He is the most famous and one of the earliest Christian missionaries.
Who is St. Paul?
100
The whole universal community of believers world-wide, living and dead.
What is "Church"?
100
Refers to official teaching of the Church.
What is doctrine?
100
A sin in which we show contempt (or hatred) for God or sacred things through words OR actions.
What is blasphemy?
100
A gathering of popes and bishops worldwide to clarify Church teachings.
What is an ecumenical council?
Note*: The First Ecumenical council was the Council of Nicaea (325) not to be confused with the first great council, The Council of Jerusalem (49).
The movement to establish unity among Christian Churches is known as ecumenism.
200
He headed the papal commission that wrote the Roman Catechism in 1566.
Who is Charles Borromeo?
200
The mark of the Church telling that She is universal.
What is catholic?
200
Any teaching that OPPOSES or denies any truth of the Catholic Church.
What is a heresy?
200
Refers to the ability to make morally god decisions that will lead to a habit of good decision-making.
What is virtue?
200
In 313 Emperor Constantine signed this edict which gave Christians the freedom to worship their faith freely and openly in the Roman Empire.
What is the Edict of Milan?
300
He was King Henry VIII's lord chancellor, but was later executed by the king for denying Henry VIII as the supreme head of the Church of England.
Who is St. Thomas More?
300
They are sacred signs (objects, actions or prayers), instituted by the Church to prepare us to receive the grace of the Sacraments.
What are sacramentals?
300
The teaching authority of the Church.
What is Magisterium?
300
An attitude of dedication to and reverence for God and holy things.
What is piety?
300
The period in history between the Middles Ages and the Modern Age in which Europe experienced a cultural rebirth.
What is the Renaissance?
400
He sometimes is referred to as the Beloved Disciple.
Who is St. John the Evangelist?
Note*: He was entrusted with the care of Mary at the crucifixion of Jesus. He authored one of the Gospels and the Book of Revelations.
400
Collection of the laws of the Catholic Church.
What is Canon Law?
400
The teachings of the Church aimed at promoting social justice and respect for human dignity.
What is Catholic Social Teaching?
400
To have an excessive desire for something that belongs to someone else.
What is covet?
400
The early Christian leaders whose teachings helped developed Christian Doctrine.
Who are Church Fathers?
500
He wrote "City of God," a great work that encouraged and defended Christianity.
Who is St. Augustine?
*Note: His father was a pagan, and his mother was St. Monica. After his conversion, he would become the Bishop of Hippo, in northern Africa.
500
Those who are part of the spiritual union of our faith, with Christ at the head.
What is the Communion of Saints?
500
This was a handbook for the teaching of Catholic Doctrine in the United States for over 100 years.
What is the Baltimore Catechism?
500
The removal of all or part of the punishment that must suffer in Purgatory for the effects of our sins on earth.
What is an indulgence?
Note*: Martin Luther started the reforms, which led to the Protestant Reformation because the Church was granting indulgences for wrongful gains.
500
A cultural and political atmosphere during the High Middle Ages in Europe when everyone was Catholic and the Catholic Church influences every aspect of life.