Cath test unit 6

Question 1

what in hinduism is like lent

Answer 1

the ascetically practices in hinduism is like lent

Question 2

the Catholic Church rejects what

Answer 2

nothing that is true and holy these religions

Question 3

Jesus died on the cross for everybody not just

Answer 3

jews or gentiles

Question 4

the church rejects

Answer 4

any actions of hatred or persecutions

Question 5

the church is against any discrimination based on

Answer 5

race, color, condition of life, or religion

Question 6

ecumenism means

Answer 6

the movement to restore unity among all christians; recognizing commonalities among different faiths

Question 7

what are the images of the church

Answer 7

the church as the people of god
the church as the body of christ
the church as the temple of the Holy Spirit

Question 8

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of what

Answer 8

lent

Question 9

lent is marked by what

Answer 9

praying fasting and abstaining

Question 10

can everyone receive ashes for lent on ash wendesday

Answer 10

yes everyone can receive ashes

Question 11

what was Pauls important role in the early church

Answer 11

St. Paul was important because he spread the gospel beyond Jerusalem. he also started new churches

Question 12

that was st. Pauls name before e he changed it to Paul

Answer 12

his name was Saul

Question 13

when did we start celebrating lent

Answer 13

lent began in 325 AD

Question 14

what is lent based on

Answer 14

lent is based on the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert

Question 15

what are our responsibilities during lent

Answer 15

pray, fast, and participate in almsgiving

Question 16

why do we receive ashes on ash Wednesday

Answer 16

we receive ashes as a way to mourn our sins

Question 17

what do the ashes represent

Answer 17

ashes represent humility

Question 18

why do we fast during lent

Answer 18

we fast as a way to symbolically imitate Jesus Christs 40 days of fasting in the desert.

Question 19

why do we abstain from meat on Fridays during lent

Answer 19

we don’t eat meet on Fridays because Jesus sacrificed his flesh for us on Good Friday

Question 20

why don’t we say alleluia during lent

Answer 20

we don’t say alleluia during lent because lent is a period of reparation and mourning

Question 21

how is Ash Wednesday determined

Answer 21

ash wednesday is always six weeks before easter

Question 22

how is easter determined

Answer 22

easter is the Sunday following the first full moon during lent

Question 23

why is the color of lent purple

Answer 23

the color of lent is purple because purple is traditionally associated with royalty and suffering which both describe Jesus

Question 24

Jesus left the material world but remained present to all people through the

Answer 24

Holy Spirit

Question 25

the acts of the apostles in the New Testament tells the story of

Answer 25

early Christian communities and how they spread from jerusalem

Question 26

ascension

Answer 26

the returning to heaven of the risen christ forty days after resurrection

Question 27

Holy Spirit

Answer 27

one of the three persons of the holy trinity along with the father and the son

Question 28

catholics believe that after death people can be

Answer 28

fully with god

Question 29

catholics believe that the presence of Jesus is

Answer 29

the presence of god, loving, perfect, and with no limits

Question 30

the coming of the Holy Spirit is called the

Answer 30

pentecost

Question 31

pentecost means

Answer 31

the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles, Mary, and the disciples gathered with them, empowering them to continue Jesus' mission

Question 32

after Peter preached about the pentecost how many jews got baptized

Answer 32

3,000

Question 33

the man most responsible for the spread of the gospel was

Answer 33

paul

Question 34

gentile means

Answer 34

a non jewish person

Question 35

assumption

Answer 35

the doctrine that recognizes that the body of Mary, the mother of Jesus was taken directly to heaven after he life on earth had ended

Question 36

denomination

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a group of churches or local congregations that are united by a common creed or shared faith under a single governing structure

Question 37

the pope

Answer 37

the name of the leader of the Catholic Church. he is the successor of saint Peter, the person christ appointed to lead the apostles

Question 38

hermit

Answer 38

a person who seeks to be closer to god by living alone, apart from the world

Question 39

monasticism

Answer 39

a way of life in which people seek holiness by living apart from the normal society, either living alone or in community

Question 40

saint perpetua

Answer 40

was a wife mother convert and martyr she lived in North Africa we know he through her diary which she kept through prison

Question 41

perpetual died at age

Answer 41

22 in the year of 202 AD

Question 42

saint Benedict and scholastica

Answer 42

were brother and sister they founded the monastic way of life in sixth century italy

Question 43

scholastica died

Answer 43

543 AD

Question 44

Benedict died

Answer 44

547 AD

Question 45

saints francis and Clare

Answer 45

they lived in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries

Question 46

saint francis

Answer 46

Francis was wealthy and was a soldier for a brief time Francises spiritual hungers eventually led him to big changes in his lifestyle he would wander around preaching he died in 1226

Question 47

saint clare

Answer 47

was inspired by Francis to start a similar movement of women. she died in 1253

Question 48

protestant reformation

Answer 48

the movement that began in the early sixteenth century and sought changes to the Catholic Church. it led to separate protestant denominations

Question 49

saints

Answer 49

a person trying to live the gospel of Jesus Christ especially those who have died and those who live in full union with god

Question 50

communion of saints

Answer 50

the spiritual union of all those who have been saved by the grace of god, those on earth and those who have died and are with god