Costume Craze
Riddle Me This
Heresy Highway
OLOH History
Biblical Imagery
100

1. Knight's tunic
2. Toy sword and shiel with a red cross
3. "Toy" dragon

St. George

100

What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?

A clock

100

One of the first heresies and is listed in Acts. God made the Church's stance on this issue known to Peter in a vision of historically "unclean" animals he was called to eat.

Circumcision Heresy

100

Which parish is Fr. Saunders (the priest who helped to found Our Lady of Hope) currently located at?

St. Agnes in Arlington

100
Jesus explained the Kingdom of Heaven as an item that someone would sell everything in his possession in order to buy it. What was the item being purchased?

A pearl of great value

200

1. Mohawk clothing with a simple shawl
2. Cross
3. lilies

St. Kateri Tekakwitha

200

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

Footsteps

200

This heresy declared that the Son of God was not eternal and equal to the Father, but was rather a created being.

Arianism (Catholic teaching: Council of Nicaea condemned Arianism in 325 A.D.; Jesus is eternally begotten, not made, and is fully God, consubstantial with the Father)

200

What two parishes were established in 1999 (one year prior to Our Lady of Hope)?

St. Veronica and St. Matthew (Spotsylvania)

200

What were the two dreams of the Egyptian pharaoh that Joseph interpreted to predict the upcoming famine? What were the two organisms depicted?

Cows and wheat (with seven sickly swallowing up the seven healthy; seven years of plentiful followed by seven years of famine)

300

1. Brown Capuchin habit with a rope belt
2. Beard
3. Fingerless gloves

St. Padre Pio

300

What has many teeth but cannot bite?

A comb
300

This heresy took many forms, but was based on the idea that matter is evil. This contradicts Catholic teaching as we believe that God created the world and saw that it was very good. Also, Jesus Christ became true God and true Man. St. Irenaeus of Lyon fought against this heresy with his book Against Heresies.

Gnosticism

300

Where was the first Mass held for Our Lady of Hope back in 2000?

Auditorium of Potomac Falls High School

300

King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream that he asked Daniel to interpret. In this dream, what represented the Babylon empire and what was the kingdom of Heaven?

The golden head of the statue represented Babylon. Other parts of the statue were the kingdoms coming to take its place. The stone that destroyed the statue and became a great mountain was the kingdom of God to stand the test of time.

400

1. Roman soldier's tunic and cloak
2. Toy bucket or a small model of a burning building

St. Florian (patron of firefighters)

400

What has one eye but cannot see?

A needle

400

This heresy denied Mary the title Theotokos (God-bearer). It stated that only Christ's human nature was carried in her womb. This would divide Christ into a separate divine and human person.

Nestorianism (was countered with the Council of Ephesus in 431)

400

How many families registered after Fr. Saunders spoke at all the Masses of Christ the Redeemer the weekend before the first Mass of the parish (nearest hundred)?

300 families

400

In Ephesians, we are told to equip the armour of God with different virtues assigned to those pieces of equipment. What piece of equipment is associated with truth?

The belt
500

1. Rustic tunic, simple trousers, straw hat, and work boots
2. Small hoe or bundle of wheat

St. Isidore the Farmer (patron of farmers)

500

What can travel around the world while staying in one corner?

A postage stamp

500

This heresy arose when people claimed it was sinful to make pictures and statues of Christ and the saints.

Iconoclasm

500

Who was the deacon who helped Fr. Saunders in the founding activities of the parish?

Deacon Emley

500

In Revelation 5, Christ claims a scroll with seven seals. What is His appearance as he does this?

A lamb that was slain with seven horns and seven eyes (representing the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth)

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