Saints
This saint and apostle shares one of his many names with a famous Samoan wrestler turned actor.
Who is St. Peter? (The Rock)
This concept describes one God existing in three distinct persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — sharing one divine essence.
What is the Trinity?
This sacrament, also known as Confession, involves confessing sins to a priest in order to receive absolution.
What is Reconciliation?
Held from 1962 to 1965, this ecumenical council modernized many Church practices, including allowing Mass to be said in local languages instead of Latin.
What is the second Vatican Council?
This NFL quarterback became famous for kneeling in prayer on the field, a gesture that came to be known by his name, during his time with the Denver Broncos.
Who is Tim Tebow?
This Bishop of Hippo and North African theologian wrote “Confessions,” an autobiographical account of his conversion, and “City of God,” a defense of Christianity written after the sack of Rome in 410 AD.
Who is St. Augustine?
Defined by Pope Pius XII in 1950 in the apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus, this dogma holds that Mary, at the end of her earthly life, was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory.
Confirmation is understood as completing and sealing the grace received at this prior sacrament.
What is Baptism?
This 1054 event marked the mutual excommunications between the pope and the patriarch of Constantinople.
What is the Great Schism?
This actor and star of “The Passion of the Christ” and “Braveheart” is known for his outspoken traditional Catholic beliefs.
Who is Mel Gibson?
This French nun, known as “the little flower”, wrote her spiritual autobiography “Story of a Soul” where she shared her spiritual philosophy “Little Way” which is still widely practiced by faithful Catholics to this day.
Who is St. Therese of Lisieux
This doctrine holds that the Pope, when speaking formally on matters of faith and morals in his official capacity, is preserved from error, a dogma defined at the First Vatican Council in 1870.
What is Papal Infallibility?
This sacrament, conferred through the laying on of hands by a bishop, establishes the three degrees of ordained ministry — deacon, priest, and bishop — and configures the recipient to Christ as head of the Church.
What is Holy Orders?
In 1517, this Augustinian monk nailed his 95 Theses to a church door in Wittenberg, sparking the Protestant Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
This famous rapper, who is also a practicing Catholic, released his first solo album in 2004: “The Carter”
Who is Lil Wayne?
This saint co-founded the Jesuit order in 1534 and led the first Christian mission to Japan.
Who is St. Francis Xavier?
This term refers to the Church’s official teaching authority, exercised by the Pope and bishops, responsible for interpreting Scripture and Tradition.
What is the Magisterium?
This doctrine holds that during the Eucharist, the bread and wine are truly changed into the Body and Blood of Christ while retaining their outward appearances.
What is transubstantiation?
This crusade, begun in 1189, was sparked by Saladin’s recapture of Jerusalem a few years prior.
What is the Third Crusade?
This Catholic actor played Fr. Stuart Long in a 2022 film portraying the life of the criminal boxer turned Catholic priest.
Who is Mark Wahlberg?
Discovered in Roman graves starting in the late 1500s, these skeletal remains were elaborately adorned with gold, jewels, and lavish costumes, then distributed to churches in German-speaking Europe to replace relics destroyed during the Reformation.
Who are the jeweled/catacomb saints?
This Christological heresy, condemned at the Council of Ephesus in 431 AD, held that Christ existed as two separate persons — one divine and one human — rather than one person with two natures, and led to its namesake’s excommunication.
What is Nestorianism?
This sacrament is unique among all church sacraments in that the lay participants minister the sacrament rather than a priest.
What is Holy Matrimony?
Held in 451 AD, this council defined Christ as having two natures — divine and human — “without confusion, without change, without division, without separation,” a formulation that led the Oriental Orthodox churches to split off.
What is the Council of Chalcedon?
This famous actor took his stage name from an equally famous Catholic bishop who used to broadcast his sermons across the US in the 1950s and 60s.
Who is Martin Sheen?