LEVEL: 1 - Novice [CATEGORY Holy Scripture] Flashcards
He is the father of the Jewish people.
Who is Abraham?
This book in the New Testament follows in sequence the four Gospels.
What is the Acts of the Apostles?
These are the four Evangelists.
Who are
1. Matthew
2. Mark
3. Luke
4. John?
This word in Hebrew means ‘man’.
What is Adam?
These are the two main parts of the Bible.
What are the Old Testament and the New Testament?
These are some other names for the Bible.
What are: Sacred Scripture, the Scriptures. or the Word of God?
This is the name for the place of happiness of the first man as recorded in the first two chapters of Genesis.
What is the Garden of Eden?
Also known as Holy Scripture or the Scriptures, it is the collection of the sacred books of the Jews and Christians.
What is the Bible?
This term describes the territory, ecclesiastical province of jurisdiction, governed by an archbishop.
What is an archdiocese?
He was the one who slew Abel.
Who is Cain?
This is the type of wood used to construct the ark.
What is gopherwood?
These small pitchers contain the wine and water which will be used during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
What are cruets?
This is a cup with a matching lid, used to hold the Body of Christ which will be given to communicants.
What is the ciborium?
This a piece of linen cloth on which rest the vessels holding the Sacred Species during Mass.
What is the corporal?
This is the dish upon which the Body of Jesus is placed.
What is the paten?
This is a small linen towel the priest uses to cleanse the sacred vessels.
What is the purificator?
This is the sacred cup in which the wine becomes the true Blood of Christ during the consecration.
What is the chalice?
This is a linen card about six inches square used to cover the chalice containing the Precious Blood.
What is the pall?
This was Abraham’s name before God changed it to Abraham.
Who is Abram?
This was his name before God changed it to Israel.
Who is Jacob?
This apostle kept the purse for the Apostles.
Who is Judas?
This king was the one who executed John the Baptist.
Who is King Herod (son of Herod the Great)?
This is the term used to describe the children murdered by King Herod the Great.
Who are the Holy Innocents?
This is the country to which Jesus, Mary and Joseph fled to avoid Herod.
What is Egypt?
These are the names customarily given to the three Wise Men.
Who are Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar?
These are the gifts of the three Wise Men.
What are gold, frankincense and myrrh.
This was the title given to the ancient kings of Egypt.
What is a Pharaoh?
This man knew he would live until he saw the Messiah.
Who is Simeon?
The gift of the Holy Spirit that enables one to be understood by others in whatever language one speaks.
What is the gift of tongues?
In the gospel by Matthew, Jesus says that we should forgive our brothers this many times.
What is seventy times seven?
Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, was stricken with this affliction prior to the birth of his son.
What is muteness?
This is another name for the Book of Revelation.
What is Apocalypse?
He was the husband of Salome, and father of James the Greater and John the Evangelist (Mt. 4).
Who is Zebedee?
This king of the Hebrew nation is considered the most important composer of the Psalms.
Who is David?
King Solomon, during his reign, built a grand temple for worship on the slope of this mountain.
What is Mount Moriah?
While in prison. Joseph interpreted the dreams of these two servants of the Pharaoh.
Who are the chief butler and baker?
This was the tenth and most devastating plague sent upon Egypt by God.
What is the death of the first born.
He was the greatest and last of the judges.
Who is Samuel?
This Moabite woman was admitted to the Davidic line.
Who is Ruth?
Samuel appointed this man the first king of Israel.
Who is Saul?
He was the brother of Moses and high priest of the old Law.
Who is Aaron?
The wife of Abraham gave birth to Isaac in her old age.
Who is Sara? (Gn. 21:2)
This high priest and king of Salem prefigured the Eternal High Priest, Jesus Christ, by his sacrifice of bread and wine.
Who is Melchisedech? (Gn. 14:18-20)
Abraham was commanded by God to sacrifice this son.
Who is Isaac? (Gn. 22:2)
This man gave his son Joseph a coat of many colors.
Who is Jacob? (Gen.37:3)
After killing an Egyptian who had struck an Israelite, this Old Testament figure fled to the land of Midian.
Who is Moses? (Ex. 2:11-15)
This king danced before the Lord.
Who is King David?
This was the son who came to his senses, after leaving home and squandering his inheritance.
Who is the Prodigal Son?
This man knew he would live until he saw the Messiah.
Who is St. Simeon?
In the Old Testament, this young son of Jacob was sent to Egypt as a ransom for the food which his brothers purchased from Joseph during the famine.
Who is Benjamin?
This saint was originally named Saul of Tarsus.
Who is St. Paul?
He was the son of Abraham and Sarah and the father of Esau and Jacob.
Who is Isaac?
He was solemnly commissioned to succeed Moses.
Who is Joshua or Josue?
Shadrach Meshach and Abednego were sentenced to burn to death in a furnace. They came out of the furnace and weren’t harmed at all. This king had sentenced them to die.
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
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He is the son of Adam and Eve who murdered his brother out of jealousy.
Who is Cain?
Sacred enclosure which housed the tablets upon which were inscribed the Ten Commandments.
What is the Ark of the Covenant?
This woman called Jesus to her home by saying, “The man you love is sick.”
Who is St. Martha?
This apostle was a fisherman; he followed Our Lord up the mountain to the Transfiguration; he was present when Jesus brought the dead girl to life; and was near Jesus when He suffered His agony. He had a fierce temper and was called the son of thunder.
Who is St. James the Greater?
One of the three main religious parties in Palestine - a priestly group who were the “ultraconservatives”
in religious matters.
Who are the Sadducces?
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The man who offered his own burial spot for the body of Our Lord.
Who is Joseph of Arimathea?
Jesus told this person, “Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.”
Who is St. Martha?
Mary Magdalen poured this on Jesus’ head, a few days before He was put to death.
What is expensive perfume? (Mk 14:3-4)
This is the upper room in Jerusalem where the Last Supper was celebrated and where the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles and Our Lady.
What is the cenacle?
At the first Passover, the Angel of Death passed houses that were marked with this.
What is the lamb’s blood?
This king of Babylon made people worship a golden image.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
He was responsible for sentencing Jesus to crucifixion.
Who is Pontius Pilate?
This brother of Martha and Mary was brought back to life by Jesus.
Who is Lazarus?
