Saints and Sinners
The first Millenial saint.
Who is St. Carlo Acutis?
In these 2 Sacraments, a priest acts in persona christi (in the Person of Christ).
What are Confession and the Eucharist?
The three Archangels mentioned in Scripture.
Who are Raphael, Gabriel, and Michael?
In his 2nd Century writings, we find the earliest description of the Catholic Mass, structurally identical to its current form.
Who is St. Justin Martyr?
In the Davidic Kingdom, the Prime Minister was given these to exercise in the King's absence.
What are the "Keys to the Kingdom"?
She is the first Gen-X saint.
Who is Blessed Chiara Luce Badano?
Sacraments are defined as these, that give grace and effect what they signify.
What are Signs?
Because angels do not have bodies, they are said to be this.
What are Pure Spirits?
Known as the Western Schism, or the Great Divide, the Church found itself in the dilemma of having three of these.
What are Popes?
The stack of 12 loaves perpetually placed in the Holy of Holies in the Temple were known as this.
What is the Bread of the Presence, or the Show Bread?
He had this famous prayer, "Give me chastity, Lord, but not yet."
Who is St. Augustine?
These 3 Sacraments leave an "indelible mark" on the soul (they cannot be removed/taken away).
What are Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders?
Angels are one of three Kinds of these known to exist.
What are Persons?
DAILY DOUBLE!!
What are the Franciscans, Dominicans, or Carmelites?
When St. John sees the Ark of the Covenant, he describes it as this.
What is "a woman clothed with the sun."
Alessandro Serenelli is being considered for sainthood, even though he murdered this saint!
Who is St. Maria Garetti?
This Sacrament spoken about in St. Jame's letter fills souls with a special grace to unite their sufferings with Jesus.
What is the Anointing of the Sick?
The devil is said to be a fallen one of these, the highest choir of angels.
What is a Seraphim?
The 4th of these resulted in the Catholic army sacking the greatest Christian city in the Eastern Empire.
What is the Crusades?
All Christians ultimately agree that we are not saved by faith or works, but by this.
What is Grace?
He became a great saint after being hit in the leg by a cannon ball.
Who is St. Ignatius Loyola?
In the Catechism, these two are labeled "Sacraments of Healing."
What are Confession and the Anointing of the Sick?
Because Angels don't have bodies, St. Thomas Aquinas explains that each one is its own this.
What is a Species?
This saint and Doctor of the Church did not believe the Immaculate conception was possible.
Who is St. Thomas Aquinas?
Protestants might be more readily accepting of Purgatory if their (Hebrew) Old Testaments included these Greek books?
What are 1 and 2 Maccabees?