GOD, JESUS & THE TRINITY
What is the Christian belief that there is one God in three Divine Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?
Trinity
What word means “Good News” and refers especially to the four books about the life, death, and Resurrection of Jesus?
Gospel
What is God's free gift of His life and help?
Grace
What is an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace?
Sacrament
Which of the four marks of the Church means “universal” or “according to the whole”?
Catholic
What do we call a person who has been recognized by the Church as being in Heaven and worthy of public veneration?
Saint
What is the term for God the Son becoming human in the person of Jesus Christ?
Incarnation
What term describes a sacred relationship or promise established by God?
Covenant
What is the fallen condition inherited from Adam and Eve that is cleansed through Baptism?
Original Sin
What sacrament makes present the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ?
Eucharist
What is the teaching authority of the Church exercised by the Pope and bishops in communion with him?
Magisterium
What is the teaching that Mary was taken body and soul into heavenly glory at the end of her earthly life?
Assumption
What name for Jesus means “God with us”?
Emmanuel
What do we call the action of the Holy Spirit guiding the human authors of Scripture?
Inspiration
What type of sin involves grave matter, full knowledge, and deliberate consent?
Mortal Sin
What Catholic teaching states that Jesus Christ is truly present—Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity—in the Eucharist?
Real Presence
What are the four marks that identify the Church founded by Christ?
Four Marks of the Church
What Catholic teaching states that Mary was conceived without Original Sin?
Immaculate Conception
What is the saving work of Christ by which humanity is freed from sin?
Redemption
What is the official list of books recognized by the Church as inspired Scripture?
Canon of Scripture
What is the habitual gift of God's own life dwelling within the soul?
Sanctifying Grace
What term describes the change of the substance of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ?
Transubstantiation
What is the uninterrupted succession of bishops that can be traced back to the Apostles?
Apostolic Succession
What Greek title for Mary means “God-bearer” or “Mother of God”?
Theotokos
What theological term describes the union of Jesus' fully divine nature and fully human nature in one Divine Person?
Hypostatic Union
What method of biblical interpretation looks at how people, events, or things in the Old Testament foreshadow Christ or realities of the New Covenant?
Typology
What three virtues are given by God and have God as their origin, motive, and object?
Theological Virtues
What do we call the particular grace given through each sacrament to help a person live out its purpose?
Sacramental Grace
What term refers to the entire body of divine revelation entrusted by Christ to the Apostles and handed on to the Church?
Deposit of Faith
What term describes the adoration that is due to God alone?
Latria