T/F Flashcards
St. Ambrose defined sacraments as “visible signs of invisible grace.”
False: St. Augustine, not St. Ambrose
Eucharist is the ‘gateway’ into the Church.
False: Baptism, not Eucharist
Christianity was legalized in 213 AD.
False: 313, not 213
Eucharist in Greek means “thanksgiving”.
True
Confirmation completes a person’s Christian initiation.
False: Eucharist, not Confirmation
Lent is a fifty-day period of prayer, fasting, and learning.
False: forty, not fifty
Absolution is a prayer said over the bride and groom during a wedding.
False: it is said to forgive a confessor’s sins
Refusing to have children is contrary to the sacrament of marriage.
True
A Catholic person may be permitted to marry a non-Catholic.
True
The essential sign for ordination is anointing with chrism.
False, it is the bishop’s laying on of hands
Bishops receive the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders.
True
Social conditions that allow people to reach fulfillment are called the “common good”.
True
The word cardinal means “hinge” in Greek.
False: Latin, not Greek
Two great gifts from God include intellect and free will.
True
The theological virtues are faith, hope, and truth.
False: love/charity, not truth