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Worksheets8th Religion Quiz Chapters 7-9 + Commandments
Total questions: 74
Worksheet time: 25mins
Turning back to God with all one's heart is the defintion of ...
sacraments
commandments
conversion
catholicism
Who traveled to the island of Cyprus and other cities and started Christian communities in the 1st Century?
Saint Peter
Saint Matthew
Saint Stephen
Saint Paul
What is the 1st Commandment?
You shall not kill
Honor the Lord's Day
You shall have no other gods besides me
You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain
What is the 2nd Commandment?
Honor your father and mother
You shall not commit adultery
Do not steal
You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain
The beginning of the Church started with which Jewish feast day?
Yom Kippur
Pentecost
Rosh Hashana
Chanukah
a thought, word or act that makes fun of or shows contempt or hatred for God, the Church and the saints or sacred objects is called.....
perjury
cursing
blasphemy
sacrilege
The Hebrew word "shabbat or sabbath" means ...
holy
sacred
to rest
candles
What is the 3rd Commandment?
You shall have no other gods besides me
do not kill
remember to keep holy the sabbath day (Lord's day)
do not steal
Who said this quote to a large crowd in Jerusalem gathered at Pentecost? "Repent and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ...."
Saint Peter
Saint Luke
Saint Jude
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Jesus' suffering, Death, Ressurection and Ascension is known as the....
Blessed Trinity
Paschal Mystery
The Rosary
The Mass
What is the word that refers to giving worship to a creature or thing instead of God?
perjury
blasphemy
atheism
idolatry
To reject of deny God's existence is the sin of....
blasphemy
atheism
idolatry
scribes
"Love one another as I have loved you" This quote from Jesus (John 13: 34) is known as....
The 11th Commandment
The New Commandment
The Seventh Beatitude
The Greatest Commandment
Unjust situations and conditions that negatively impact society and its institutions is known as ...
communism
social sin
solidarity
atheism
Which New Testamanent book has the story of the apostles/disciples gathered in a house, when the Holy Spirit entered and tongues of fire came to rest on each of them?
Matthew
1 Corinthians
Acts of the Apostles
1 John
Who is the first Christian martyr?
Saint Lydia
Saint Stephen
Saint Paul
Saint Peter
The first recorded persecutions of Christians began in Rome (under Emperor Nero) in the year
32
100
64
72
These two saints both died in Rome as martyrs. They share a feast day on June 29th.
Saints Peter and Paul
Saint Prisca and Perpetua
Saint Augustine and Ambrose
Saint Luke and John
How many journeys did Saint Paul make to Asia Minor and Greece to help set up Christian communities?
six
ten
three
one
Who are Gentiles?
People who live in Greece
Gentile and humble people
People who are not Jews
People who are Roman
A new generation of early Christian leaders who today we would call priests were called...
Thesselonians
presbyters
deacons
apostles
What is the name of the first meeting in year 49 to deal with the first big controversy in the early Christian Church?
Council of Ephesus
Council of Chalcedon
Council at Nicaea
Council of Jerusalem
What was the first controversy in the early Christian Church?
whether Mass should be spoken in Greek or Latin
if prayers should be sung
should Gentiles who want to be Christian should become Jews and follow all the Laws of Moses
if the Old Testament should be in the Christian Bible
The oldest books in the New Testament are known as the
Gospels
Psalms
Epistles or letters to the early Christian communities
Acts
Which of the four Gospels was thought to have been written first?
John
Matthew and Luke
Mark
Acts
Tradition refers to....
celebration of birthdays of the Saints
the written and spoken beliefs and practices passed down from the time of Christ and the Apostles
Jewish practices from the Law of Moses
The Ten Commandments
Tradition and Scripture make up.. what (CCC, 97)?
The New Testament
The Canon Law of the Catholic Church
a single sacred deposit of the Word of God
The Liturgy of the Word at Mass
The pope today can trace his authority directly back to... who?
Jesus
Saint Peter
Moses
God
Our bishops can trace their authority directly back to...
Jesus
The 12 Tribes of Israel
The Apostles
The Law of Moses
We call the teaching authority of the pope and bishops the... what?
Council of Nicea
Vatican
Magisterium
Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC)
Which Roman Emperor issued the Edict of Milan?
Theodosius
Nero
Constantine
Ambrose
What did the Edict of Milan say?
all Christians must be put to death
granted religious tolerance to Christians througout the Roman Empire so they could worship openly
Christians had to worship in Latin only
That Constatinople would be the seat of the Empire
What is the 4th Commandment?
you shall not kill
you shall not commit adultery
honor your father and your mother
you shall not take the Lord's name in vain
Who was Emperor Constantine's mother?
Saint Monica
Saint Helena
Saint Priscilla
Saint Scholastica
What is the 5th Commandment?
Keep the Sabbath day Holy
You shall not kill
You shall not steal
You shall not covet your neighbor's goods
Which Roman Emperor made Christianity the offical religion of the Roman Empire?
Constantine
Theodosius I
Nero
Julius Caesar
What is the 6th Commandment?
You shall not steal
You shall not bear false wittness
You shall not commit adultery
You shall not covet your neighbor's wife
Which Church Father was the Bishop of Hippo in North Africa and was converted by Saint Ambrose?
Saint Paul
Saint Stephen
Saint Jerome
Saint Augustine
Which is the 7th Commandment?
You shall not kill
You shall not steal
You shall not commit adultery
You shall honor your father and mother
The early Christians used which translation of the Old Testament?
Aramaic
Latin
Greek
Hebrew
The word "testament" is another word for.. what?
book
covenant
section
promise
What is the 8th Commandment?
You shall not bear false wittness against your neighbor
You shall not steal
You shall not kill
You shall not commit adultery
An official list in the Church is called a ...
doctrine
law
canon
treatise
How many books are in the Old Testament in a Catholic bible?
72
46
24
112
How many books are in the New Testament?
46
27
32
4
Which Church Father translated the Bible (Old and New) into Latin?
Saint Augustine
Saint Jerome
Saint Paul
Saint John Chrysostum
A belief or collection of beliefs that rejects one or more revealed truths of the faith is called a....
blasphemy
heresy
lie
venial sin
What is the 9th Commandment?
You shall not steal
You shall not covet your neighbor's wife
You shall not covet your neighbor's goods
You shall not kill
The need to combat heresy gave rise to meetings gathering all the bishops of the world. These are called...
Catechism
governances
ecumenical councils
Crusades
The first ecumenical council was called by Emperor Constantine to settle ... what?
The Arian heresy
The Gnostic heresy
The Nestorious heresy
The location of the Birth of Christ
What was the Arian heresy?
Mary was only the mother of the human Jesus
Jesus was a little more than human but not fully divine
Jesus only pretended to suffer on the cross
Jesus was two people, one human, one divine
Which fact about the Ecumenical Council at Constantinople is true?
The truth about the Holy Spirit being fully divine, as well as Jesus was added to the Nicene Creed
Affirmed our salvation is the work of Three Divine Person in One God
The revised Creed at Constantinople is the Creed we say at Mass today
All answers are true
What two facts about Saint Ambrose are very unusual for a Bishop?
He was a pagan and did not believe in Jesus
He was elected a Bishop before he was baptized and was not a priest
He could not read or write
He believed in the Arian heresy and worshiped old Roman gods
Who brought together solitary Christian hermits who lived out in the desert, to live in community in about the year 300?
Saint Jerome
Basil the Great
Saint Benedict
Anthony of Egypt
What is the 10th Commandment?
You shall have no other gods before me
You shall love your neighbor as yourself
You shall not covet your neighbors goods
you shall not steal
a life dedicated to prayer, work, study and the needs of society is known as...
being a hermit
monastic life
solitary confinement
the priesthood
Which holy monk and great theologian developed rules of life for monks?
Anthony of Egypt
Saint Leo the Great
Basil the Great
Saint Scholastica
monastic rules such as promising to practice poverty, chastity and obedience are called....
vows
holy orders
evangelical counsels
commandments
Who founded a monastery for monks in Monte Cassino, Italy around year 529?
Saint Basil the Great
Saint Francis
Saint Benedict of Nursia
Saint Dominic
Who was Saint Benedict's sister who founded a monastery for nuns near her brother's monastery?
Saint Mary Magdelene
Saint Helena
Saint Scholastica
Saint Monica
Who was invading the Roman Empire from the fifth century on?
tribes from outside the empire, known as barbarians
Christian missionary soldiers
island nations from the pacific ocean
What is the word the Church uses to refer to Church governance?
canon
evangelical
heresy
ecclesial
Which Pope reached out to pagan tribes and began the work of conversion?
Pope Francis
Pope John Paul II
Pope Gregory the Great
Pope Benedict II
Which pagan invader converted to Christianity and laid the foundation for a new Christian empire?
Constantine
Marco Polo
Clovis, King of the Franks
Columba
Which Greek brothers brought the Good News to the territory from where many invading tribes had come?
Benedict and Scholastica
Saints Cyril and Methodius
Theossius and Leo
Thomas and Augustine
On Christmas Day in the year 800, Pope Leo III crowned .. who as the Holy Roman Emperor?
Clovis, the King of Franks
Constantine
Charlemagne, leader of the Franks
Saint Columba
Which of the following are reforms that Charlemagne made that strengthened the Church?
Reorganized the Church hierarchy
requried monasteries to open schools for everyone, not just monks and nuns
gave the pope greater power and status
all answers are correct
Throughout the seventh and eighth centuries great armies arose in Arabia. Who were these armies?
Barbarians from Germany
monks from the desert
Muslims, followers of the prophet Muhammad
Buddhists from Asia
When did the prophet Muhammad live?
32-75
400BC-500BC
570-632
By the end of the eighth century the Muslim invaders had conquered which country, which had always been a Christian land?
Morroco
Spain
Italy
Germany
What happened in the year 1054 that affected the Catholic Church?
The Muslims took over Rome
The Pope moved to France
a schism, a division between the Eastern and Western Latin Churches
Barbarians began to torture all Christians
The Church in the eastern part of the empire (in the year 1054) chose not to accept ... what?
Leadership of the Roman Emperor
the pope's leadership
the traditions and scripture of the Catholic bible
the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist
Today the Catholic Church consists of...
One Latin Church in union with Rome
Latin Church plus 22 Eastern Churches in union with Rome
the Latin Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches
The Churches that split from the Latin Church in the schism of 1054, that do not accept the leadership of the Pope are called
Roman Catholic Churches
Eastern Churches
Lutherans
Eastern Orthodox Churches
