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WorksheetsCh 1-8 We Live our Faith as Members of the Church
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 41mins
_____ is the value and worth that we share because God created us in his image and likeness.
Conscience
Holiness
Church
Human Dignity
God's gift to human beings of the freedom and ability to choose what to do is called _____.
Kingdom of God
original sin
eternal life
free will
_____ is a participation in God's goodness and a response to God's love by the way that we live.
Conscience
Holiness
Church
Human dignity
The _____ is the community of people who believe in Jesus Christ, have been baptized in him, and follow his teachings.
conscience
holiness
Church
human dignity
True or False: Because of natural law, we are subject to ignorance, suffering, and death, and we have a tendency to use our free will to turn from God and from his laws.
True
False, because of original sin, we are subject to ignorance, suffering, and death, and we have a tendency to use our free will to turn from God and from his laws.
True or False: Our conscience enables us to make right choices.
True
False: The Kingdom of God enables us to make right choices.
True or False: As human beings who have dignity, we are created to respond to God's goodness and love.
True
False, as human being with original sin, we are created to respond to God's goodness and love.
True or False: Through his mercy, especially in the Sacrament of Penance, God forgives our sins if we are sorry and have a firm desire not to sin again.
True
False. Through his mercy, especially in the natural law, God forgives our sins if we are sorry and have a firm desire not to sin again.
_____ is the law of God within us, which is known by human reason.
Natural law
Grace
Mercy
Free will
Through _____, the second Person of the Blessed Trinity, God fully reveals who he is, shows us how he wants us to live, and offers us forgiveness and salvation.
Kingdom of God
Jesus Christ
human dignity
mortal sin
True or False: The process by which we make choices between right and wrong, good and evil, eternal life and sin is called social sin.
True
False: The process by which we make choices between right and wrong, good and evil, eternal life and sin is called moral decision-making.
True or False: Through the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation, we can continually be reconciled with God and with the Church.
True.
False, With the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation, we can receive forgiveness only once, no matter how sorry we are.
In the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation, we go before a priest who acts in Jesus' name, and we acknowledge our _____.
grace
conscience
sins
forgiveness
A sin of _____ is failure to do the good that we were called to do.
omission
commission
repentance
character
Which of the following is not an effect of social sin?
poverty
homelessness
forgiveness
crime
God's _____ helps us to make good moral decisions.
grace
conscience
sins
forgiveness
We prepare for the Sacrament of Penance & Reconciliation by _____
others and ourselves
social sin
examining our conscience
well-formed
Turning back to God with all one's heart is known as _____.
conversion
New Commandment
the Holy Spirit
Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments are the law of God's _____.
Ten Commandments
covenant
Beatitudes
parables
Jesus' teaching that we are to love one another as he loved us is known as the _____.
Jesus Christ
conversion
New Commandment
the Holy Spirit
Each of the _____ expresses the message that we will be blessed, or happy, when we are faithful to God.
the Holy Spirit
Ten Commandments
covenant
Beatitudes
The _____ explain the ways in which we can be faithful to the loving, covenant relationship into which God has called humankind throughout the ages.
Ten Commandments
covenant
Beatitudes
parables
True or False: In the Old Testament, when people were faithful to God, they were called blessed.
True
False: In the Old Testament, when people were faithful to God, they were called Christian.
True or False: Through Jesus we learn that God's great love is only for some people.
True
False: Through Jesus we learn that God's great love is for all people.
In the Beatitudes we read,"Blessed are the _____ for they will be shown mercy."
meek
merciful
clean of heart
Through the New Commandment Jesus called his disciples to live by the Ten Commandments not just out of obedience, but out of _____.
Beatitudes
love
Moses
Ten Commandments
We love God, others, and ourselves by keeping the _____, and living as disciples of Jesus.
Beatitudes
love
Moses
Ten Commandments
giving worship to a creature or thing instead of God
idolatry
sacred
perjury
atheism
the act of making a false oath
idolatry
sacred
perjury
atheism
a sin against the first commandment in which one rejects or denies God's existence
idolatry
sacred
perjury
atheism
honor, love, and respect
reverence
blasphemy
idolatry
sacred
The holy place in Jerusalem where Jewish people gathered to worship God is called the _____.
Shema
Decalogue
Sabbath
Temple
The _____ is a day set apart to rest and honor God.
Shema
Decalogue
Sabbath
Temple
As Catholics, we call Sunday the _____, because it was on this day that Jesus Christ rose from the dead.
Paschal Mystery
Blessed Trinity
Lord's Day
Shabbat
True or False: The Decalogue is another name for the Ten Commandments.
True
False, The Decalogue is another name for the Great Commandment.
True or False: The first three commandments specifically instruct us in the ways God wants us to love him.
True
False, the first three commandments instruct us in how to live the Paschal Mystery
The celebration of the _____ is the very center of ourlife and worship as Catholics.
Eucharist
first
Paschal Mystery
third
To live out the _____ commandment, we must believe in God and put him first in our lives.
Eucharist
first
Paschal Mystery
third
The _____ is Jesus' suffering, death, Resurrection, and Ascension
Eucharist
first
Paschal Mystery
Third
The commandments are part of God's _____, yet they also express what is instinctively moral to each of us.
Revelation
chastity
human dignity
human sexuality
The _____ commandment is based on the truth that all life is sacred, created by God.
sixth
fourth
fifth
human dignity
The _____ commandment obliges married couples to be faithful, both physically and emotionally, to each other until death.
fifth
sixth
chastity
fourth
The _____ commandment requires that we obey all those who lead and serve us, except when they direct us to do something that is morally wrong
Revelation
fifth
sixth
fourth
True or False: Through God's grace each of us can find the power to heal, to build up, and to choose life.
True
False, only through society's influence each of us can find the power to heal, to build up, and to choose life.
The right to life, from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death, is the most basic human right.
True
False, the right to free speech is the most basic human right.
Euthanasia, or mercy killing, is a sin against the _____ commandment.
fourth
fifth
sixth
Polygamy, the practice of having two or more spouses at the same time, is a sin against the _____ commandment.
fourth
fifth
sixth
_____ is infidelity in marriage, unfaithfulness to one's husband or wife.
Adultery
Chastity
Pornography
Suicide
_____ is the virtue by which we use our human sexuality in a responsible and faithful way.
Adultery
Chastity
Pornography
Suicide
Striving to live the moral life that God has called us to live and working for justice are requirements for disciples of Jesus and members of the Church.
True
False
Giving false witness does not harm others.
True
False
In living out the eighth commandment, we witness to the truth of Jesus by the things we say and do.
True
False
The ____ commandment obliges us to thank God for what we have, to work for what we need, and to help others to have what they need.
7th
8th
9th
10th
The ____ commandment teaches us about the need for the truth.
7th
8th
9th
10th
We are ____ when we live in the love of God, our Father, just as his Son, Jesus Christ, calls us to do, and allow the Holy Spirit to fill us with goodness and love.
pure of heart
tempted
temperate
modest
The virtue that moderates the attraction of pleasures and helps us to bring our desires into balance is called .
pure of heart
temptation
modesty
temperance
Only a few Christians accepted death rather than deny their faith
True
False
We read in the Gospel of John that about three thousand people were baptized on the day we now know as Pentecost.
True
False
The Church relies on Scripture as a book of faith and looks to Tradition as a living witness of faith.
True
False
The Council of Jerusalem, which took place around A.D. 49, was the first great council of the Catholic Church.
True
False
The books of the New Testament that are said to be the oldest are fourteen _____, or letters, that were written by or attributed to Saint Paul.
Epistles
Revelation
The fourth Gospel to be written, the Gospel of _____, addresses incidents and issues that are not included in the other three Gospels.
John
Nero
Paul
Stephen
The last book of the Bible, the Book of _____, calls believers in Christ to look forward with hope to eternal glory.
Epistles
Revelation
On the morning of _____, the Holy Spirit descended on the community of Jesus' disciples.
Gentiles
Torah
Pentecost
Book of Revelation
The New Testament book that gives an account of the very earliest days of the Church is the _____
Ascension
Acts of the Apostles
presbyters
Tradition
Many of the early Christians in Antioch and other places were _____ people, like the Romans and the Greeks, who were not Jews
Gentiles
Torah
Pentecost
Book of Revelation
The word _____ refers to the written and spoken beliefs and practices that have been passed down to us from the time of Christ and the Apostles.
Ascension
Acts of the Apostles
presbyters
Tradition
The _____ is the sacred law given by God to Moses.
Gentiles
Torah
Pentecost
Book of Revelation
Who was the pope whose teaching that Jesus was one person with two natures, divine and human, was affirmed at the Council of Chalcedon?
Pope Leo the Great
Pope Saint Jerome
Pope Saint John Chrysostom
Who was the saint who translated the Bible into Latin from Hebrew and Greek?
Saint Pope Leo the Great
Saint Jerome
Saint John Chrysostom
Who was the saint, a great preacher, whose name means "golden-mouthed?"
Pope Leo the Great
Saint Jerome
Saint John Chrysostom
The emperor Constantine built a great basilica over the tomb of _____ in Rome.
Saint Peter
Saint Jerome
Mary
Pope Leo the Great
The _____ claimed that God's revelation was available was available only as secret knowledge to a select few.
Manichees
Arians
Gnostics
Marcionites
Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the Church developed its New Testament of _____ books
forty-five
thirty-three
fourteen
twenty-seven
Some of the most important works of the Fathers of the Church were written to defend the truths of the faith against _____.
heretics
all Romans
saints
evil spirits
