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100

This saint, a Franciscan friar in the 1600s, was known for levitating during ecstatic prayer and is the patron saint of pilots and astronauts.

Who is St. Joseph of Cupertino?

100

Catholics believe Jesus is truly, fully present in the bread and wine after this moment of the Mass

What is the Consecration?

100

This Prophet was swallowed by a fish after fleeing God's call to preach

Who is Jonah?

100

Name all 7 sacraments

What are Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony?

100

This creed, still recited at Mass today, was written at a council in 325 AD to clarify who Jesus really is.

What is the Nicene Creed?

200

This 20th-century Italian friar bore the stigmata for 50 years and was known for his gift of reading souls in the confessional.

Who is Padre Pio?

200

In this penitential prayer near the start of Mass, the congregation strikes their chest three times while saying "through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault."

What is the Confiteor?

200

This apostle's name means "rock", and Jesus said He would build His Church on him.

Who is Peter?

200

This sacrament completes and strengthens the grace given at baptism.

What is Confirmation?

200

This is the title of the head of the Catholic Church, currently held by an American for the first time in history.

What is the Pope?  

300

These three archangels; protector, messenger, and healer, are the only angels named in Scripture and share a feast day on September 29.

Who are Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael?

300

This liturgical color is worn during Advent and Lent, seasons of preparation and penance.

What is purple?

300

This Old Testament book tells the story of a righteous man who loses everything and questions why God allows suffering.

What/Who is Job?

300

Only a bishop can ordain someone into this sacrament, which makes a man a deacon, priest, or bishop.

What is Holy Orders?

300

This monk started the Protestant Reformation in 1517 by nailing his 95 Theses to a church door in Germany.

Who is Martin Luther?

400

This saint's mother, Monica, prayed for his conversion for over a decade before he wrote his famous Confessions.

Who is St. Augustine?

400

This is the general term for the priest's long central prayer of the mass that includes the words of consecration.

What is the Eucharistic Prayer?

400

This is the only Gospel that includes the parable of the Prodigal Son.

What is Luke?

400

This sacrament was historically called "Extreme Unction" and is given to those who are seriously ill or dying.

What is the Anointing of the Sick?

400

This 1054 event formally split Christianity into the Western (Catholic) and Eastern (Orthodox) Churches.

What is the Great Schism (East-West Schism)?

500

This 13th-century Dominican friar wrote the Summa Theologica and is considered the Church's greatest theologian, blending faith with the philosophy of Aristotle.

Who is St. Thomas Aquinas?

500

This is the moment in the Eucharistic Prayer when the priest extends his hands over the bread and wine, calling on the Holy Spirit to change them into the Body and Blood of Christ.

What is the Epiclesis?

500

This former persecutor of Christians was blinded on the road to Damascus and became one of the greatest missionaries in Church History.

Who is Paul(Saul)?

500

This sacrament is sometimes called "the sacrament of the second baptism" because it restores grace lost through sin.

What is Reconciliation/Confession?

500

This 20th-century church council led to major changes like Mass being said in everyday languages instead of Latin.

What is the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II)?