Catholic Terminology
Table at the front of the church where the priest stands
What is the altar?
The stage in life that baptism usually takes place in for Catholics
What is infancy?
The number of sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church.
What is 7?
The Saint that our parish is named for.
Who is St. Joseph?
"In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit"
What is the Sign of the Cross?
How the Bible is divided
What are the New Testament and Old Testament?
This Sacrament is necessary to enter Heaven.
What is Baptism?
The Sacraments of Healing.
The founder of the Catholic Church.
Who is Jesus?
Worn by Catholic priests as an outward symbol of their vocation.
What is the Roman collar?
Box-like repository for blessed Eucharist
What is the Tabernacle?
What is water and oil?
The sacrament that is the Source and Summit of the Catholic faith.
What is the Eucharist?
The name of the selection process for a new pope
What is a papal conclave?
A devotion directed to Jesus, through and with his Mother Mary, that focuses on 4 sets of mysteries.
What is the Rosary?
Term for the first 5 books of the Catholic Bible
What is Pentateuch?
This tendency towards sin is washed away in Baptism.
What is Original Sin?
The Sacrament of Initiation that completes Baptism.
What is Confirmation?
Powerful servants and messengers of God that do not have free will.
What are angels?
This person of the Trinity is symbolized by tongues of fire or a dove.
What is the Holy Spirit?
The celebration of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles 9 days after Jesus' Ascension.
What is Pentecost?
What is water, blood, and desire?
The 7 sacraments of the Catholic Church
What are Baptism, Eucharist, Reconciliation, Confirmation, Holy Matrimony, Holy Orders, Anointing of the Sick?
The Second Person of the Holy Trinity.
Who is the Son of God or Jesus?
The leaves that the people of Jerusalem laid on the ground for Jesus when he entered town and that we burn every Ash Wednesday
What are Palm Fronds?