Catholicism Final Exam Fall 2024 Study Guide PDF

Study Guide with answers - Foundations of Catholicism Final Exam Fall 2024 1. One God in three persons of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is known as the Trinity. 2. The Bible is divided into two main parts: Old Testament and New Testament. 3. Number of books in the entire Catholic Bible: 73 4...

Study Guide with answers - Foundations of Catholicism Final Exam Fall 2024 1. One God in three persons of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is known as the Trinity. 2. The Bible is divided into two main parts: Old Testament and New Testament. 3. Number of books in the entire Catholic Bible: 73 4. Number of books in the Catholic Old Testament: 46 5. Number of books in the Catholic New Testament: 27 6. The canon is the official listing of the books in the Bible as determined by the Church. 7. The four Gospel writers are: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. 8. At Christmas we celebrate God becoming man, we call this the Incarnation (in the flesh). 9. At Easter we celebrate Jesus rising from the dead, we call this the Resurrection. 10. 40 days after Easter, when Jesus returned body and soul to heaven, we call it the Ascension. 11. 50 days after Easter, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles, we call it Pentecost. 12. The Paschal Mystery is the name given to the suffering, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus. 13. What does the Paschal Mystery do? As Jesus overcame death, he saved human beings from eternal death and allowed us the possibility of living eternally in heaven. 14. A Sacrament is a sign instituted by Christ to give us God’s divine life. 15. Sacramentals are objects we use to help us in our prayer life (rosary beads, holy water). 16. There are 7 Sacraments in the Catholic Church: Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation, Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Matrimony and Holy Orders. 17. The Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation 18. The Sacraments of Healing: Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick 19. The Sacraments of Service: Matrimony and Holy Orders 20. The matter(item used) and form(words) of the Sacrament of Baptism are water and the Trinitarian Formula. (I Baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.) 21. The matter(item used) and form(words) used at Confirmation are sacred chrism and “I seal you with the gifts of the Holy Spirit.” 22. During the Sacrament of Matrimony, the couple ministers the Sacrament to each other and the priest is just the witness. 23. The liturgy is the official, public worship of the Church. 24. The celebrant is the person who leads the liturgical celebration (priest or deacon). 25. The liturgical calendar (Church calendar) follows the life of Jesus. 26. The first liturgical season is Advent, which is the time of preparing for the birth of Jesus. 27. During Advent the priest wears purple vestments. 28. During the Christmas season, the priest wears white or gold vestments. 29. During Ordinary Time, the priest wears green vestments. 30. A contract is an exchange of goods and services 31. A covenant is a solemn promise between God and human beings or between a couple in a Sacramental marriage. 32. Lent is the liturgical season that is a season of preparing for the mysteries of Easter. Lent is 40 days long and during that time Christians are called to renew themselves through fasting, prayer and almsgiving ( giving money and services to those in need). 33. The Triduum is the name given to the last three days of Holy Week before Easter (Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday). 34. Grace - undeserved gifts we receive from God. 35. At Baptism and again at Confirmation, our soul is permanently marked showing that we belong to Christ. This mark is called a sacramental character. 36. The primary effect of Baptism is the restoration of our relationship with God as he intended it to be through the forgiveness of Original Sin. 37. If a person seeks Baptism in a country where Christianity is illegal and is killed for that attempt, the person is said to have undergone a Baptism of Blood. 38. The Sacraments cause a real change to happen in the person, so we say they are efficacious signs of grace. (They effect real change.) 39. A symbol is something concrete that also has an abstract meaning. (Fire can also mean anger.) 40. Symbols used in Sacraments include: consecration with oil, immersion in water, and laying on of hands. 41. The four nature symbols are: darkness, light, water, and fire. 42. There are four parts to the Mass: Introductory Rite, Liturgy of the Word (readings), Liturgy of the Eucharist (when consecration of the bread and wine occurs), and the Concluding Rite. 43. Every daily Mass has two readings (Old Testament and Gospel readings.) 44. Every Sunday Mass has at least three readings (usually adding a reading from the letters of St. Paul to the Philippians, Galatians, Colossians…) 45. There are three degrees of ordination: deacon, priest and bishop. 46. A deacon may preside at a Baptism or witness a wedding. 47. A priest may also say Mass/Eucharist, hear confessions, and provide the Anointing of the Sick. 48. The bishop may also offer the Sacraments of Confirmation and Holy Orders. 49. The pope is the bishop of Rome, he doesn’t receive another degree of holy orders. (He is still a bishop.) 50. A diocese is a geographical area presided over by a bishop. 51. No sin is greater than God’s mercy (all sins can be forgiven) as long as we are truly sorry and seek forgiveness. 52. The Sacrament of Reconciliation may also be called Confession or Penance. 53. The primary effect of Baptism (the most important thing that happens) is the forgiveness of Original Sin. 54. In an emergency, anyone can baptize someone if they use water and say “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 55. Since Christians are people who are followers of Christ, then Catholics are Christians. 56. Prayers of Petition - asking for prayers for your needs 57. Prayers of Intercession - asking for help for someone else 58. Adoration - a form of prayer during which the consecrated Eucharist is displayed in a monstrance for worship by the faithful. 59. Without free will, love would not exist. (You can’t force someone to love you, it must be freely chosen. We must freely choose to have a relationship with God). 60. The combined teaching of the Church in both Scripture AND tradition is called the Deposit of Faith. 61. To help you get ready for matrimony, the Catholic Church offers you these tools: Pre-Cana retreat, meetings with the priest and the FOCCUS test. 62. The small container that holds the Eucharist as you take it to someone sick in the hospital is called a pyx (pronounced pix). 63. Viaticum is the name for the final Eucharist given to a dying person. It is “food for the journey” to heaven. 64. The three persons of the Trinity are “of the same substance” because God is one, therefore we say they are consubstantial. 65. The actual transformation of the substance of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Jesus is called transubstantiation. 66. Revelation- the ways God has made Himself known to human beings. 67. The teaching office of the Church made up of the pope and the bishops is called the Magisterium. 68. The first day of Lent is called Ash Wednesday. 69. The Catholic Church teaches that Jesus is really present in the Eucharist, with His body, blood, soul and divinity. 70. Be able to identify a Scripture citation: John 3:16 John is the book, the chapter is 3, the verse is 16. 71. God created us in His image and likeness.  Image=we have free will, reason and intellect, we are always worthy of love Likeness= the ability to choose what is right 72. Apostolic Succession refers to the blessing and power given to the Apostles by Jesus which allows the priests to transform the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Jesus. This has been passed down from the Apostles to Catholic priests today. 73. Sin entered the world through human beings misuse of the gift of free will. God didn’t create evil, humans have the ability to choose God/good or reject God. 74. The Gospels are the books in the Bible that tell of the events in Jesus’ life. 75. The Virgin Mary became pregnant with Jesus in a mystical way by the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit. 76. Jesus is the second person of the Blessed Trinity. 77. The Pope is the bishop of Rome. 78. Upon the death of a pope, the Cardinals come to Rome to vote for a new pope. 79. The world knows a new pope has been elected when white smoke is seen from the chimney. 80. The name of our current pope is Pope Francis.