There is nothing wrong with promoting and celebrating your individuality: God created you uniquely in his own divine image.

Although the Israelites as a people frequently abandoned the demands of a loving relationship with God, he refused to abandon them.

Christ did not come to abolish the Law of Mount Sinai, also known as the Mosaic Law or the Old Law, but he did preach a radically new understanding of it.

The Church is a place where Jesus Christ, the Son of God, remains present and a place where God continues to share his revelation with the world.

At the very beginning of the Church, the Apostles made it clear that the Good News was not intended for all people everywhere.

On Pentecost, about three thousand people decided to be baptized and join the new movement which St. Peter was proclaiming.

The courage of the martyrs inspired other Christians to stand firm in their belief and contributed to the steady growth of the Church.

Although prayer is often personal and private, it must also be public and communal, done in communion with the Church.

From the very beginning of the Church, gathering to “break bread,” the earliest description of the Eucharistic celebration, was at the heart of the daily life of Christians.

New difficulties arose in the period following the persecution of Christians, including squabbling about the correct way to understand the identity and teachings of Jesus.

The process of becoming a Christian in the early centuries began a process that may have lasted from a few months to a few years.

Infallible dogmas can change over time.

Sacred Scripture is the only Deposit of Faith.

The earliest Church Fathers are referred to as Apostolic Fathers because they personally knew the Apostles.

Abbots and abbesses became important political figures as monasteries became centers of economic and political power.

Most medieval popes treated monasteries with suspicion.

God wants everyone to be saints.

Martyrdom and monasticism are realistically the only routes to sainthood.

Church law asks us to fast from everything but water for one hour before receiving Holy Communion.

The reason that Rome became the heart of the Church and the seat of the papacy is that:

If the name of a Church has the word “_____” in it, the community is not in full communion with Rome and does not recognize the primacy of the pope.

She is remembered for pressing Pope Gregory XI to return the papacy to Rome:

A great legacy of the Middle Ages is the development of:

Which of the following statements is true regarding holiness?

The First Council of Nicaea took up the topic of the Trinity in connection with the Church’s understanding of:

The two most recent infallible statements made by a pope were both related to:

He argued that while Christians were citizens of Rome or some other political entity — “the earthly city” — they are more importantly citizens of the “city of God”:

The Patriarch of Constantinople, nicknamed the “golden mouth,” who was one of the greatest preachers the Church has ever known:

The canon of the New Testament was established:

Which of these statements best summarizes the 30 percent of Americans who identify as “nones?”

The rediscovery of the ______, also known as “The Teaching of the Apostles,” in 1873 has provided historians with strong evidence concerning the nature of the early Church including her belief and practice.

The communal prayer life of the early Church revolved around:

Which of the following questions is false regarding the Apostle Paul?

______ Jesus told his Apostles that the Father would send in his name “the Advocate, the holy Spirit” who is “the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father” and who would testify on Jesus’s behalf.

The English word ______ comes from a Greek word, ekklesia, which means “people called together.”

The people of Israel were called by God to come together to receive his teaching, leading them to be known as the:

Which of the following statements is false regarding Christ’s saving work?

______ is the lack of belief in objective truth; “whatever is right for the individual person is the source of that person’s own truth.”

Which of these is not one of the “Abrahamic” religions?

A binding and solemn agreement between humans or between God and people, holding each to a particular course of action

Christ’s work of redemption, accomplished principally by his Passion, Death, Resurrection, and glorious Ascension

Means “universal”

The supreme rule and ministry of the pope as the shepherd of the whole Church

A share in God’s life

The first Christian history book

Letters addressed to Christian communities

The public worship of the Church

Literally means “witnesses”

The Greek name for a traditional Jewish harvest feast at the end of spring, on the fiftieth day after Passover

Singled out by Jesus for leadership; the early Church recognized his authority as the head of the Apostles

The “Apostle to the Gentiles”

The first Christian martyr who had been chosen by the Apostles to be a deacon

A young slave who was pregnant at the time of her arrest and whose last recorded words were to encourage her Christian companions

The likely author of the Acts of the Apostles

Christ instituted the ____ of the Church so that his followers would have a constant source of grace—access to union with him.

Literally “right belief” when it comes to Church doctrine

Those “in training” to become Christian

Literally “from the chair,” it maintains that the pope solemnly teaches without error on matters about faith, morals, and salvation

God is Three Divine Persons in one being

Literally “good news”

Defined as “a separation from all that is evil and attachment to what is good”

The head of the monastery

The three days from Holy Thursday evening to the Easter Vigil

Wanting and acting toward the good of others

A word that comes from the Latin word meaning “chair,” referring to a church located in a city that is the headquarters of a diocese

A former movie star who became a nun, entering the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Connecticut

German Jewish philosopher who became Catholic and joined the Carmelites, who took the name Sr. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

Like the Desert Fathers in the East, he initially sought the life of a hermit but eventually helped to organize many monasteries

Perceived a call from God to serve those who were neglected by everyone else, the “poorest of the poor,” and she dedicated her life to that purpose

In his famous autobiography, Confessions, St. _______________ includes perhaps the most famous line in all Christian literature: "Our hearts are restless until they rest in you."

The ______ are five key Church laws that Catholics are required to keep including attending Mass on Sundays and confessing sins at least once a year.

The __________ is the cycle of seasons and feasts that Catholics celebrate including Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter.

_____said, "I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever believes in me and I in him will bear fruit because without me you can do nothing."

Christ institued the ____________of the Church so that his followers would have a constant source of grace - access with union to him.