Old Testament
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth"
What is Genesis?
This sin is canonically defined as "refusal of submission to the Supreme Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him"
What is schism?
At the First Council of Nicaea this heretic is said to have been so naughty that Santa Claus did not even give him coal, but a slap across the face
Who is Arius?
Santa Claus first came to town when he was born in this city in 270
What is Myra?
Having only served as archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall for less than a year, this Jesuit was the immediate predecessor to Marcel Damphousse
Who is Terrence Prendergast?
"As a deer longs for flowing streams,
so my soul longs for you, O God"
What is Psalms?
According to Canon 915, Catholics who "obstinately persist in manifest grave sin" are not to be admitted to this
What is Holy Communion?
Following the death of Pope John XXIII this Pope took over presiding the Second Vatican Council
Who is Pope Paul VI?
Good King Wenceslas looked out on this land which he ruled from 921 to 935
What is Bohemia?
Build by the French and Irish Catholics, the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica is officially dedicated to this title for Our Lady
What is Notre-Dame de l'Assomption?
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one"
What is Deuteronomy?
The head of an ecclesiastical province is known as this, which can also describe a large city and its surrounding areas
What is a metropolitan?
In order to combat the Nestorian heresy, this council defined Mary as the Theotokos, or Mother of God in English
What is the Council of Ephesus?
After Brazil, Italy and the United States, this country has the most Catholic dioceses?
What is India?
"Noli timere" is Yvan Mathieu's episcopal motto which means this in English
What is "do not be afraid?"
"For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense is offered to my name"
What is Malachi?
This is the technical term for an automatic excommunication in Canon Law
What is a latae sententiae excommunication?
Cardinal Bessarion and Mark of Ephesus were two important figures at this council which attempted to renuite the Eastern and Western churches between 1431 and 1445
What is the Council of Florence?
Ivan Jurkovič, the Apostolic Nuncio to Canada, is also the titular archbishop of Krbava, a 67 km2 field in this country
What is Croatia?
In 2020 Pope Francis merged the Archdiocese of Ottawa with this diocese to become the current Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall
What is the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall?
"Behold, he whose soul is not upright in him shall fail, but the righteous shall live by his faith"
What is Habakkuk?
I've got 99 problems, but this impediment to marriage listed in Canon Canon 1084 §1 ain't one
What is impotence?
According to Bede, this local council held in England in 680 affirmed the that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and Son
What is the Synod of Heathfield or Hatfield?
The Catholic Church in this Pacific island nation was founded by Betero and Tiroi, two laymen who converted while working as labourers in Tahiti
What is Kiribati?
The cross in the centre of Marcel Damphousse's coat of arms is wavy to represent this river from his home province
What is the Red River?