Holy Orders Quiz

Question 1

What does “At the Service of Communion” mean?

Answer 1

-Serves the community (the church)

Question 2

Discernment

Answer 2

• To perceive differences between more than one option

- Process by which a man determines wether or not God is calling (vocation) him to the priesthood

Question 3

Seminary

Answer 3

-The place where the training of candidates for the priesthood takes place

Question 4

Ordinand

Answer 4

-A person receiving the Sacrament of Holy Orders at any level; episcopate, presbyterate, or diaconate

Question 5

Mandate

Answer 5

-An official appointment from the pope that says a certain priest has been chosen go be a bishop

Question 6

Nuncio

Answer 6

• An archbishop who acts as the official Vatican delegate for a nation
• also called the Apostolic Delegate

Question 7

Ordinary Bishop

Answer 7

• The name for the diocesan bishop

- The pastoral and legal representation of his diocese

Question 8

Stole

Answer 8

• A log, narrow band of fabric, like a scarf
• A deacon’s stole is worn diagonally from one shoulder
• A priests stole is worn straight from the shoulders

Question 9

Chasuble

Answer 9

• The outer vestment worn by a priest at liturgy
• Is color follows the liturgical seasons:
  
  • purple for Advent or lent
  • white for christmas, easter, and other feasts of Christ
  • red for Good Friday and Pentecost
  • green for Ordinary Time

Question 10

Dalmatic

Answer 10

• The outer liturgical vestment of a deacon

- It may also be worn by bishops under the chasuble and certain solemn liturgies

Question 11

Indifference

Answer 11

• Selflessness that is open to going wherever one is most needed and to doing whatever seems best
• God’s will takes precedence over an individual’s will

Question 12

Diocese

Answer 12

-A geographic section of the Church, made up of parishes, that is headed by a bishop

Question 13

Vicar

Answer 13

• One who serves as a substitute , an agent, or a representative of another
• Bishops are vicars of Christ; they take his place in the Church
• The pope is the Supreme Vicar of Christ

Question 14

Episcopal College

Answer 14

• The unity of all ordained bishops in the worldwide Church, in both the East and West
• The pope heads the episcopal college.

Question 15

Synod of Bishops

Answer 15

-A group of bishops, usually chosen throughout the world, who came together to advise the pope on certain issues

Question 16

Ecumenical Counsel

Answer 16

• An assembly of all (or most) bishops from throughout the world in union with the pope
• Such a council is the highest authority in the universal Church

Question 17

Infalibility

Answer 17

• The charism or gift of the Church offered by Christ whereby she is protected from error in matters of faith and morals
• The pope or an Ecumenical Council most exclusively exercises the gift

Question 18

Imprimatur

Answer 18

-A bishop’s approval to print a religion textbook because its contents agree with Church teaching

Question 19

Breviary

Answer 19

-A common name for a liturgical book from which priests pray the Liturgy of the Hours each day

Question 20

Graces of Holy Orders

Answer 20

1. Self-centeredness to God-centeredness
2. Duty to genuine love
3. Pleasure Driven to Kingdom Driven

Question 21

Functions of a Priest

Answer 21

1. To preach the Gospel to all
2. To sanctify the People of of God by providing the Eucharist and other sacraments
3. To govern the parish through pastoral ministry

Question 22

Names for the sacraments of Marriage and Holy Orders

Answer 22

• Commitment
• Vocation
• At the service of Communion

Question 23

Why women cannot be priests

Answer 23

• Christ chose 12 male apostles
  
  • Last Supper “do this in memory of me”
• Priest acts “in persona christi” (in person of christ)
  
  • “This is my body”—> Christ was male

Question 24

Celibacy

Answer 24

• Remaining unmarried
• Practical: an unmarried man is more free from family obligation to serve their parish community
• Spiritual: Closer imitation of the life of Christ who was also unmarried

Question 25

Pope Gregory VII

Answer 25

• 11th century

- Mandated celibacy for clergy

Question 26

Clergy

Answer 26

-Every ordained person (deacon, priest, bishop)