Catholic Terms
What is grace?
God's life in us.
What is the longest Liturgical Season that our Church has?
Ordinary Time.
True OR False? Subjective Truth is the only source of truth there is.
False. There is also Objective Truth.
Objective Truth relates to the world itself. Objective Truths describe the world as it really is, and the truth of those statements does not depend on who is speaking.
Example: Existence of God is objectively truth.
The name "Jesus" means what?
"God saves"
What are the 7 sacraments?
Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation, Penance (Confession), Matrimony, Holy Orders, & The Anointing of the Sick
What does "ecclesial" mean?
Assembly, Church
What are the 3 main pillars to the Lenten season?
Fasting, Abstinence, & Almsgiving
Fill in the blank: For one's act to be morally good, one's _______ of heart must be objectively good.
Intent
On the Sunday after Easter Sunday, what do we celebrate?
Divine Mercy Sunday
The sacraments are efficacious signs of what?
A) Grace B) Certification C) Piousness
A) Grace
CCC 1131 The sacraments are efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us.
What does "incarnation" mean?
Embodies in the flesh; "The Word became flesh"
CCC 461 ...the fact that the Son of God assumed a human nature in order to accomplish our salvation in it.
What are the Advent colors?
Violet, Rose, & White
•Violet: royalty, repentance, and fasting (First, Second, and Fourth Week of Advent)
•Rose: abundant joy (Third Week of Advent, known as Gaudete Sunday, joy in Latin)
•White: light and purity (Christ Candle, center candle completes the season and begins Christmas)
What are the 3 Theological Virtues?
Faith, Hope, & Charity (Love)
Which of these prayers are NOT prayed as part of the Divine Mercy Chaplet?
A) The Nicene Creed B) The Apostles' Creed C) Eternal Father
A) The Nicene Creed
Eucharist.
CCC 1323 ...a memorial of his death and resurrection: a sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a Paschal banquet...
What is the definition of Laity/Lay?
In canon law, anyone not ordained a deacon, priest or bishop is a layperson. In this legal sense women religious (sisters) and unordained men religious (brothers) are laity. In the documents of the Second Vatican Council, however, the laity are those who are neither ordained nor members of a religious order. The Vatican II sense is the one usually intended in most discussions of laypeople and their role in the church.
*From the USCCB website
Name a Liturgical celebration in which the color red would be used.
Palm Sunday, Good Friday, and Pentecost Sunday; celebrations of the Lord's Passion, of Apostles, and of Evangelists; celebrations of Martyrs
What are the 4 Cardinal Virtues (also known as the Human Virtues)?
Prudence, Justice, Fortitude & Temperance
Christ is a _____ word that means “anointed one”.
A) Latin B) Greek C) Hebrew
B) Greek
Fill in the blank: CCC 1601 The matrimonial covenant...is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the _______ and ______ of offspring
CCC 1601 The matrimonial covenant...is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the PROCREATION and EDUCATION of offspring
What is Transubstantiation?
The transformation of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.
CCC 1413 ...Under the consecrated species of bread and wine Christ himself, living and glorious, is present in a true, real, and substantial manner: his Body and his Blood, with his soul and his divinity
How many days are there of the Easter Season?
50 days. Easter Sunday to Pentecost.
“A virtue is an habitual and firm disposition to do the good. It allows the person not only to perform good acts, but to give the best of himself.” (CCC 1803)
What are the four reasons Jesus came to earth?
(CCC456-460)
(1) To save us from our sins (2) To show us what love is (3) To model holiness for us (4) Partake in the Divine Nature
The 7 Sacraments are divided into 3 categories: What these 3 categories? Which sacraments fall into which categories?
3 categories = Sacraments of Initiation, Healing, Service of Communion
Initiation = Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation
Healing = Anointing of the Sick, Penance
Service of Communion = Holy Orders, Matrimony