St Athanasius
The name of the heresy that this holy saint fought against for the majority of his life.
What is the Arian heresy?
A band of silk worn on the left arm of the priest. It is a symbol of servitude and of the cares of this world and represents Our Lord's Passion.
What is the Maniple?
Mary appeared to him and gave him the Rosary.
Who is St Dominic?
The specific location within the Vatican that Cardinal electors meet to elect the new Pope.
What is the Sistine Chapel?
The primary language of the Catholic Church.
What is Latin?
The ambitious priest of the Alexandrian Church that denied the Divinity of Christ, and began spreading word that Jesus Christ was not truly divine, but merely created in time by the Eternal Father.
Who was the heretic, Arius?
It is the outer layer and chief vestment of the priest. It is usually ornamented with a large cross on the back. It symbolizes the yoke of Christ.
What is the Chasuble?
The first prayer said when praying the Rosary.
What is the Apostles' Creed?
The most common papal name taken. 21 popes have adopted this name beginning in 523 AD.
What is John?
The smallest country in the world.
What is Vatican City
He is a patron saint of theologians, and faithful Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christians and hailed to this day as a great Defender of the Faith.
Who is St Athanasius?
A cord of linen fastened about the waist to confine the alb. It is a symbol of chastity.
What is the Cincture?
The mystery that reflects on the Angel Gabriel's visist to Mary
What is the 1st Joyful Mystery?
The Pope with the longest tenure as Pope.
Who is St Peter, the 1st Pope? He was pope for 37 years. Newly elected popes are traditionally told "Annos Petri non videbis" ("You will not see your reign longer than that of Peter")
A U.S. city named after the Eucharist.
What is Corpus Cristi (Texas) or Sacramento (California)?
The number of years that St Athanasius spent in his life in exile for the defense of the doctrine of Christ's divinity.
What is 17 years?
A wide linen tunic reaching to the feet and covering the whole body. It symbolizes the purity of the Christian soul, having been washed in the blood of the Lamb.
What is the Alb?
The number of Hail Marys prayed during a 5 decade Rosary (including prayers for Holy Father).
What is 54 (including the prayer for the holy father)?
The body composed of the men whom the Pope has elevated to the dignity of Cardinal, entrusting them with the duty to be his close advisors and collaborators, and to elect his successor.
What is the College of Cardinals?
The smallest army in the world.
What is the Swiss Guard?
The desert father who's biography was written by St Athanasius?
Who is St Antony of the desert?
A long band of silk that the priest wears around the neck and crossed on the chest and it represents immortality.
What is the Stole?
The Glorious Mystery that contemplates the Resurrection of Our Lord
What is the first Glorious Mystery of the Rosary?
The name for the meeting of the College of Cardinals.
What is the Papal Conclave?
The name for the church where a bishop has his seat.
What is a cathedral?