Intro to Bible Quiz 9-10-15

Question 1

When did St. Augustine live?

Answer 1

354-430 A.D.

Question 2

What was important about about St. Augustine?

Answer 2

• One of the most important Christian theologians and writers of all time
• Author of “Confessions” and “City of God”

Question 3

Where was St. Augustine born?

Answer 3

• Tagaste, in northern Africa in 354 A.D.

Question 4

Describe St. Augustine’s parents.

Answer 4

• Monica and Patricius
• Monica was a christian, Patricius was not
• Patricius was an official of the town

Question 5

Where did Augustine go to college?

Answer 5

• gifted student

- went to carthage(large city in north Africa) to study

Question 6

Describe Augustine’s life in Carthage?

Answer 6

• had a rather wild life

Question 7

Who did Augustine live with?

Answer 7

• a woman who bore him a son named Adeodatus meaning “Given by God”

Question 8

What is a Manichaen?

Answer 8

• believe that all matter is corrupt and evil

- Augustine was this

Question 9

Who was St. Augustine influenced positively by?

Answer 9

• St. Ambrose of Milan and his mother

Question 10

Where did Augustine go to open a school?

Answer 10

• Rome (rhetoric school)

Question 11

What caused Augustine to think of Christianity again?

Answer 11

• when he read a biography of St. Anthony the hermit

Question 12

Where did St. Augustine return to after thinking of Christianity?

Answer 12

• Africa and the city of Hippo

Question 13

What happened when he returned to the city of Hippo?

Answer 13

• became Bishop of Hippo even though he wasn’t a priest

Question 14

What did Augustine write against?

Answer 14

• Pelagianism

Question 15

What wrirtings is Augustine famous for?

Answer 15

• “Confessions”

Question 16

What story does Augustine tell through “Confessions”?

Answer 16

• he story of his journey in faith and his adventures along the way

Question 17

What is “Confessions” considered as?

Answer 17

• the first major autobiography

Question 18

What other works did Augustine write?

Answer 18

• a book titled the ‘City of God’ along with major works of theology

Question 19

When was JC born?

Answer 19

• January 8, 1735 in Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Question 20

When did JC die?

Answer 20

• December 3, 1815 in Baltimore

Question 21

Where did JC study?

Answer 21

• St. Omer France with his cousin Charles

Question 22

What order did JC join?

Answer 22

• became a priest, a member of the Jesuit order

Question 23

Why did JC stop traveling around Europe and teaching in universities?

Answer 23

• Jesuits were suppressed

Question 24

What did JC do at the age of 40?

Answer 24

• returned to Rock Creek, Maryland

- served the spiritual needs of the local people by establishing a church there (St. John’s)

Question 25

What was JC asked to do in 1776?

Answer 25

- join Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Chase and his cousin Charles Carroll on a diplomatic mission to Canada for support of the colonies rebellion against England

Question 26

What did Father Carroll do in 1782?

Answer 26

- wrote to the pope requesting a superior of all U.S. clergy, asking the pope not to appoint a bishop because of anti-Catholic feeling among the local Protestants - father carroll was appointed superior of all U.S. clergy

Question 27

What did JC write to the pope about?

Answer 27

- requested that the U.S. clergy be permitted to elect their own bishop - JC was elected bishop in 1789

Question 28

What did the diocese of Baltimore include?

Answer 28

- all 13 colonies

Question 29

What seminary did JC establish?

Answer 29

- St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore for training priests

Question 30

What college did Bishop Carroll help to develop?

Answer 30

- Georgetown College (later University) in 1789

Question 31

When did the diocese double in size?

Answer 31

- In 1803 when President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory - JC arranged for four more dioceses to be created

Question 32

Why did JC work with an architect? Who was this architect?

Answer 32

- Benjamin Latrobe | - worked with him to construct the Basilica of the Assumption in Baltimore

Question 33

Where is JC buried?

Answer 33

- in the Basilica of the Assumption in Baltimore along with most of his successor bishops and Archbishops of Baltimore

Question 34

Who did JC encourage to found a school?

Answer 34

- Elizabeth Anne Seton | - encouraged her to found a school for girls in Baltimore in 1803

Question 35

What was important about JC's brother Daniel?

Answer 35

- he was a signer of the Constitution of the United States

Question 36

What was important about JC's cousin Charles?

Answer 36

- he was a signer of the declaration of independence

Question 37

What does one source refer to Charles Carroll as?

Answer 37

- the wealthiest man in the colonies

Question 38

Where did JC and George Washington earn their honorary degrees?

Answer 38

- in 1785 at the second annual commencement of Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland

Question 39

What do JC's writings primarily consist of?

Answer 39

- letters and documents of an administrative nature