Salvation History
This term refers to God’s final and everlasting promise to humanity, fulfilled when Jesus (both fully God and fully human) revealed God in the most complete way.
What is the New Covenant
These 12 guys weren’t chosen for their résumés (mostly fishermen, tax collectors, and regular dudes) but Jesus trained them anyway to spread His mission (even though some denied Him three times).
Who are the Apostles?
Often imagined as the place where you’ll finally get to dance with angels without tripping, this eternal state is really about being perfectly united with God in complete love and peace.
What is Heaven?
These leaders of the Church are the successors of the Apostles.
Who are the bishops?
These are visible and effective signs of God’s grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, using symbols and rituals to make God’s love visible.
What are the Sacraments?
This form of revelation explains that by observing nature (like the complexity of the ocean or the design of the human body) we can know that God exists
What is Natural Revelation?
These four books aren’t meant to be strict biographies of Jesus, but “faith portraits” written decades after His life, each shaped by a different community and inspired by the Holy Spirit.
What are the Gospels?
Described like a spiritual “security checkpoint” before entering the royal banquet of Heaven, this state purifies souls who die in God’s grace but aren’t fully ready yet.
What is Purgatory?
One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic
What are the four Marks of the Church?
This Sacrament uses water and the words “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,” and can even be ministered by anyone in an emergency.
What is Baptism?
This channel of revelation refers to the Apostles, inspired by the Holy Spirit, handing down everything they knew about Jesus to the first Christians.
What is Sacred Tradition?
This mystery teaches that Jesus is 100% human and 100% divine, because God the Son took on human flesh in Mary’s womb through the power of the Holy Spirit.
What is the Incarnation?
This place is real but never God’s desire; it results from a person freely choosing to reject God’s love, despite God giving every possible chance to accept His mercy.
What is Hell?
These two world religions are closely connected to the Catholic faith through their belief in one God, shared moral values, and ancient traditions of worship.
What are Judaism and Islam?
This Sacrament of Christian Initiation strengthens us to be witnesses of Christ in the world, using the laying on of hands and anointing with sacred Chrism.
What is Confirmation?
He inspired the authors of the Bible, guides the Church’s teachings, and reveals truth through the sacraments.
Who is the Holy Spirit?
This name means “God saves” in Hebrew and reflects Jesus’ identity as the Savior of the world, whose name is “above every other name.”
What is the name Jesus?
Because of Jesus’ death and resurrection, this event is no longer a punishment but a doorway into eternal life, where we leave behind sin, pain, and brokenness.
What is death?
Out all the four marks, this one means “united with God” and striving to be spiritually perfect.
What is Holy?
In this Sacrament of Healing, the priest anoints the sick with oil and prays for their recovery, giving grace to endure illness or old age.
What is Anointing of the Sick?
This teaching office of the Church, made up of the bishops in union with the Pope, has the responsibility to faithfully interpret and preserve all that God has revealed
What is the Magisterium?
Often confused with Jesus’ conception, this doctrine teaches that Mary was kept free from Original Sin from the first moment of her life.
What is the Immaculate Conception?
This term describes the unity of all believers (on earth, in heaven, and in purgatory) who share spiritual gifts, pray for one another, and remain united in Christ’s love.
What is the Communion of Saints?
Name one command of Jesus that helps build the Kingdom of God now.
What is sacrificial love/forgiveness/prayer/Eucharist/a just lifestyle?
These are special symbols and rituals, established by the Church rather than Christ, that help prepare us for the Sacraments (examples include holy water, candles, incense, and blessed palm branches.)
What are Sacramentals?