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A meeting of bishops of a particular region, of the whole world, or of bishops and priests and other members of the faithful within a particular dioceses to address the doctrinal and pastoral needs of the church.
Doctrine
Apocryphal
Synod
Infallible
incapable of error
Apocryphal
Infallible
Synod
Council
The successor of St. peter as bishop of Rome and supreme pontiff of the universal catholic church. The pope exercises as a primacy of authority as the vicar of Christ on earth and the shepherd of the whole church
Bishop
Priest
Deacon
Pope
the living teaching authority of the catholic church whose task it is to give authentic interpretation of the word of God found in scripture and tradition, and to ensure the faithfulness of the church to the teachings of the apostles in matters of faith and morals. This authority is exercised by all the world's bishops in union with the pop, and by the pope alone when he defines infallibly a doctrine of faith or morals.
council
magisterium
papal authority
synod
the universal language of the roman empire, which until modern times was read and understood by most educated people in the western world. To this day, it is the official language of the catholic church.
spanish
greek
aramaic
latin
the 4th century Latin translation of the bible that was mostly completed by St. Jerome. It became the Latin translation of the bible for the catholic church in the 16 the century. The Latin word valent means commonly used
synod
apocryphal
vulgate
greek
The name given to heresy of the early church that taught, among other things, that Jesus was not fully human, the materials world was evil, and salvation was achieved through secret knowledge.
gnosticism
anarchy
relativism
atheism
The handing in of Apostolic preaching and authority from the Apostles to their successors, the bishops, through the laying on of hands, as a permanent office in the church.
apostolic succession
apostolic reasoning
apostolic faith
apostolic altruism
a raised podium or lectern in a church sanctuary from which the scripture readings are proclaimed during mass.
ambo
podium
loft
altar
A brief summary or profession of our Christian faith
Creed
Lord's Prayer
Act of Contrition
Lectio Divina
The fathers of the People of Israel: Abraham, Issac, and Jacob.
Patriarchs
Anarchists
Monarchists
Topochrists
The study of the origins and nature of the human person.
anthropology
archaeology
antithesis
anarchist
the living transmission of the Gospel message in the Church.
sacred scripture
sacred liturgy
sacred tradition
sacred texts
an exclusive and overly literal reading of the words of scripture.
anarchist
fundamentalist
relativist
marxist
the supernatural appreciation of faith on the part of the whole people of god, when, from the bishops, to the last of the faithful, they manifest a universal consent in matters of faith and morals and cannot in such a case err in belief. Latin for sense of the faithful.
sensus fidei
sensus anuum
sensus benedicto
sensus virtus
An influential heresy of the early church that taught that Jesus, the son of God, was created by God, the father and therefore not truly equal to him or of the same substance.
arianism
relativism
gnosticism
scholasticism
The Pre-Christian Greek translation of the Old Testament books made by scholars and later adopted by Greek speaking Christians.
Vulgate
Lectionary
Septuagint
Greek
the official liturgical book from which the reader proclaims the scripture readings during mass.
Septuagint
Lectionary
Vulgate
Roman Rite
a preaching by an ordained minister to explain the scriptures proclaimed at mass.
homily
lectionary
ambo
vulgate
The state of human nature deprived of the original holiness and justice Adam and Eve enjoyed before the fall.
Original Solitude
Original Happiness
Original Sin
Original Holiness
The full content of divine revelation communicated by Christ contained in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, handed on in the Church from the time of the Apostles, and from which the Magisterium draws all that it proposes for belief as being divinely revealed.
Literal Sense
Deposit of Faith
Lectionary
Divine Revelation
The Greek name for the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Also known as the book of Moses
Pentateuch
Vulgate
Septuagint
Greek Rite
without error. Scripture is inerrant: it teaches without error the truth God wanted known for the sake of our salvation.
indivisible
inerrant
impossible
improbable
The fact that the son of God assumed human nature and became man in order to accomplish our salvation. Jesus Christ, the son of God the second person of the trinity is both true God and true man.
incarnation
vulgate
septuagint
greek rite
A habitual and firm disposition to do the good. Moral virtues are acquired through human effort.
joy
virtue
happiness
theology
God’s communication of himself by which he makes known the mystery of his divine plan through deeds and words over time, and most fully by sending his son, Jesus Christ.
Divine Revelation
Divine Intervention
Divine Scripture
Divine Creature
God’s communication of Himself to us through the created order.
Divine Revelation
Natural Revelation
Knowledge Revelation
People Revelation
The event in which the second person of the Trinity assumed a human nature.
Inerrant
Revelation
Incarnation
Infallible
The gift of the Holy Spirit that God gave to the human authors of the Bible which enabled them to write that which He wanted committed to writing for the sake of our salvation.
Divine Inspiration
Divine Revelation
Divine Knowledge
Divine Contemplation
Without error.
Sensus Fidei
Tradition
Revelation
Inerrant
Greek for “God-breathed”
Theopneustos
Sensus Fidei
Vulgate
Septuagint
A successor to the Apostles, who has received the fullness of the Sacrament of Holy Orders. He is the leader of a particular church, or diocese, entrusted to him.
Bishop
Pope
Priest
Deacon
The Latin translation of the Bible that was mostly completed by St Jerome.
Septuagint
Vulgate
Greek
Aramaic
The state of human nature deprived of the original holiness and justice Adam and Eve enjoyed before the fall.
Original Holiness
Original Goodness
Original Sin
Original Justice
The full content of divine revelation communicated by Christ, contained in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, handed on in the Church from the time of the Apostles. And from which the Magisterium draws all that it proposes for belief as being divinely revealed.
Magisterium
Deposit of Faith
Sensus Fidei
Pope
The Greek name for the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Also known as the book of Moses
Pentateuch
Sensus Fidei
Magisterium
Bishop
A habitual and firm disposition to do the good. Moral virtues are acquired through human effort. The infused moral virtues and the theological virtues are gifts from God
Virtue
Covenant
Sensus Fidei
Magisterium
the official liturgical book from which the reader proclaims the scripture readings during mass.
magisterium
prophet
lectionary
septuagint
We were created to love God and enjoy perfect happiness in His presence.
True
False
The only way we can come to know God is through Sacred Scripture.
True
False
We can know of God’s existence through observation of the physical world around us.
True
False
Jesus redeemed us so that we could return to a state of Paradise.
True
False
God’s divine inspiration enabled the Evangelists to communicate the Gospel in their own words.
True
False
We do not need to know the historical, cultural, or political context of the writings of Scripture in order to understand it.
True
False
The Bible is mostly true, but contains some factual inconsistencies.
True
False
St Matthew wrote his Gospel specifically for a Jewish audience.
True
False
Everything contained in the Bible is part of God’s plan for our salvation.
True
False
A covenant is a temporary bond or agreement involving two or more parties.
True
False
We call the bishops and teachers of the early Church the Patriarchs
True
False
God revealed His name to the nation of Israel through Moses
True
False
The name “Abraham” means “One who strives with God”.
True
False
Divine revelation is complete in Jesus Christ, who is the summation of all the Scriptures
True
False
We do not need to know the historical, cultural, or political context of the writings of Scripture in order to understand it.
True
False
The teaching of the Church changes with the times.
True
False
The Enlightenment was a philosophical movement that showed how faith and reason operate in harmony.
True
False
A dynamically equivalent translation of the Bible uses different words and figures of speech from the original languages it was written in.
True
False
Very little of the Church’s liturgy is actually based on Scripture.
True
False
Through apostolic succession, only the Scriptures have been handed on from the Apostles to the bishops in an unbroken line through today.
True
False
The Deposit of Faith is handed down through Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture.
True
False
What do all human beings desire?
To be in charge of their own destiny
To know God and be in a relationship with Him.
To live a comfortable and safe life.
To be famous
After he converted to Christianity, St Paul’s life was marked by…
His burning desire to be with Christ
His travels to establish new Christian communities
His written correspondence to the early Christian communities.
All of the above
What do we call God’s communication of Himself through the created order?
Natural Revelation
Naturalism
The covenants
The Incarnation
What are the two phases of divine revelation?
The Pentateuch
The Old Testament and the New Testament
Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition
The Book of Revelation
What is the first way that God has revealed Himself to us?
Through the Ten Commandments
In our hearts
Through our families
Through the created world
What did St Paul say he was caught between?
Heaven and Hell
Light and Dark
Desire to be with Christ and desire to spread the gospel message
Desire to be holy and sinful
According to St Paul, what should we do when we are torn in two directions ?
Follow the desire to ask for advice
Follow the desire that will lead you closer to Christ
Follow the desire to do your own thing
Follow the desire to please others
Where do we find the two phases of Divine Revelation?
Sacred Tradition
Sacred Homily
Sacred Incense
Sacred Scripture
Which of the following is NOT a true statement about authorship of Scripture?
The human authors of scripture are true authors who used their own faculties and powers to write.
God is the primary author of Scripture who spoke through human beings whom He inspired by the Holy Spirit.
The free will of human authors was disregarded by God.
The human authors wrote exactly what God intended for them to write.
Which of the following is true of the human authors of Scripture?
God worked through them as though they were robots or puppets
They wrote using their own concepts, understanding, literary abilities and language when writing.
In a miraculous way, God handed them the texts of the books of Scripture fully written from Heaven.
We cannot trust the writings from human authors because they are prone to error and misunderstanding.
Which of the following is NOT a literary style used in the Bible?
Parable
History
Poetry
Novel
Prophecy
What is a fundamentalist approach to Scripture?
An exclusive and overly literal reading of the words of Scripture
An overly metaphorical reading of the words of Scripture
A refusal to read Scripture from any languages other than the originals
An approach that believes only the Pentateuch is authentic Scripture
Our knowledge of the Bible’s meaning should be:
Simple
Unchanging
Ever deepening
Absolutely comprehensive
Pope Benedict XVI compared the divine inspiration of Sacred Scripture to:
Noah’s Ark
An instruction manual
A movie script
The Incarnation
Which of the following is something we need to know in order to determine the intention of a Sacred Author?
The literary genre in which he wrote
The conditions of the author’s time and culture.
The modes of feeling, speaking, and narrating that were current in the author’s lifetime.
All of the above
God revealed Himself most intimately to humanity by…
Giving us Sacred Scripture
Establishing the Old Testament covenants
Speaking to each individual person in their hearts
Sending His only Son to become a man.
Which name means “the father of a multitude of nations?”
Noah
Abraham
Jacob
Isaac
How long did it take the Church to settle upon which books belonged in the Bible?
They knew since the beginning of the Church.
10 years
Several hundred years
They still have not decided
Who called the people of Israel to repentance throughout the Old Testament narratives?
The Kings
The Babylonians
The Prophets
None of the above
Who bridges the gap between the Old Testament and the New Testament?
Mary
Jesus
David
John the Baptist
What is a good way to describe God’s love?
It is an action
It is a gift
It is undeserved
All of the above
What was the Law that God gave to Moses intended for?
To keep the Israelites in submission to God
To allow the Israelites to govern all the nations of the world.
To govern the Israelite’s society and worship
To let the Israelites, know that they could never attain perfection
Which of the following books is NOT part of the Pentateuch?
Exodus
Deuteronomy
Leviticus
Wisdom
What did Jesus commission His Apostles to do?
To go, baptize, teach, and make disciples of all nations.
To take the faith, keep it secret, and keep it safe.
To go and conquer the nations by force.
To make all the nations comfortable and feel good about themselves.
How many books make up the canon of Scripture?
4
73
1,000
46
What did the heresy of Gnosticism deny?
The existence of God
The existence of evil
Fallen human nature
The true humanity of Christ
What do we call a meeting of bishops in a particular region?
A senate
A symposium
A synod
A society
Which Council affirmed the teaching of the Catholic Church in response to the Protestant Reformation?
The Council of Trent
The Council of Jerusalem
The Council of Lyon
The Second Vatican Council
What ought to be our main goal when we read Scripture?
Coming to a better knowledge of Jesus Christ
Figuring out how to synthesize historical inconsistencies
Memorizing individual verses to support our personal views on Scripture
None of the above
The Magisterium teaches infallibly when it teaches matters of:
Law and science
Psychology and philosophy
History and religion
Faith and morals
Where is Scripture encountered in the life of the Church?
In the Mass
In personal prayer
In the Liturgy of the Hours
All of the above
The Sensus Fidei is most accurately:
The teaching authority of the Church
The supernatural appreciation of the faith by the people of God
The collective experience of all the human senses
Latin for “sixth sense”
Which Pope initiated the Second Vatican Council?
Pope St John Paul II
Pope Francis
Pope St John XXIII
Pope Benedict XVI
What did Pope John XXIII do when he was pope that had not been done in nearly 100 years?
Renovated the Vatican museums
Visited local hospitals and prisons
Built a new major basilica in Rome
Ordered the cleaning of the Tiber River
A political, economic, and social theory which holds that all of history is the class struggle..
Disciple
Enlightenment
Marxism
Virtue
A follower of Jesus.
Disciple
Enlightenment
Marxism
Virtue
A philosophical movement that denied the value of faith and maintained that reason alone leads us to truth.
Disciple
Enlightenment
Marxism
Virtue
Which of the following shapes who you are?
The music you listen to
The books you read
Your faith in God
All of the ablove
What happens when man seeks ultimate happiness in material things?
He is perfected
He ends up miserable
He is sure to find true happiness
None of the above
We extend trust to another person when:
We believe they will deceive us
We believe what they say and do is truthful
We want them to do us a favor
We want them to like us.
Which of the following is the necessary condition for any human friendship?
Money
Power
Pleasure
Trust
Religion is
The opium of the people
Our relationship with God
Opposed to reason
None of the above
What is the name of Abraham and Sarah’s son?
Jacob
John
Isaac
Abram
Which of the following is the most accurate description of the act of faith?
A person’s personal decision to accept a teaching as true and live by it.
A person’s act of following a rule under pressure
The gathering of a community to discuss a political issue
A religious play put on by a Catholic community
Which of the following is NOT a theological virtue?
Hope
Charity
Faith
Prudence
What does Baptism accomplish?
The forgiveness of sins
It makes us new members of the Church
It gives us new life in Christ
All of the above
Which of the following completed the plan of salvation and delivered us from sin?
Jesus’ Ascension into Heaven
Jesus’ raising of Lazarus
Jesus’ Incarnation
Jesus’ Death and Resurrection
Which of the following is not a mystery of the rosary?
The Wedding at Cana
The Presentation of the Lord in the Temple
The Crowning with Thorns
The Raising of Lazarus
Why did St Benedict flee to the countryside as a young man?
He was chased by Roman Soldiers
He was disgusted by the sinfulness of the city
He wanted to found a new city
The whole city was evacuated because of a deadly plague
