Catholic Trivia

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'Catholic Trivia'

1. What has been called "the earliest surviving catechetical text"?

2. What is the term for someone who enters a second marriage after the first spouse dies?

3. What does justification mean, both in its active and passive sense?

4. What has been called "the greatest method of praying", "the scourge of the devil", "a treasure of graces", and "the most powerful weapon" by popes and saints?

5. What do the words "God is holy" mean?

6. What is the name of the Catalogue of Errors on Grace and Sin, circa 435-442?

7. Complete the passage... "Walk with wise men and ___, but the companion of fools ___." (Prov. 13:20)

8. What is meant by saying confession ought to be short?
9. He who condones the wicked and he who condemns the just are what to the Lord?

10. What does St. Thomas Aquinas say that perfect married life means?
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Answers: 

1. The Didache has been called "the earliest surviving catechetical text". It dates from approximately 70 A.D.

2. Someone who enters a second marriage after the first spouse dies is called a digmatist.

3. "In its active sense, Justification is the act of God declaring and making a person just; in its passive sense, it is the change in a soul which passes from the state of sin to that of sanctifying grace or justice." (Catholic Dictionary)

4. The holy rosary been called "the greatest method of praying", "the scourge of the devil", "a treasure of graces", and "the most powerful [spiritual] weapon" by popes and saints.

5. "They [the words 'God is holy'] mean that God loves and wills only what is good, and hates what is evil." (Catechism of St. John Neumann)

6. The Catalogue of Errors on Grace and Sin, circa 435-442, is called Indiculus.

7. "Walk with wise men and you will become wise, but the companion of fools will fare badly." (Prov. 13:20)

8. "That the confession ought to be short, means that we should say nothing that is useless for the purpose of confession." (Catechism of St. Pius X)

9. "He who condones the wicked, he who condemns the just, are both an abomination to the LORD." (Prov. 17:15)

10. "Perfect married life means the complete dedication of the parents for the benefit of their children." (St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church and "greatest theologian in the history of the Church")

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