LEVEL: 3 - Senior [CATEGORY: Practice, Prayer, Custom & Culture] Flashcards
This is the act of resigning or renouncing.
What is abdication?
This is the liturgical book containing the Divine Office assigned to the canonical hours, which must be recited by all persons in holy orders and by men and women religious who have professed solemn vows.
What is the breviary? (Liturgy of the Hours).
This is the ceremony and prayer by which an authorized cleric sanctifies persons or things or invokes God’s favour upon them.
What is a blessing?
This is the name used to describe a person possessed by the devil.
What is energumen (or demoniac)?
This is another name for the members of the Benedictine Order.
What are the Black Monks?
This order of priests is known as the Watchdog of the Lord.
Who are the Dominicans?
A Catholic student center, it is found on the campuses of most secular universities.
What is the Newman Center?
This term denotes the writings or documents about holiness, holy persons, or the saints.
What is hagiography?
This is the period of time between the death of a pope and the election of his successor.
What is interregnum?
A part of the Divine Office is recited this many times a day, corresponding to the Canonical hours.
What is 8?
Latin - “to the city and the world” - names the blessing given by the Holy Father from the balcony of St. Peter’s on special occasions e.g. Easter Sunday.
What is RBI et Obi? 20 Bonus Points
The official Vatican newspaper.
What is L’Oservatore Romano?
The necklace crucifix worn by a bishop.
What is a Pectoral Cross?
Sign of his office, a narrow. circular band of white wool worn around neck by an archbishop.
What ts a pallium?
These are the official Vatican police officers and papal body guards.
Who are the Swiss Guards.
