Sacraments
These three sacraments bring a person into full Christian initiation.
What are Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist?
The Nicene Creed identifies these four marks of the Church.
What are one, holy, catholic, and apostolic?
Among the apostles, James and John are brothers. Name two other apostles who were brothers.
Who are Peter and Andrew?
This saint from Assisi is known for his love of poverty and creation.
Who is Saint Francis of Assisi?
These are the two principal parts of the Mass, surrounded by the Introductory and Concluding Rites.
What are the Liturgy of the Word and Liturgy of the Eucharist?
This fragrant oil is used in Baptism, Confirmation, and the ordination of priests and bishops.
What is sacred chrism?
A bishop’s principal church gets this name from the chair that symbolizes his teaching authority.
What is a cathedral?
This Gospel begins, “In the beginning was the Word.”
What is the Gospel of John.
This saint was a king of France.
Who is Saint Louis?
During these two liturgical seasons, the Sunday Gloria is ordinarily omitted.
What are Advent and Lent?
In the Roman Catholic Church, these two people confer the sacrament of Matrimony upon each other.
Who are the bride and groom?
What is the name of the chair on which the bishop sits?
What is the Cathedra?
These three Gospels are called “synoptic” because they share many stories and a similar presentation.
What are Matthew, Mark, and Luke?
This saint founded the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits.
Who is Saint Ignatius of Loyola?
What is the book on the altar called that the priest reads from as he celebrates Mass?
What is the Missal?
This term describes the change of the whole substance of bread and wine into Christ’s Body and Blood.
What is transubstantiation?
This doctrine teaches that the bishops succeed the apostles in their pastoral office.
What is apostolic succession?
This Jewish feast commemorating liberation from Egypt provides the setting for Jesus’ Last Supper in the Synoptic Gospels.
What is Passover?
This saint served the poorest of the poor in Kolkata and founded the Missionaries of Charity.
Who is Saint Teresa of Calcutta (or Mother Teresa)?
The ordinary profession of faith said at Mass that uses the word “consubstantial” to describe the Son’s relationship with the Father.
What is the Nicene Creed?
Unlike sorrow motivated by fear of punishment, this kind of contrition arises from loving God above all things. Fr. Daniel talked about this in our previous class.
What is perfect contrition?
This doctrine protects the pope from error when he definitively proclaims a teaching on faith or morals for the whole Church—not whenever he speaks.
What is papal infallibility?
Jesus appeared with these two Old Testament figures at the Transfiguration.
Who are Moses and Elijah?
Who is the first American-born saint?
Who is Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton?
This square linen cloth rests on the altar beneath the sacred vessels during the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
What is the corporal?