The Old
The language the Old Testament written in.
What are Greek or Hebrew?
Name of the 4 Gospels
What are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John?
The town was Jesus born in
What is Bethlehem?
These were given to Moses by God. Bonus if you can name where they are recorded.
What are the Ten Commandments?
Bonus: Deuteronomy
Killed by a young shepherd boy with a stone and sling-shot?
Who was Goliath?
When did Jesus' disciples first experience the gift of the Holy Spirit? Bonus: How does Sacred Scripture describe the event?
What is Pentecost or the feast or Pentecost? Bonus: "The Holy Spirit came upon the disciples on the feast of Pentecost, fifty days after Easter. “When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim” (Acts 2: 1-4)."
Myth or Fact - The Bible provides the answers to all life's questions.
Myth.
Fact: Some people wish the Bible were the answer book for our faith, but the Bible doesn’t tell us what to do in every situation in life. Instead of preaching on hundreds of rules, Jesus focused on one law—to love God and others—as a way to live. In addition to the Bible, Catholic Christians believe that God also has given us the sacred Tradition of the Church to help us with life’s questions.
The names of the 2 trees mentioned in the Garden of Eden.
What are the tree of life, and the tree of the knowledge (of good and evil)?
The last book in the New Testament.
What is the Book of Revelation?
Jesus feed 5000 people with these
What are 5 loaves and 2 fishes?
These tell us how we should honor and respect God. Bonus: if you can say them.
What are the first 3 of the Ten Commandments.
Bonus:
1. I am the Lord your God: you shall not have strange gods before me.
2. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
3. Remember to keep holy the Lord’s Day.
Jesus called him down from a sycamore tree. (Bonus if you can name his profession)
Who was Zaccheaus? (Bonus: A tax collector)
These were given to us in the Sermon on the Mount by Jesus, his first public sermon. Bonus: if you can name where it is recorded in the Bible.
What are the Beatitudes? Bonus: The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew, Chapters 5-7) is the first public sermon given by Jesus Christ. It begins with the Beatitudes but contains many other exhortations on the life lived according to the will of God. The teachings of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount are the way to true happiness. By describing Jesus’ own charity, they also show us how God expects us to live.
Myth or Fact: We don't know who wrote each book of the Bible?
Fact! The real author of a book in the Bible isn’t necessarily the name associated with it. For instance, both the Letter to the Romans and the Letter to the Ephesians say that Paul is the author. Paul was certainly the author of Romans (Pauline letter), but probably not of Ephesians (Deutero-Pauline letter). A common practice in biblical times was to write using the name of a famous person. Today we may consider this fraud, but at that time it was a way to say, “I’m a follower and admirer of a certain famous person.” This practice is called pseudonymous writing.
The number of books in the Old Testament.
What is 46?
Jesus provided these to us in the Sermon on the Mount
What are the Beatitudes?
The country from which Moses helped the Israelites escape slavery
What is Egypt?
These describe Jesus' own Charity, and how God expects us to live.
What are the Beatitudes.
The apostle Jesus asked to look after his Mother Mary when on the cross. (Bonus if you can name the Books of the Bible he authored).
Who was John? (The Gospel According to John, the three books of Letters According to John, and the Book of Revelation)
This is what Scripture is, and how we as Catholics understand it / What is Scripture and how do we as Catholics understand it?
Scripture is the inspired word of God as found in the Bible in human words.
Myth or Fact. The Bible can be used as a Historical Reference, with each event occurring in the order it appears.
Myth!
Fact: People often start reading the Bible, beginning with Genesis, and expect to find a seamless timeline of biblical history. Even though the Books of Genesis through Second Kings appear to be laid out chronologically, the story line is actually interrupted with stories that are repeated (see Genesis 1:1—2:3 and 2:4–25) and with genealogies and laws that often prove discouraging to the reader. Then the next set of books, First and Second Chronicles, begin by telling some stories all over again. This sometimes confusing order occurs because there were so many authors and they sometimes had different versions of the same stories. Even a single book like Genesis has several sources. When the stories were eventually collected and edited, they were put side by side in the order we now have in the Bible.
The number of tribes of Israel? (hint: how many sons did Jacob have?)
What is 12?
These were written by Paul and his followers, the Apostles or their followers, describing the new Christina faith, give advice, and offer words of hope.
What are the books of Letters? Bonus for Epistles.
Roman who persecuted early disciples who was stuck blind by the appearance of the risen Lord on his way to Damascus.
Who is Saint Paul?
The Beatitudes tell us theirs is the kingdom of God/heaven. Bonus if you can recite others.
Who are the persecuted?
Bonus:
1. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
2. Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted.
3. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land.
4. Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.
5. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
6. Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God.
7. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
8. Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
The name of Joseph's (of Egypt) youngest brother?
Who was Benjamin?
The 3 make up where we find the teachings of the Catholic Church / Where can we find the teachings of the Catholic Church?
What are Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium?
The teachings of the Catholic Church can be found in the Scripture, Tradition (precepts of the faither continuously transmitted from the Apostolic Church to the present day) and the Magisterium (teaching authority of the Church).
Myth or Fact? The Bible predicts the future and tells us when the world will end.
Myth.
Fact: Wonderful verses in the Old Testament point ahead to the time of Jesus. And verses throughout the Bible assure us that God will be with us in all our future days. However, the Bible is not a prediction book. Books like Daniel and Revelation seem to mysteriously hint at something, but they are a particular kind of apocalyptic literature that uses code language to say more about the time in which they were written than about the future. Don’t expect to find in the Bible clues about when the world will end. Jesus told us that only the Father knows the day and the hour (see Mathew 24:36).
Books of the Old Testament that are a collection of hymns, poems, proverbs, and stories.
What are the books of Wisdom?
How many books are in the New Testament?
27
What was the first plague the Lord sent on Egypt?
Water turned into blood
These describe how God expects us to respect others. Bonus if you can recite them.
What are 4 through 10 of the Ten Commandments?
Bonus:
4. Honor your father and mother.
5. You shall not kill.
6. You shall not commit adultery.
7. You shall not steal.
8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
9. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.
10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.
The first murderer recorded in the Bible? Bonus if you can name his victim?
Who was Cain? (Bonus: Abel)
These are translated as “nothing stands in the way,” and means to impress or to stamp an imprint or "let it be printed". Bonus: What these are used to describe?
What are Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur?
Bonus: The result of the review by the Magisterium of an authored work on faith and morals to be found free from doctrinal error, approving it Nihil Obstat to be forwarded to the bishop for his review and decision, and if the bishop concurs that the work is free from doctrinal error, he grants an Imprimatur.
Myth or Fact: God authored the Scriptures by inspiring humans to write the truth that God intended.
Fact! God did author the Scriptures by inspiring humans to write the truth that God intended. But at the same time, those writers and editors remained true authors with all the limitations and experiences that accompany being human in a specific time, place, and culture. Though we can always trust the truth the Bible teaches, we cannot expect the Bible to be a science or history book. If occasionally the Bible doesn’t seem to coincide with what we expect today from scientific or historical truth, it doesn’t mean that God’s truth doesn’t shine through the Bible. However, to discern God’s truth, we need to understand the contexts in which the authors were writing.
Myth: God dictated the Bible to humans, who wrote it down word for word.