Famous Converts
This writer influenced the work of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien and was also known by his initials.
Who is G.K. Chesterton?
Before he was "blinded by the light," this sinner encouraged the stoning of the first Christian martyr.
Who is St. Paul
This lawyer and apologist wrote, Catholicism and Fundamentalism, and founded Catholic Answers.
Who is Karl Keating?
The one with the wall and the trumpet.
What is Joshua?
A phrase meaning, "the beginning and the end."
What is the alpha and omega?
This comedian took on the mantle of late-night talk-show-host after the retirement of David Letterman.
Who is Stephen Colbert?
This sinner once prayed, "God, grant me chastity and continence...but not yet."
Who is St. Augustine.
This protestant pastor turned Catholic apologist teaches theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio.
Who is Scott Hahn?
The one with the disembodied hand...that writes.
What is Daniel?
Literally: "word"
What is logos?
This actor played a hermit who teaches his protege about the ways of the "Force."
Who is Alec Guinness?
This saint was, on his own admission, "a man given to the vanities of the world, whose chief delight consisted in martial exercises, with a great and vain desire to win renown."
Who is St. Ignatius of Loyola
This apologist is known for a little book called the Vulgate.
Who is St. Jerome?
The one with the heroine who kills a guy with a tent stake.
What is Judith?
Means, "Lord, have mercy."
What is kyrie eleison?
It's not, "Time to Say Goodbye," to this opera singer who converted to Catholicism in 1994.
Who is Andrea Boccelli?
This opulent and miserly sinner had a change of heart when his best friend (the king) appointed him archbishop.
Who is St. Thomas Becket?
To sum it all up, this theologian said, "All that I have written seems like straw compared to what has now been revealed to me."
Who is St. Thomas Aquinas?
The one where a shadow heals a guy.
What is the Acts of the Apostles?
Greek version of the Old Testament
What is the Septuagint?
This western star of more than 175 movies was baptized Catholic two days before his death.
Who is John Wayne?
This accomplished seductress, once seduced an entire boat full of pilgrims to Jerusalem, only to renounce her ways upon arrival to the Holy City.
Who is St. Mary of Egypt.
This father of the church helped stamp out Arianism (a rejection of the Holy Trinity).
Who is St. Athanasius.
The one where a prophet "burns" the followers of Ba'al.
What is Second Kings?
The three "loves".
What are philo, eros, and agape?