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Vatican I & II

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1.  The goal of the Second Vatican Council was to explore how Church teaching could be made clearer.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

The Second Vatican Council emphasized that all Christians are called to holiness-that we are called to be saints.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

At the First Vatican Council, two changes made in the Church were the allowance of prayers and Scripture readings in a language other than Latin and the acceptance of lay ministers.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Who is the Holy Trinity?  

(more than one answer)

a)

three persons in one God

b)

3 gods

c)

The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

d)

2 persons and one god

5.

During the Second Vatican Council, Church leaders stated that the Eucharist is the high point (source and summit) of our lives as Catholics.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

After Vatican II Mass changed:

(more than one answer)

a)

The priest faces the congregation

b)

from Latin to the vernacular

c)

full and active participation of the Laity

d)

none of these

7.

Vatican I defined:  

a)

How often we receive Eucharist

b)

judging others

c)

Papal Infallibility

d)

the English language

8.

Who was Pope Pius IX?

a)

responded to the modernist movement

b)

fought the albigensees

c)

I don't know

d)

listened to the Goths

9.

After Vatican II Mass changed:

(more than one answer)

a)

from Latin to the vernacular

b)

the priest gives a homily

c)

The priest faces the people

d)

laity has active participation

10.

What did Vatican I revise? 

(more than one answer)

a)

instruments

b)

the Code of Canon Law   

c)

Syllabus

d)

Liturgy of the Hours 

11.

An Ecumenical Council is a meeting of 

(more than one answer)

a)

The Pope

b)

Priests

c)

Lay People

d)

Bishops

12.

The pope has the authority to call for an ecumenical council, a gathering of all the world's bishops.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

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

a)

Catechisms

b)

dreams

c)

populous

d)

synods

14.

The decisions of a synod become official teachings of the Church.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The Second Vatican Council

(more than one answer)

a)

Defined the Church as a light for the world, source of salvation, and the people of God

b)

Reformed the Liturgy to promote full and active participation

c)

denied the modern world

d)

Emphasized the Eucharist as the source and summit of the faith

16.

The Second Vatican Council

(more than one answer)

a)

Emphasized that all Catholics are called to holiness and to be missionaries

b)

Promoted collaboration between bishops, priests, religious, and lay people

c)

Emphasized the importance of the family as a domestic church

d)

Opened dialogue with other faith traditions

17.

Vatican II rejected modernism.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I don't know

18.

Jesus was Jewish and began Christianity.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I wish I knew.

19.

What is theology?

a)

The study of earth

b)

The study of God

c)

The study of planets

d)

The study of math

20.

Due to Vatican II

a)

We receive Eucharist in the hand.

b)

We sing at Mass.

c)

we are supposed to receive Communion at least once a year.

d)

are you really asking me this?

21.

Vatican I happened in

a)

1967

b)

1341

c)

1892

d)

1869