That's So Old
Who is Samson?
sharing many of the same stories of Jesus's life and written in a similar style, together the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are called the _____ gospels
What is synoptic? ("to see with the same eye")
he is sometimes called "The 13th Apostle" and/or "The Apostle to the Gentiles"
Who is Saint Paul?
some might find it surprising that when Jesus gave the final prediction of his passion ("I will be handed over to sinners, suffer greatly, and be killed") that he was the only one of the Apostles who was willing to die with Jesus as he said, "Let us also go, that we may die with him."
Who is Thomas? (probably Jesus' favorite Apostle)
the Tigris River and the Euphrates River, in modern-day Iraq, are mentioned in scripture as two of the rivers that flowed into or near this location
What is The Garden of Eden?
the first Apostles called by Jesus to follow him were Peter and his brother Andrew, and another set of brothers who were the sons of Zebedee - they were _____ and _____
Who are James and John?
per capita (percent of its population) this is the most Catholic nation in Europe
What is Poland?
becoming Pope in 1978, John Paul II was the first Pope in over 1000 years that was NOT this
What is Italian? (he was from the motherland - Poland)
the wife of this person was turned into a pillar of salt for disobeying God's command to not look back at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
Who is Lot?
this is the number of gospels that have an infancy narrative - the story of the birth of Jesus
What is two? (Matthew and Luke)
in 1989, Michigan won the NCAA basketball championship game by defeating a Catholic school named for this saint - she was the first natural-born citizen of the USA to be canonized
Who is Elizabeth Ann Seton? (Seton Hall)
returning from one of the Crusades, disgruntled Catholic nights from Europe ransacked the the city of Constantinople and further cemented the divide between the Church in SW Asia (Orthodox) and the Church in Europe (Roman Catholic) - Constantinople is now called this
What is Istanbul? ("Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople. So if you got a date in Constantinople, she'll be waiting in Istanbul.")
upset that they refused to worship the false gods of the Chaldeans, King Nebuchadnezzar had three brothers thrown into a white-hot furnace - they were Shadrach, Meshach, and _____
Who is Abednego?
after hearing from Mary of Magdala of the empty tomb, Peter and this Apostle ran to the tomb on Easter morning (the other Apostle was first to reach the tomb but did not look in)
Who is John?
this nation of Europe brought Catholicism to what would eventually become the nation of Brazil
What is Portugal?
one outcome of the 13th century Fourth Lateran Council was assigning this term (the name given) to the miracle of the mass when bread and wine become the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist
What is Transubstantiation?
this is the longest book of the Old Testament
What is the Book of Psalms?
a painting of this event is considered Leonardo Da Vinci's greatest work of art related to the faith and among his greatest works of art in general
What is The Last Supper?
just before his Ascension into heaven, Jesus gave his Apostles the Great Commission when told them: "Go, and make disciples of all nations... (continue this passage)."
What is "... baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."?
Pope Francis is a native of this nation (where he was born and grew up)
What is Argentina? (he is the first Pope from the Western Hemisphere / the Americas)
Points
What is 500?