CSF January 2023: Catholic quiz

How well do you know the Catholic Faith?

The Ultimate Catholic Quiz by Catholic Answers’ Founder, Karl Keating.

Excerpted with permission and available for purchase from https://ignatius.com/the-ultimate-catholic-quiz-ucqp/

There are no trick questions, but there are questions that will trip you up if you fail to read carefully. An answer is counted as wrong if any part of it— such as a date or name—is wrong. Your goal is not to find the answer that is least wrong, but the one answer that is wholly correct, which may be “none of the above”. On average, most informed Catholics score 50%. How well did you do?

1. The Catholic Church is

a. one of several churches established by Christ.

b. part of the original Christian Church, the other parts being Eastern Orthodox churches and Protestant churches.

c. the only ecclesial body in which the Church founded by Christ subsists.

d. closest sacramentally to the Anglican, then to Eastern Orthodox, and lastly to the Protestant churches.

e. none of the above.

2. Christ first knew He was God

a. at the presentation in the Temple, when His divinity was recognized by the holy man Simon (Lk 2:29-32).

b. on the cross, when the Father’s purpose was revealed fully as Christ said, “It is finished” (Jn 19:30).

c. at the finding in the Temple, when the 12-year-old Jesus said, “I must be about my Father’s business (Lk 2:49, King James Version).

d. when the apostle Thomas, the doubter, saw the risen Christ and cried out, “My Lord and my God” (Jn 20:28).

e. none of the above.

3. How many miraculous cures at Lourdes has the Church recognized officially?

a. none, since Lourdes is a place of pilgrimage.

b. only the cure of St. Bernadette Soubirous, the visionary at Lourdes.

c. more than 800, which is a tiny fraction of the cures claimed by the millions of people who have visited Lourdes.

d. fewer than 70.

e. none of the above.

4. Which of the following is not a pairing of one of the seven deadly sins with the opposite virtue?

a. gluttony and temperance.

b. wrath and kindness.

c. avarice and charity.

d. sloth and diligence.

e. none of the above

5. The Communion Host may be received

a. on the tongue only if the church has an altar rail.

b. either on the tongue or in the hand, as per the preference of the individual communicant.

c. whichever way the majority of parishioners may vote.

d. only as the pastor determines, after consulting with the parish council.

e. none of the above.

6. The Catechism of the Catholic Church

a. is intended to be used exclusively by bishops.

b. is intended to be used by bishops, priests and religious educators only.

c. takes effect in a particular country only when that country’ s national bishops’ conference approves it.

d. is intended to be used by lay Catholics.

e. none of the above.

7. Apologetics

a. is part of evangelization.

b. is a word we no longer use in polite company.

c. means apologizing for the sins Catholics committed against our separated brethren over the centuries.

d. involves using any means necessary to get non-Catholics to admit that they’re wrong.

e. none of the above.

8. Women someday will be ordained as priests

a. because in the ancient Church there were women priests.

b. because in the ancient Church there were women deacons.

c. most likely after the next ecumenical council.

d. In fact, they won’t be ordained.

e. none of the above.

9. Vatican City

a. is a separate country located entirely inside the city of Rome.

b. is part of Italy but has federal administrative status according to the 1929 concordat between the Vatican and the Italian government.

c. may be willed by a Pope to his heirs, even though no Pope has ever used that prerogative.

d. is the third-smallest country in the world.

e. none of the above.

10. What is the breviary?

a. an abbreviated form of the New Testament.

b. the Latin-rite variant of an aviary.

c. the readings of the Divine Office, all set to music.

d. a book containing prayers, hymns, psalms and readings for the canonical hours.

e. none of the above.

To reveal the answers visit https://sfarchdiocese.org/january-2023-catholic-quiz/