Old Testament
Committed the first murder in the Bible.
Who is Cain?
Gen 4:8
This book of the New Testament records Jesus's parables on the Good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son.
What is the Gospel of Luke?
Good Samaritan: Luke 10:25-37
Prodigal Son: Luke 15:11-32
Jesus appeared to St. Faustina in the 20th century to spread devotion to what.
What is Divine Mercy?
Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses and started the Protestant Reformation in this century.
For 100 more points, what exact year did Luther do this.
What is 16th century?
What is 1517?
19th century Carmelite Nun. Known for her "Little Way."
Who is St. Therese of Lisieux?
This prophet was also a priest who was taken into captivity during the Babylonian Exile. He is known for his famous vision of the chariot that was full of eyes.
Who is Ezekiel?
Ezekiel 1:4-28
Name the Gospel and chapter that records Jesus's famous teaching on the Eucharist, commonly referred to as the Bread of Life discourse.
What is John chapter 6?
A devotional that has roots in the early Church, yet took off in the Middle Ages, and the tradition is that is was given to St. Dominic.
What is the Rosary?
Roman Emperor who legalized Christianity in 313 with the Edict of Milan?
Who is Constantine?
13th century Dominican friar. Known for his extensive philosophical and theological writings, especially his famous Summa Theologiae.
Who is St. Thomas Aquinas?
Two she-bears devoured forty-two boys for making fun of this prophet.
Who is Elisha?
2 Kings 2:23-24
Shortest verse in the entire Bible.
What is "Jesus wept."
John 11:35
Church teaching that bishops need to be ordained from someone with a direct lineage of succession to the apostles.
What is Apostolic Succession?
The Great Schism, the final rupture between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church occurred during this century.
For 300 more points, name the exact year.
What is 11th century?
What is 1054?
This famous Carmelite nun was a Jewish convert who died at the concentration camp in Auschwitz.
Who is St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, or Edith Stein?
God commanded this prophet not to wash his underwear and after many days to hide it in a cleft in the rocks by the river Euphrates. God later tells him to retrieve it, and God compares the spoiled, good for nothing underwear to Judah and Jerusalem.
Who is Jeremiah?
Jeremiah 13:1-11
St. Paul delivers his masterclass in evangelization sermon at the Aeropagus in Athens in this book and chapter of the New Testament.
What is Acts 17?
Number of books in the Bible.
For 200 more points (100 each), how many are in the Old Testament, and how many are in the New Testament?
What is 73?
Old Testament: 46
New Testament: 27
Pope Leo III crowned this person the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire on Christmas Day in 800 AD.
This act was to solidify this person's power and authority as a defender of the Church and to bring back the Western Roman Empire, which has dissolved centuries prior.
Who is Charlemagne?
This saint was executed for refusing to acknowledge his once friend, King Henry VIII, as ruler over the Catholic Church in England.
Who is St. Thomas More?
Who is Zerubbabel?
Book of Ezra
This Apostle writes, "Always be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you."
Who is St. Peter?
1 Peter 3:15
This Ecumenical Council defined Papal Infallibility.
For 500 more points, what year was it defined?
What is the First Vatican Council, or Vatican I?
What is 1870? Pastor Aeternus.
This Ecumenical Council was called in response to the Protestant Reformation.
What is the Council of Trent?
This saint was a monk who hired himself out as a day laborer to earn money to pay prostitutes so he could teach them the Bible and prevent other men from using them.
A man struck him dead because he misunderstood why the monk was visiting brothels. After his death, the prostitutes he visited came out to explain what he was doing with them.
Who is St. Vitalis of Gaza?