Newnew Flashcards
(100 cards)
1
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The year that Jesus died?
A
33
2
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When the Nero persecution begins?
A
64
3
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70 AD?
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Temple destroyed
4
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Climax of persecution with Diocletian?
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303
5
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313?
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Edict of Milan
6
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Council of Nicaea (Arian Heresy)?
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325
7
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800?
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Charlemagne crowned king
8
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Great Schism?
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1054
9
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476-1500?
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Middle Ages
10
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1789?
A
French Revolution
11
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1799?
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Napoleon takes power
12
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1914-1918?
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WWI
13
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1939-1945?
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WWII
14
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1942-1965?
A
Vatican II
15
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4th and 5th century?
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Heresies
16
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11th-13th centuries?
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Crusades
17
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14th-17th century?
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Renaissance
18
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5th Century (410-493)?
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Fall of Rome
19
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9th century?
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Rise of monasticism, division between Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism, Charlemagne rises in power
20
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4th-11th century?
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Conversion of barbarian tribes
21
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13th century?
A
Mendicant orders
22
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14th century?
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1) Black Plague, 2) Start of 100 Years War, 3) Western Schism
23
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16th century?
A
Reformation
24
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17th-18th centuries?
A
Age of Enlightenment
25
19th century?
Industrial Revolution + Nationalism
26
20th Century?
WWI, WWII, Vatican II
27
What were the two main objectives that the Crusaders had?
a. To fend off Turkish (Muslim) expansion into Byzantium
b. To free the Holy Land for safe pilgrimage + worship of sacred sites
28
The Inquisition was an ecclesiastical tribunal established by Pope Gregory IX in 1231 for the detection and purging of what?
Heresy
29
Luther’s original problem with the Church was with what?
Indulgences
30
Has the Church insisted that Luther was wrong in everything he said? (Yes, No)
No
31
Were Luther’s solutions to the problems he saw within the Church good ones? (Yes, No)
No
32
The Protestant Reformation ushered in four heresies, four tenets of the Reformation. Name them and what they mean:
a. Sola Fide: Faith alone for salvation
b. Sola Scriptura: Scripture alone for truth
c. Sola Gratia: Grace alone for eternal life
d. Solo Christo: Christ must be the sole content of faith + Scripture
33
What was one of the books that Martin Luther wanted to throw out of “his” Bible because it opposed his view about works involved in salvation?
James
34
The idea that some people are chosen by God to be saved; more are chosen by God to be damned is called what? Who is the founder of this heretical thought?
Predestination; John Calvin
35
The martyr who was held in the Tower of London for a year before Henry VIII beheaded him was whom?
St. Thomas More
36
Along with some new Orders, what provided true reform for the Church after the Reformation?
The Council of Trent
37
Be familiar with 3-4 Catholic reformers we learned about (audio podcast or slides).
Notable Catholic reformers include:
• St. Ignatius of Loyola (founder of the Jesuits)
• St. Teresa of Ávila (reformed the Carmelite Order)
• St. Philip Neri (founded the Oratorians)
• St. Charles Borromeo (implemented reforms from the Council of Trent)
38
Who was given the task of writing the Catechism after this event?
St. Peter Canisius
39
Who was the most effective missionary of her day, causing the number of new converts to match or exceed the number of Protestants who left the faith after the Reformation?
Our Lady of Guadalupe
40
A post-Reformation great mystic, founder of the Discalced Carmelites, and Doctor of the Church was whom?
St. Teresa of Ávila
41
Who was the founder of the Jesuits? What is another name for this order?
St. Ignatius of Loyola; Society of Jesus
42
Who did the Christian navy fight against?
Muslim Turks
43
Who won the battle?
Christians (due to the power of the Rosary)
44
The Crusades were a series of eight expensive military expeditions that the Christian people undertook as an action in the Holy Land against Muslim expansion. Name the 2 Mendicant Orders that emerged out of the High Middle Ages?
a. Franciscans
b. Dominicans
45
Name 2 saints we learned about who received the stigmata?
a. St. Catherine of Siena
b. St. Francis of Assisi
46
Who fought in the Hundred Years War?
a. England
b. France
c. Which saint turned the tide of this war in the favor of France? St. Joan of Arc
47
A church serving the secular government is called what?
Gallican Church
48
List 4 women who have the title of Doctor of the Church?
a. St. Catherine of Siena
b. St. Teresa of Ávila
c. St. Thérèse of Lisieux
d. St. Hildegard of Bingen
49
Where has the Church seen the greatest growth in the 20th century? (What continent?)
Africa
50
Which century was the bloodiest in human history thus far?
20th
51
There are two Catholic Churches in China today. Name them. Identify the one which is united with the papacy in Rome?
a. Patriotic Church
b. Underground Church (this one is united with the papacy in Rome)
52
In 1854, Pope Pius XII elevated a Marian doctrine into a dogma, a truth that Catholics must believe. What was the dogma regarding?
Assumption of Mary
53
Before the French Revolution in France: a. Who was in the First Estate? b. Who formed the Second Estate and how did they worsen France’s economic woes? c. The Third Estate represented about 97% of the population and was made up of two classes of people?
a. Clergy
b. Nobility – they exempt themselves from taxes
c. i. Commoners
ii. Bourgeoisie
54
Name the two groups of people who refused to pay for taxes in the Old Regime before the Revolution?
a. Nobility (2nd Estate)
b. Bourgeoisie
55
The French Revolution was launched with the mob attack on the _____ on July 14, 1789?
Bastille
56
The martyrdom of 16 nuns from the Reign of Terror was the _____. Order had a big impact on ending the _____ of _____?
Guillotine; Reign of Terror
57
French underground priest who founded the Society of Mary and the Marianists was whom?
William Chaminade
58
The cure who restored the faith to Ars after it suffered following the French Revolution was whom?
St. John Vianney
59
The French emperor who is credited in textbooks for ending the French Revolution was whom?
Napoleon
60
Why did Napoleon take the crown from Pope Pius VII and crown himself?
To show that the authority came from himself and not the Pope
61
What caused the Fall of Napoleon?
The unsuccessful invasion of Russia
62
He declared himself to be “the slave to the Negroes forever”?
St. Peter Claver (in the country of Rwanda)
63
When the devil sees growth in the Church, he attacks. The African experience of genocide?
Tutsi
64
Give 2 spiritual lessons you can learn from the Rosary from Immaculate?
a. Power of the Rosary
b. Power of forgiveness
65
The totalitarian system that formed after WWI was the Soviet regime?
Communism
66
The first 2 leaders of the Soviet regime were?
a. Lenin
b. Stalin
67
The vast system of Siberian prison camps was known as the _____?
Gulag
68
What were the three children’s names to whom Mary appeared in Fatima, Portugal?
a. Lucia
b. Francisco
c. Jacinta
69
The Blessed Mother asked the three children to pray the Rosary for what intentions?
a. World peace
b. End of the war (WWI)
c. Conversion of sinners
d. Conversion of Russia
70
Name the Allied Powers from World War II?
a. Britain
b. France
c. Poland
d. Russia/Soviet Union
e. United States
f. China
71
Name the Axis Powers from World War II?
a. Japan
b. Italy
c. Germany
72
The naval base that was attacked that caused the US to get involved in World War II was what?
Pearl Harbor
73
The leader of the Nazi regime was whom?
Adolf Hitler
74
The eight German _____ (Order of priests) missionaries who were praying the _____ when the atomic bomb went off in _____? They did not experience radiation sickness, loss of hearing, or any other long term defects or maladies as they claimed they were living the message of _____?
Jesuits; Rosary; Hiroshima; Fatima
75
The chief rabbi of Rome converted to Catholicism after World War II and took the baptismal name of _____ due to the brave actions of whom during the war?
Eugene; Israel Zolli
76
The mass execution of 6 million Jews by Hitler was known as the _____?
Holocaust
77
A Catholic martyr during the Nazi persecution who gave his life so a father of children could live was _____?
Maximilian Kolbe
78
The Catholics who fought against their government during the persecution and reign of Calles were called what?
Cristeros (in Mexico and Spain)
79
The Freemasons were connected to the persecutions of the Church in _____?
Mexico and Spain
80
Name the young boy who recently became canonized. He was a martyr during the Mexican persecution?
St. José Luis Sánchez del Río
81
The 20th century witnessed the rise and fall of four vicious totalitarian systems: socialism, communism, fascism, and Nazism. Write down which form of totalitarianism each of the following countries fell victim to?
a. Italy fell victim to Fascism
b. Germany fell victim to Nazism
c. Soviet Union and China fell victim to Communism
d. Mexico fell victim to Socialism
82
Which decade in history brought an anti-authority spirit of rebellion, especially among the youth?
1960s
83
Through the encyclical _____, Pope _____ prophetically warned of an even broader breakdown of morality if the Church’s teaching on contraception were ignored. Has his prophecy come true? (Yes/No)
Humanae Vitae; Paul VI; Yes
84
The Novus Ordo Mass began after which Council?
Vatican II
85
The Novus Ordo Mass is when the Mass is proclaimed in _____
86
The Novus Ordo Mass is when the Mass is proclaimed in _____ (common language)?
Vernacular
87
The first American saint to be canonized was _____?
St. Francis Xavier Cabrini
88
Which pope lived only one month after becoming pope? Who replaced him?
JPI (Pope John Paul I); JPI (Pope John Paul II)
89
What was Pope John Paul II’s name before becoming pope?
Cardinal Karol Wojtyła
90
What was the New Evangelization that Pope JPI ushered in?
Inviting the laity more into formerly Christian regions, notably Western Europe, into the Catholic Faith
91
Which mysteries of the Rosary were added during the pontificate of Pope John Paul II?
Luminous Mysteries
92
In Pope John Paul II’s pontificate, his Wednesday’s audiences were dedicated to the teaching of _____ of the _____?
Theology of the Body
93
Pope John Paul II consecrated _____ to the Immaculate Heart of Mary?
Russia
94
Which pope played a large role in the fall of communism in the East?
JPII (Pope John Paul II)
95
Which pope had a big influence on the youth?
JPII (Pope John Paul II)
96
Who are two of the most traveled popes in history of the Church?
a. Pope Paul VI
b. Pope JPII (Pope John Paul II)
97
Who resigned as pope during your lifetime?
Pope Benedict XVI
98
Our current pontiff is _____?
Pope Leo XIV
## Footnote
This is incorrect based on the current date of May 14, 2025. The current pope as of this date is Pope Francis, who has been in office since 2013.
99
What was his name before he became pope?
Cardinal Robert Prevo
## Footnote
Correction: Pope Francis’ name before becoming pope was Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio.
100
What country was he from?
USA (Chicago)
## Footnote
Correction: Pope Francis is from Argentina, not the USA.
