’s full divinity, stating that Christ was a created being who was superior to human beings but inferior to God.

• Christendom

• Arianism

• simony

• feudalism

A book in which the text is supplemented with artwork such as decorated initials, borders, and illustrations, often using gold and silver. During the Middle Ages, such books were copied and illuminated by hand, work often done by monks.

• papal bull

• Logos

• Vulgate

• illuminated manuscript

A person claiming to be pope in opposition to the Pope chosen in accordance with Church law.

• antipope

• simony

• papal bull

• abbot, abbess

A person who lives a solitary life in order to commit himself or herself more fully to prayer and in some cases to be completely free for service to others.

• abbot, abbess

• simony

• hermit

• antipope

A system that evolved in Western Europe in the eighth and ninth centuries in which society was ordered around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service and protection.

• feudalism

• simony

• iconoclasm

• patriarch (Eastern)

A title officially bestowed by the Church on those saints who are highly esteemed for their theological writings, as well as their personal holiness.

• Christendom

• Ecumenical Council

• Doctor of the Church

• Fathers of the Church (Church Fathers)