Saint John Paul II
That JPII was Polish was a major piece of news, because all of the popes from the previous 455 years were this nationality.
What is Italian?
This is the latin phrase for creation "from nothing."
What is ex nihilo?
This is the summary of the fundamental truths about Christ.
Jesus Christ is fully God, fully man, in one Divine Person.
This doctor of the Church was nicknamed the "Dumb Ox" by his classmates.
Who is St. Thomas Aquinas?
This is the fundamental truth about man.
What is being in the image of God?
JPII's predecessor, Blessed John Paul I, took inspiration for his name from this.
Who are the two previous popes: John XXIII and Paul VI?
This attribute tells us that God cannot change.
What is immutability?
True or false: Jesus loves us only as God.
False, (He also loves us with a human heart.)
This Father of the Church was in his early twenties when he wrote a famous Christological work that is widely read to this day.
Who is St. Athanasius?
This is what allows man to share in God's nature and therefore be in communion with Him.
What is grace?
John Paul II was one of the youngest popes when elected in recent history. He was:
A. 45
B. 52
C. 58
D. 61
C. 58
This is what distinguishes the Persons of the Trinity.
What is relation?
What are: of the Father; of the Virgin Mary
This great doctor of the Church coined the term hypostasis to refer to a Person in the Trinity. His name is spelled the same as a common kitchen ingredient.
Who is St. Basil the Great?
This is what it means for man to have dignity.
What is that his life is intrinsically worth something?
Who is St. Faustina?
[DAILY DOUBLE]
This is the definition of God's economy.
"Household management of God"; Concerning the outward action of God
This heresy claimed that Jesus was not truly God, but rather the "firstborn of creation," and thus only a creature.
What is Arianism?
This is the female doctor of the Church who lived earlier than the others.
Who is St. Hildegard of Bingen? (d. 1179)
These are the three gifts of God to man through Original Grace and their corruptions after the fall.
Infused Knowledge > Weakened Intellect
Integrity > Concupisence
Impassibility > Suffering & Death
St. John Paul the II had the third longest reign of any pope. These are the two who had longer reigns.
Who are St. Peter and Blessed Pius IX?
This is what it means for God to be one in
nature,
essence,
and substance [in order]
What is being one in:
action (<- nature)
whatness (<- essence)
thingness [He's one thing] (<- substance)
Jesus has this many hypostases.
What is one?
This doctor of the Church was only declared a saint at the same time he was declared a doctor of the Church.
Who is St. Albert the Great?
This is the definition of man's freedom.
What is: "he can choose good with the help of God's grace or choose evil without such help"?