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So – You Think You Know Your Faith? Catholic Quiz

1. The Catholic teaches that non-Catholics will not go to Heaven. a. True b. False

2. What is the term for the change of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of during the Mass? a. Sacramentalization b. Consubstantiation c. Transubstantiation d. Transformation

3. The feast of the refers to whose conception? a. The Angels b. c. The Mary d. Eve

4. Where do souls who are still in need of purification from minor sins go after death? a. b. Heaven c. Purgatory d. Hell

5. Which of these maintained that Christ was not truly God? a. Sabellianism b. c. Gnosticism d.

6. The (AD 431) gave Mary the title of , which means: a. Immaculate Virgin b. Mother of the Church c. Queen of Heaven d. God-Bearer

7. What does “Catholic” mean? a. Revealed b. Universal c. Ancient d. Apostolic

8. According to the Church, contraception is allowed in a marriage but not for singles. a. True b. False

9. Married men are allowed to be ordained as priests in some Rites of the . a. True b. False

10. What is the term for the belief that God created the universe from nothing? a. Sola Scriptura b. Nihil Obstat c ) Sola Fide d. Ex Nihilo

11. Infallibility means that the cannot make mistakes. a. True b. False

12. Purgatory is a second chance at for those who did not die in a state of grace. a. True b. False

13. The Catholic Church teaches that elective Abortion is allowed only if: a. the mother’s life is in danger b. in cases of rape c. the mother is unmarried d. never

14. Name the Four : a. ______b. ______c. ______d. ______

15. An Annulment or ‘Declaration of Nullity’ is the Catholic equivalent of a divorce. a. True b. False

16. The Catholic Church teaches that Jesus will come to rescue all believers before the coming Tribulation in an event known as “The Rapture”. a. True b. False

17. How many are there? a. Three b. Nine c. Five d. Seven

18. From where do we get the teachings of our Faith? a. The Pope Only b. The Scriptures c. The led by the Pope, the Scriptures and Tradition d. The Magisterium led by the Pope and

19. What miracle did Jesus perform only because His Mother asked Him to? a. Turning water into wine at a wedding feast b. Walking on water c. Healing a blind man d. The multiplication of the loaves and fishes

20. Jesus said He would give Peter "the keys" to the Kingdom of Heaven. What did keys symbolize in the Jewish religion Peter had faithfully practiced? a. Faith b. Repentance c. Salvation d. Authority

21. The Catholic Church added 7 Books to the that are not in Protestant . a. True b. False

22. Who is in the Communion of ? a. Only those who are already in heaven b. Those who are in purgatory and those who are in heaven c. The faithful on earth, the souls in purgatory and the souls in heaven d. The Senate and the House of Representatives

23. The Church is made up of: The Church Triumphant (those in heaven), The Church Suffering (those in Purgatory) and those who are alive on earth, who are called the . . . a. Church Living b. Church Militant c. Church Existing d. Church Earthly

24. We are saved by - a. Faith alone b. Good works c. God’s Grace

25. Catholics are only allowed to worship statues of Jesus but nobody else. a. True b. False

Answer Key

1. b. False 2. c. Transubstantiation 3. c. The Virgin Mary 4. c. Purgatory 5. b. Arianism 6. d. God-Bearer 7. b. Universal 8. b. False 9. a. True 10. d. Ex Nihilo 11. b. False (The pope is only infallible in matters of teaching faith and morals) 12. b. False 13. d. Is always wrong 14. One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic 15. b. False (a Declaration of Nullity declares that a sacramental marriage never took place) 16. b. False (The Church teaches that Christ will come only ONCE more – at the end of time) 17. d. Seven 18. c. The Magisterium led by the Pope, the Scriptures and Sacred Tradition 19. a. Turning water into wine at a wedding feast 20. d. Authority 21. b. False 22. c. The faithful on earth, the souls in purgatory and the souls in heaven 23. b. The Church Militant 24. c. The grace of God saves us 25. b. False