The Church Through the Ages
The city in which Jesus' followers received the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
What is Jerusalem?
The city that is the centre of the Catholic Church and home of the Pope
What is the Vatican City?
Known as the "Apostle to the Gentiles", this saint played a major role in spreading Christianity throughout the Roman Empire
Who is St. Paul?
The response after the priest says, "The Lord be with you"?
What is "And with your spirit"?
"......... . How sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see."
What is "Amazing Grace"?
The famous church built over the traditional tomb of St. Peter in Vatican City
What is St. Peter's Basilica?
The first Pope of the Catholic Church
Who is St. Peter?
The first Christian martyr
Who is St Stephen?
The language commonly used in the early Western Church which became the traditional language of the Mass for centuries
What is Latin?
"........ . Shine in our hearts. Shine through the darkness. ......... . Shine in your church gathered today."
What is "Christ, Be Our Light"?
The underground burial places where early Christians sometimes gathered and buried their dead
What are the Catacombs (Rome)?
The colour of smoke that rises from the Sistine Chapel when a new Pope is elected
What is white smoke?
Who is St. Agnes?
The part of the Mass when the priest and congregation listen to readings from Scripture
What is "The Liturgy of the Word"?
"Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee..."
What is "How Great Thou Art"?
The first Pope to voluntarily resign from the papacy in almost 600 years, in 2013
Who is Pope Benedict XVI?
The title that the Church gives Mary because she is the mother of Jesus, who is truly God and truly man, in latin
What is the "Theotokos"?
The change in which the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ, whilst retaining the appearance of bread and wine
What is transubstantiation?
"Will you come and follow me if I but call your name? Will you go where you don't know and never be the same?"
What is "The Summons"?
The name of the council that responded to the Protestant Reformation
What is the Council of Trent?
The first Jesuit Pope. Also the first Pope from Latin America and the first from the Southern Hemisphere.
Who is Pope Francis?
A young Polish Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of another prisoner at Auschwitz during World War II
Who is St. Maximillian Kolbe?
The prayer at the beginning of Mass in which we acknowledge our sins and ask for God's mercy
"Triumph all ye Cherubim, sing with us ye Seraphim. Heaven and earth resound the hymn..."
What is "Salve Regina"?