Historic Christian Universities
This Ivy League school, originally founded to train ministers, uses the motto "Lux et Veritas" (Light and Truth).
What is Yale?
This 13th-century Dominican friar wrote the Summa Theologica, a staple of Catholic university philosophy.
Who is St. Thomas Aquinas
The most common three-letter acronym for the organization "Fellowship of Christian Athletes"
What is FCA
This Indiana university is famous for its "Touchdown Jesus" mural overlooking the football stadium
What is University of Notre Dame
This is the title of the head of a college or department, a term also used for a high-ranking priest in certain denominations
What is Dean (or Provost)
Founded in 1636, this oldest institution of higher education in the United States, was originally established to ensure a literate ministry.
What is Harvard?
In the medieval university system, the "Trivium" consisted of Grammar, Rhetoric, and this as the third subject.
What is Logic
Founded in Britain in the 1920s, this global student movement is known in the U.S. as "InterVarsity"
What is International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES)
The nickname of the athletic teams at Brigham Young University (BYU)
What are The Cougars
Latin term, meaning "Nourishing Mother," is used to refer to the university one graduated from
Alma Mater
This English university is home to the "Clarendon Press" and was the site of the famous 19th-century movement within the Anglican Church.
What is Oxford
This Protestant Reformer, who founded the Academy of Geneva, is the namesake of a theological system often summarized by the acronym TULIP.
Who is John Calvin
Bill and Vonette Bright founded this major campus ministry at UCLA in 1951
What is Cru or Campus Crusade for Christ
This Baptist-affiliated university in Texas is the largest private Christian university in the world by enrollment
What is Liberty University (Note: Baylor is the largest Baptist university, but Liberty holds the total Christian enrollment record).
During graduation, faculty wear "Academic Regalia." This specific item of clothing originated from the monastic habits worn by medieval clerics.
What is The Gown (or Hood)
Established in 1860, this Tennessee university is governed by 28 dioceses of the Episcopal Church.
What is The University of the South (Sewanee)
This 19th-century term is an educational ideal, popularized by Cardinal John Henry Newman, that emphasizes a "liberal" rather than purely professional education
What is the The Idea of a University
This 18th-century "club" at Oxford University, focused on methodical Bible study and prayer, eventually birthed the Methodist movement
What is the The Holy Club
This school's basketball team is known as the "Demons," despite its historic affiliation with the United Methodist Church
What is Northwestern State University
The term for a period of paid leave for study or travel, derived from the biblical concept of a "year of rest" every seven years
What is Sabbatical
This Catholic university in the Netherlands was founded in 1923 and is named after a 9th-century Anglo-Saxon scholar.
Radboud University (formerly Catholic University of Nijmegen)
The first woman to be named a "Doctor of the Church," because of her contribution to theological scholarship.
St. Teresa of Ávila
This collegiate group of Christians was founded by the Global Methodists in 2024. So far it is only present at Mississippi State University in our state.
What is Awakening Collegiate Fellowship (ACF)
Before becoming a secular state school, this California university was founded by the Church of Christ.
What is George Pepperdine College, now Pepperdine University
In medieval universities, the "Quadrivium" followed the "Trivium." These were the four subjects included in the Quadrivium
What are Arithmetic, Geometry, Music, and Astronomy