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100
Which Roman Emperor legalized Christianity?
Constantine
100
Which Scholastic thinker wrote the Summa Theologica?
Thomas Aquinas
100
The word "Renaissance" means:
Rebirth
100
Which European Revolution was set off in the 1700s by Enlightenment ideas?
The French Revolution
100
Who is the Current Pope?
Pope Francis
200
What was the first Ecumenical Council?
Council of Nicaea
200
Which Pope initiated the First Crusade?
Pope Urban II
200
Which Renaissance author wrote Paradise Lost?
John Milton
200
What were the two grass roots responses from the Catholic Church to the Enlightenment?
Liberal and Ultramontane
200
Which two popes presided over Vatican II?
Pope John XXIII and Paul VI
300
Which Church father coined the term Theotokos?
Cyril
300
Who was crowned Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas day in the year 800?
Charlemagne
300
The Anglican Church (or Church of England) was started by which monarch?
King Henry VIII
300
Who was the Pope during Vatican I?
Pope Pius IX
300
Which pope has the shortest papacy in history?
Pope John Paul I
400
Which Roman Emperor launched the first systematic Empire-Wide persecution of Christians?
Emperor Decius
400
Which French monarch fought, and drove back, the Muslims at the battle of Tours?
Charles "The Hammer" Martel
400
In what year did Martin Luther nail his 95 Theses to the doors of the Wittenburg Cathedral?
1517
400
Who was the unofficial spokesperson for the Liberal wing of the Catholic Church in the Enlightenment?
Félicité de Lamennais
400
Who was the Pope during the first World War?
Pope Benedict XV
500
What was the Third Ecumenical Council?
Ephesus
500
Who was the grandfather of Clovis?
Merovech
500
What years did the Council of Trent run from?
1545-1563
500
Name the two Vatican I documents.
Dei Filius and Pastor Aeternus
500
Who is the current Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Cardinal Ludwig Muller