Strange but True
Vatican City is the smallest in the world.
What is country?
In the 4th Century, the Bishop Arius taught that Jesus was not this.
What is Divine, or God?
The first of the four.
What is Death?
Emperor Constantine made Christianity legal in Rome through this famous edict.
What is the Edict of Milan?
This is where the Holy Spirit is first mentioned in the Bible.
What is Genesis 1 or the beginning of Creation.
As a sign of readiness for the Resurrection, some saints have been buried in this position.
What is standing up?
500 years ago, Martin Luther rejected Church authority and based his faith on this alone.
What is the Bible?
Souls who freely choose to reject God live in the eternal separation from God, called this.
What is Hell?
Where we find this separation in the U.S. Constitution.
What is the First Amendment?
Without the Holy Spirit, we cannot call Jesus this.
What is Lord?
The ashes used on Ash Wednesday come from these.
What are last year's palms from Palm Sunday?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
What is the Resurrection of the Body?
At the end of time, when Jesus appears in glory to defeat evil and judge the living and the dead.
What is the Second Coming?
This 16th Century leader broke from the Catholic Church and punished those who refused to accept the state-controlled church.
Who is King Henry VIII?
In 1 Corinthians 14, St. Paul teaches that this charismatic gift is greater than the gift of tongues.
What is prophecy?
In medieval towns, these were often called upon to settle bar fights.
What are priests?
English Protestants who migrated to America, and believed that earthly pleasure is a dangerous distraction.
Who are the Puritans?
The experience in Heaven that all will have when they "see God as He is."
What is the Beatific Vision?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
What is China, Germany, the Soviet Union, and Mexico?
This doctrine of the Church proclaims that the Holy Spirit is the true author of Scripture.
What is the mystery of Inspiration?
Catholic priests are forbidden by canon law to engage in this kind of fighting.
What is a duel?
This early heresy believed that the spirit is good but the material body is evil.
What is Gnostiscism, or Manichaenism?
Making it a very difficult idea to grasp, Purgatory is outside of this.
What is Space and Time?
During the Cristero war in Mexico in 1928, this young saint died, crying out, "Vive Cristo Rey!"
Who is St. Jose Sanchez del Rio?
One of the seven Gifts of the Spirit, this allows us to see our lives in light of God's purpose.
What is Knowledge?