Scripture/ Church Documents
What is an encyclical?
A letter from the Pope to the Church on doctrine.
St. Anthony
What is the "birthday" of the Church?
Pentecost
What is a Catholic diocese?
A district under the care of a bishop.
What is the Catholic teaching on the Apostolic Succession?
The unbroken line of bishops from the Apostles.
What is Mary's song of praise to God in the Gospel of Luke called?
The Magnificat
Who said: "You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you."
St. Augustine
What is the significance of the Feast of the Annunciation?
Celebrates the angel Gabriel's announcement to Mary of Jesus' conception.
What is the purpose of a Catholic pilgrimage?
A journey to a holy site for spiritual growth.
What is the term for a Christian in the process of becoming Catholic?
Catechumen
What is the name for the first five books of the Bible?
The Pentateuch
What is the Catholic teaching on the Assumption of Mary?
Mary was taken body and soul into Heaven
What was the Great Schism of 1054?
The division between the Eastern Orthodox and Western Catholic Churches.
What is the Magisterium?
The teaching office of the Church
What is grace?
God's free and undeserved gift to respond to His call.
Pope St. John Paul II wrote this 1995 encyclical "On the Value and Inviolability of Human Life," addressing moral issues like abortion and euthanasia.
Evangelium Vitae
This saint is known for dying in the concentration camp Auschwitz, sacrificing his life for a fellow inmate.
St. Maximilian Kolbe
What was the purpose of the Crusades?
To reclaim the Holy Land and defend Christendom.
What is the principle of Papal Infallibility?
The Pope is free from error when proclaiming doctrines of faith and morals.
What is the doctrine that teaches that Mary was conceived without Original Sin.
The Immaculate Conception
What are the seven books included in the Catholic Bible that are not in the Protestant Bible?
Tobit, Judith, 1 & 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach, and Baruch
Who is the patron saint of lost causes?
St. Jude
What is the significance of the Edict of Milan?
Legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire.
The precise philosophical term used to describe the change of substance during the Eucharist, while the "accidents" (physical appearance) remain the same.
Transubstantiation
What is the Filioque controversy?
Dispute over the phrase "and the Son" in the Nicene Creed.