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KNIGHTS OF
COLIMBUS
LOUISIANA
STATE COUNCIL
2006/2007
RELIGION CONTEST
THIS
CONTEST IS OPENED TO ALL KNIGHTS, THEIR FAMILIES
AND HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENT WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF BISHOPS,
PRIESTS, DEACONS AND RELIGIOUS
01 Q What are the 10 commandments?
A 01 = I am the Lord your God:
you shall not have strange gods
before me.
02 = You shall not take the
name of the Lord your God in vain.
03 = Remember to keep holy
the Lord’s Day.
04 = Honor you father and
your mother.
05 = You shall not kill.
06 = You shall not commit
adultery.
07 = You shall not steal.
08 = You shall not bear
false witness against your neighbor.
09 = You shall not covet
your neighbor’s wife.
10 = You shall not covet
your neighbor’s goods.
02 Q What are the 5 precepts of the
Church?
A 01 = You shall attend Mass on
Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation.
02 = You shall confess your
sins at least once a year.
03 = You shall receive the
sacrament of the Eucharist at least during
the Easter season.
04 = You shall observe the
days of fasting and abstinence established
by the Church.
05 = You shall help to
provide for the needs of the Church.
03 Q What are the Holy Days of
Obligation?
A Solemnity of Mary = The
Ascension = All Saints Day =
The Assumption, Immaculate
Conception and Birth of our Lord
04 Q What are the three theological
virtues?
A Faith, Hope and Charity
05 Q What are the seven gifts of the
Holy Spirit?
A Wisdom, understanding,
council, fortitude, knowledge, pity and fear
of the Lord
06 Q What are the marks of the
Church?
A It is one, holy, catholic and
apostolic.
07 Q What are the twelve fruits of
the Holy Spirit?
A They are charity, joy, peace,
patience, benignity, goodness,
long-suffering, mildness,
faith, modesty, continence, and chastity.
08 Q What are the two great
commandments that contain the whole law
of God?
A The first is thou shall love
the Lord thy God with thy whole heart,
with thy whole soul, with
thy whole mind, and with thy whole
strength.
The second is thou shall
love thy neighbor as thyself.
09 Q How many sacraments are there?
Name them.
A There are seven sacraments:
Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Eucharist,
Penance,
Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders and Matrimony.
10 Q What are the chief spiritual
works of mercy?
A To admonish the sinner, To
council the doubtful, To instruct the
ignorant, To comfort the
sorrowful, To bear wrong patiently and
To forgive all injuries.
11 Q Why do we need the sacrament of
Reconcillation?
A Because the sinners wounds
God’s honor and love, his own human
dignity and the spiritual
well-being of the Church.
12 Q Why is the Eucharist a sacrament
of unity?
A Because it is meant to unite
the family more closely each day with God
and with another.
13 Q What should the sinner be aware
of when seeking forgiveness from
God?
A The suffering and death on the
cross which Christ endured to destroy
the effects of sin.
The power of grace which is
greater than that of sin and the
superabundant love of God
which restores the penitent and draws
him towards
salvation.
14 Q Who were the Holy Innocents?
A They were the martyred boys
under two years of age, whom King
Herod ordered to be
massacred. It was an attempt by Herod to kill
the Babe of Bethlehem, who
he feared would usurp his kingship.
15 Q What do we mean by perpetual
adoration?
A It is prayer before the
Blessed Sacrament either reserved in the
tabernacle or exposed in a
monstrance, continued by successive
worshippers day and night
without intermission.
16 Q What are the three titles of the
Pope?
A He is Pope,“Head of the
Universal Church = He is the Bishop,
“Of Rome” and He is Head of
State, “Vatican City”
17 Q What are the Synoptic Gospel and
why are they called Synoptic?
Matthew = Mark = and Luke
A They are so named because they
follow the same general plan and
reflect great similarity in
the events related and even in literary
expression.
18 Q What is Bodily Resurrection?
A It is the universal return to
life of all human beings, to occur soon
before the last judgment by
God’s almighty power. Each individual
soul will be reunited with
the self same body with which it was united
on earth.
19 Q What three things are necessary
to make a sin mortal?
A First, the thought, desire,
word, action or omission must be seriously
wrong.
Second, the sinner must be
mindful of the serious wrong.
Third, the sinner must fully
consent to it.
20 Q Who founded the Church and why?
A Jesus Christ founded the
Church just before His ascension, when He
commissioned the apostles to
make disciples of all nations. He
founded the Church in order
to bring all people to eternal salvation.
21 Q What is meant by the authority
of the Catholic Church?
A That the Pope and the bishops
as lawful successor of the apostles,
have the power from Christ
Himself to teach, to sanctify, and to
govern the faithful in
spiritual matters.
22 Q What do we mean by the Church
Militant, the Church Suffering and
the Church Triumphant?
A The Church Militant is the
Church on earth, still struggling with sin
and temptation, and
therefore engaged in warfare with the world,
the flesh and the devil.
The Church Suffering is the
Church of all the faithful departed who
are saved but are still
being purified in purgatorial sufferings.
The Church Triumphant is the
Church of those in heavenly glory who
have triumphed over their
evil inclinations, the seductions of the
world, and the temptations
of the evil spirit.
23 Q How should we assist at Mass?
A We should assist at Mass with
reverence, attention, devotion, uniting
with the priest in offering
the Holy Sacrifice and receiving
Holy Communion.
24 Q Why do we pray?
A We pray to adore God,
expressing to Him our love and loyalty.
To thank him for His favors.
To obtain from him the
pardon of our sins and the remission of their
punishment, and to ask for
graces and blessings for ourselves and
others.
25 Q What is due to the real presence
of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament
reserved?
A Gratitude, adoration and
devotion are due to the real presence of
Christ in the Blessed
Sacrament reserved. It is a powerful help to
prayer and service of
ourselves and others.
26 Q What is a Pieta?
A A general term applied to
representation of the dead Christ in art.
27 Q What is Homiletics?
A It is the branch of
theological studies that treats of the composition
and delivery of sermons,
homilies and other religious discourses
and instruction to the
faithful. It is required of all those who have
prepared for the priesthood
and the permanent diaconate.
28 Q What is the forgotten sin?
A Those grave sins which a
person would have confessed in the
sacrament of penance but
sincerely forgot. They are forgiven
with whatever sins are
confessed, with the provision that, should
they later be remembered,
they are then mentioned in a later
confession as having been
inadvertently forgotten.`
29 Q What is a Cathedral?
A The official church of a
bishop, where his permanent Episcopal
throne is erected. It is
the mother church of a diocese and its
clergy have precedence.
The cathedral must be
consecrated, and the date of consecration
and the date of its titular
feast must be observed.
30 Q What is Positive Theology?
A It is that part of theology
which seeks to establish the truth of the
Church’s teaching from the
evidence of Scripture, tradition, and the
analogy of faith, for
example, consistency with the whole body of
Catholic doctrine.
31 Q What are the corporal works of
mercy?
A To feed the hungry = to give
drink to the thirsty = to clothe the naked =
to shelter the homeless = to
visit the sick = to visit those in prison =
to bury the dead.
32 Q What do we mean by the Virgin
Birth?
A It is a popular expression for
Christ’s conception and birth of
a unique mother, Mary.
Taught by all the creeds of Christendom,
it is an article of faith
and a basic norm of Christian orthodoxy.
33 Q What is a vow of Chastity?
A The vow by which a person
freely gives up the right to marriage, and
adds the obligation of the
virtue of religion to the duty of abstaining
from all voluntary
indulgence of sexual pleasure.
34 Q Why does the priest wash the
feet of people on Holy Thursday?
A Because it was an action of
Christ at the Last Supper when he washed
the feet of the his
disciples to teach them humility as a condition for
the practice of charity.
35 Q What is a Tiara?
A A Tiara is the papal crown,
which is a tall headdress of gold cloth
ornamented with precious
stones, encircled with three coronets and
surmounted by a cross. The
first circlet symbolizes the Pope’s
universal episcopate; the
second, his primacy of jurisdiction; and
the third, is temporal
influence.
36 Q What is a Sacristy?
A It is a room attached to a
church, usually near the altar, where the
clergy vest for
ecclesiastical functions. The sacristy affords storage
for sacred vessels,
vestments, and other articles needed for
liturgical use.
37 Q What is the Rite of Peace?
A it is the sign of peace
offered at Mass. After the priest has prayed
for peace and unity in the
Church, the people are asked to express
their love for one another
before they share the Eucharist.
38 Q What is Moral Order?
A It is the proper direction of
human actions to a person’s ultimate end,
namely the eternal destiny.
39 Q What is Morality in Media?
A It is the concern of dedicated
citizens organized in certain countries
like the United States to
prevent by legal means the use of the media
from morally perverting the
press, movie, radio and television
audience.
40 Q What does the word Morality
means?
A It means the relation between
a human act and the final destiny of a
human being. It is the norm
of behavior that flows from each
person’s ultimate end, which
is the possession of God in the beatific
vision.
41 Q What are the chief effects of
Sanctifying Grace?
A The chief effects are: It
makes us holy and pleasing to God.
It makes us adopted children
of God. It makes us temples of the
Holy Spirit and it gives us
the right heaven.
42 Q Why do we address God as “Our
Father who art in heaven”?
A Because we belong to Him, our
loving Father, who created us and
watches over us, who adopts
us through sanctifying grace as His
children, and who destines
us to live forever with Him in heaven,
our true home.
43 Q What does the community of faith
owes the Pope and bishops?
A The community of faith owes
the Pope and bishops respect and
obedience, for in exercising
his office of father and pastor, a bishop
should stand as one who
serves.
44 Q What does the word
“Transubstantiation” mean?
A Transubstantiation means that
Christ himself, true God and
true Man, is really and
substantially present, in a mysterious way,
under the appearances of
bread and wine.
45 Q What is the wish of the church
concerning devotion to Mary?
A She urges that special
veneration be given to Mary, due to her as
Mother of Christ, Mother of
the Church and our spiritual Mother.
This veneration is to be
taught by word and example.
46 Q What are the three types of
Baptism?
A Baptism of Water – the water
used for the administration of
the Sacrament of baptism.
Baptism of Blood – martyrdom
in the case of a person who died
for the Christian faith
before he or she could receive the sacrament.
Baptism of Desire – the
equivalent of sacramental baptism of water,
which in God’s providence is
sufficient to enable a person to obtain
the state of grace and to
save his or her soul.
47 Q What is the Roman Ritual?
A It is the book containing the
prayers and ceremonies to be used by
bishops, priests and deacons
in the sacred liturgy.
48 Q Define Beatitudes?
A Beatitudes are the promise of
happiness made by Christ to faithfully
accept his teaching and
follow his divine example.
49 Q How many books are there in the
Catholic Bible? How many in the
Old Testament? How many in
the New Testament?
A 73 books in the Catholic
Bible 46 in Old Testament
27 in New Testament
50 Q What are the seven capital Sins?
A Pride = avarice = lust = envy
= gluttony = anger and sloth.
51 Q What are the seven Capital
Virtues?
A Humility = pride = liberality
= chastity = meekness = temperance =
brotherly love and
diligence.
52 Q What is a Deanery?
A It is a subdivision of a
diocese, consisting of a number of parishes,
over which presides a dean
appointed by a bishop. The duty of the
dean is to watch over the
clergy of the deanery, to see that they fulfill
the orders of the bishop, and
observe the liturgical and canon law.
53 Q Can a marriage be done by proxy?
A Yes it is permissible provided
that an agent substitute for one of the
parties and that agent has
authentic written credentials signed by the
absentee and the parish
priest where the commission was given, or by
two reliable witnesses.
54 Q What is a May Crowing?
A It is a solemn procession,
during the month of May, at the close of
which a statue of the
Blessed Virgin is crowned with a garland
of roses or other
appropriate ornament.
55 Q What is Religious Indifference?
A Is an attitude that all
religion are equally good and equally capable of
leading a person to his or
her eternal destiny. In its most extreme
form the theory that there
is no one form of religious belief, divine
worship, or moral behavior
that has been revealed by God.
56 Q Who is the patroness of the
United States?
Who is patron of the
Universal Church?
A Mary, the Immaculate
Conception is patroness of the United States
Saint Joseph is the patron
saint of the Universal Church
57. Q What is the Power of
Jurisdiction?
A It is the moral right to
govern the faithful in the Catholic Church.
Also called the power of
ruling, which, by divine institution, belongs
to the Church founded by
Christ. It includes jurisdiction in the
external forum (publicly
known) and the internal forum (private
matters of conscience),
whether sacramental or non-sacramental.
58. Q What is Internal Grace?
A It is the supernatural life,
infused virtues and divine inspirations that
directly affect the human
soul and elevate its being and activities to a
share in the life of God.
It is called internal to be distinguished from
external grace that is not
inherently supernatural.
59. Q What does General Examen mean?
A It is a prayerful daily
periodic examination of one’s conscience to
determine what faults have
been committed, which call for
repentance and what good
actions were performed, for which God
should be thanked.
60 Q What does the word Ex Cathedra
mean?
A It is a term commonly applied
to the special and explicit exercise of
papal infallibility. When
the Pope speaks from the chair (cathedra)
of authority, as visible head
of all Christians, his teaching is not
dependant on the consent of
the Church and is irreformable.
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