Divine Revelation & Creation
Key Figures & Covenants
Scripture & Tradition
Church Authority & History
Catholic Vocabulary
100

The ultimate desire shared by all human beings

What is to know God and be in a relationship with Him?

100

This name literally means “the father of a multitude of nations”.

Who is Abraham?

100

The two written phases that record divine revelation.

What are the Old Testament and the New Testament?

100

A meeting of all the world’s bishops together in union with the Pope.

What is an Ecumenical Council?

100

A person of non-Jewish ethnicity.

What is a Gentile?

200

The first way that God revealed Himself to humanity.

What is through the created world / created order?

200

He bridges the gap between the Old Testament and the New Testament.

Who is John the Baptist?

200

The three elements absolutely essential together for the faithful transmission of divine revelation.

What are Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium?

200

The Pope who initiated the Second Vatican Council.

Who is Pope St. John XXIII?

200

Meaning "Anointed One" in Hebrew.

What is Messiah?

300

The act by which God revealed Himself most intimately to humanity.

What is sending His only Son to become man?

300

 The saint credited with writing the Canticle of the Sun.

Who is St. Francis of Assisi?

300

The two sources through which the Deposit of Faith is handed down.

What are Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture?

300

The topics on which the Magisterium teaches infallibly.

 What are matters of faith and morals?

300

The event in which the Second Person of the Trinity assumed a human nature.

What is the Incarnation?

400

The term for God’s communication of Himself through the created order.

What is Natural Revelation?

400

Throughout the Old Testament narratives, these individuals called the people of Israel to repentance.

Who are the Prophets?

400

The book in this list—Exodus, Deuteronomy, Leviticus, Wisdom—that is NOT part of the Pentateuch.

What is the Book of Wisdom?

400

The group in an unbroken line from whom all ordained bishops receive their succession.

 Who are the Apostles?

400

The supernatural appreciation of the faith on the part of the whole people of God.

What is the Sensus Fidei?

500

The number of logical arguments St. Thomas Aquinas summarized to prove the existence of God using reason and nature.

What is five (5)?

500

The primary purpose of the Law given to Moses.

What is to govern Israel's society and worship?

500

Rather than just ancient words on a page, we encounter this living Person in Sacred Scripture.

Who is Jesus Christ?

500

The title given to the bishops and key teachers of the early Church.

Who are the Fathers of the Church?

500

The integration of classical philosophy and Christian thought to understand and explain revealed truths

What is Scholasticism?