Divine Revelation and Sacred Scripture
Jerome's translation of the Holy Bible from Greek to Latin.
What is the Vulgate?
The Central Mystery of the Catholic Faith: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
What is the Blessed Trinity?
A person God chooses to speak in His Name.
What is a Prophet?
One of the symbols used to represent the Holy Spirit.
What is Fire? (Also acceptable: Dove, Wind, Water)
The four characteristics that uniquely identify the Roman Catholic Church as the one true Church. We profess them in the Nicene Creed at Mass each Sunday.
What are the Four Marks of the Church?
God making Himself known throughout human history through His words and deeds.
What is Divine Revelation?
Jesus taught us that God is a _______ ________.
What is a loving Father?
The mystery of Christ becoming man.
What is the Incarnation?
The power whereby Jesus was conceived in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
What is the Holy Spirit?
The belief that the Catholic Church was founded by Jesus on the Apostles and that it continues to be led by her successors, the Pope and Bishops to this very day.
What is Apostolic Succession?
A gift that helps us to believe in God and all that He has revealed to us.
What is Faith?
The Creed that we recite AT MASS each Sunday.
What is the Nicene Creed?
Jesus's return in glory to Heaven, where He is seated at the right hand of God the Father.
What is the Ascension?
Those honored by the Church for their exceptional contributions to our understanding of Faith or Doctrine.
Who are "Doctors of the Church"?
The gift of the Holy Spirit whereby the Pope and all the Bishops in union with him can teach on matters of Faith and morals without error.
What is "infallibility" (or "Papal Infallibility")?
The transmission of the Gospel message as lived out by the Church, past and present.
What is Sacred Tradition?
A sacred agreement that establishes a relationship between God and his people.
What is a Covenant?
The Paschal Mystery refers to the suffering, death, ______________, and Ascension of Jesus.
What is the Resurrection?
The day the Holy Spirit descended from Heaven on Mary and the Apostles, 50 days after the Resurrection (Easter Sunday).
What is Pentecost?
The mark of the Church that indicates she contains all the Truths necessary for salvation and has a mission to all peoples worldwide.
What is "Catholic"?
New Testament letters written to the early Christian communities or their leaders, often authored by Saint Paul.
What are epistles?
The Summa Theologiae is the greatest theological work of this Catholic Saint and Doctor of the Church.
Who is Saint Thomas Aquinas?
The word "Christ" comes from the Greek word "Christos", which in Hebrew is translated as _____________, or "Anointed One".
What is "Messiah"?
The proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus and the love of God through both our words and our witness to others.
What is evangelization?
Like her Founder, Jesus Christ, the Catholic Church is also both _______ & ________.
What is human AND divine?