Catholic Foundation
The fullness of divine revelation is found in _____.
Who is Jesus Christ?
These statements are also called "professions of faith" since they summarize the faith that Christians profess.
What are Creeds?
This is the large cup the priest uses to hold the wine that becomes the Blood of Christ.
What is the Chalice?
The Catholic Church has ________ ________ that are efficacious signs that give us God's grace and allow us to partake in his divine life.
What are the Seven Sacraments?
This sacrament completes Baptism. The gifts of the Holy Spirit are increased to provide a strength to live out God's call to serve the Church in various ways.
What is the Sacrament of Confirmation?
We respond to divine revelation with the gift of _____.
What is Faith?
These four special words describe what makes the Church unique—they mean the Church is united, set apart for God, for everyone, and built on the apostles.
What are One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic?
This part of the Mass is when we listen to readings from the Bible, including one from the Gospels.
What is the Liturgy of the Word?
These three sacraments, Baptism, Eucharist, and Confirmation, form the foundation of Christian life and initiate a person into full membership in the Catholic church.
What are the Sacraments of Initiation?
This sacrament is most central to the faith because it "re-represents" Jesus's sacrifice on the Cross and allows us to receive him.
What is the Eucharist/Holy Communion?
This action is "the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God."
What is Prayer?
Unlike the secular year, which marks the passage of time, the liturgical year celebrates the sacred mysteries of the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus.
What is the liturgical year?
It comes after the Great Amen and before the Sign of Peace during Mass.
What is the Lord's Prayer (or the Our Father)?
This sacrament gives us a share in God's divine life through sanctifying grace, which cleanses us of Original Sin.
What is the Sacrament of Baptism?
This Sacrament is a covenant between two baptized Christians and is a life-long vocation established between one man and one woman.
What is the Sacrament of Matrimony/Marriage?
____________ are men and women the Church recognizes for their heroic virtue. They are witnesses, intercessors and examples of faith.
Who is/are Saint(s)?
This is a solemn agreement between persons united in a permanent bond.
What is a Covenant?
This is a sacred vessel (box or dome) that holds the Blessed Sacrament in a Catholic church.
What is the Tabernacle?
Wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety and Fear of the Lord.
What are the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit?
The sacrament through which men are ordained as bishops, priests, or deacons.
What is Holy Orders?
This "threefold source" is considered the foundation of the Church’s teaching authority, comprising the living transmission of the faith, the written Word of God, and the official teaching office of the Church.
What are Sacred Tradition, Sacred Scripture, and the Magisterium?
The Holy _____ is the central mystery of the Christian Faith . . . three distinct Persons, are one God and share in a single divine nature.
What is the Trinity?
The complete change that occurs in the bread and wine during the consecration at Mass. When the priest speaks the words of Christ at the Last Supper (Matt. 26:26-28), the bread really and substantially becomes the Body of Christ, and the wine becomes his Precious Blood
What is Transubstantiation?
This sacrament imparts special graces given to help those unite their suffering/pain with the Passion of Christ.
What is the Anointing of the Sick?
This sacrament provides forgiveness of sins, restores us to the state of grace, and heals and strengthens our souls.
What is the Sacrament of Reconciliation/Penance/Confession?