CONFIRMATION QUIZ FINAL

Question & Answer Study Guide

As a final quiz the Confirmation Students will be quizzed on the following questions but in a different order, the answers are given here so that students may study prior to the final (we want everyone to pass!). Please note the text in RED: This indicates corrections or additions from the Pre-Final Quiz. There is one additional question that was accidentally deleted from the Pre-Final, and the answer to question #40 (this version) has been corrected.

1) How many Gods are there?

ONE

2) How many persons are in God?

THREE

3) What are the names of the persons of God?

The FATHER, SON and HOLY SPIRIT

4) What is the word and title that describes this distinctness of persons in the One God?

The Holy TRINITY

5) Who created the world?

GOD

6) What did He create the world out of?

NOTHING

7) Why did God create the Human Race?

TO KNOW, LOVE AND SERVE GOD IN THIS LIFE AND FOREVER IN HEAVEN

8) How did the Human Race loose its original freedom from death and sin?

THROUGH THE SIN OF OUR FIRST PARENTS (Adam and Eve), ORIGINAL SIN

9) How did God offer a way to return to the original freedom from death and sin?

He SENT HIS SON, JESUS, INTO THE WORLD, TO DIE FOR OUR SINS.

10) What is the Incarnation?

It refers to how the SECOND PERSON OF THE TRINITY, GOD’S SON, TOOK ON FLESH IN JESUS.

11) How many natures are present in Jesus?

TWO – Human and Divine Natures.

12) How many persons are present in Jesus?

ONE – The Second Person of the Trinity, who is both God and Man in Jesus.

13) How did Jesus save us from our sins?

By DYING FOR OUR SINS AND RISING TO NEW RESURECTED LIFE

14) Was the Resurrection of Jesus only symbolic or was it a physical and historical event?

JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD PHYSICALY, AND IT IS AN HISTORICAL EVENT, not simply a symbol.

15) Who is the Holy Spirit?

THE THIRD PERSON OF THE TRINITY

16) Is the Holy Spirit equal to God the Father and God the Son?

YES – he is equally “worshiped and glorified”

17) How many Churches did Jesus establish?

ONE – Jesus prayed, “I pray that they all may be one, as you Father are in Me and I in You.”

18) Which Church is the Church Christ established?

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH – Lead by the Successor of St. Peter the POPE.

19) Are Protestant Christians part of the Church Christ established?

If the are Christian and profess the Holy Trinity Correctly, THEY ARE JOINED TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, BUT IMPERFECTLY and they do not contain the whole truth.

20) What will happen to our bodies at the end of time?

THEY WILL RISE FROM THE DEAD

21) What will happen in the next life to those who reject God in this life, and practice evil without repentance?

THEY WILL BE DAMED TO HELL FOR ETERNATY

22) What will happen in the next life to those who love God and practice good, and repent of any of the evil they have committed?

THEY WILL BE WELCOMED INTO HEAVEN FOR ETERNATY

23) How many Sacraments are there?

SEVEN

24) Which Sacrament begins your life in the Church, forgives all of your past sins and their punishments, and makes you a child of God in His grace?

BAPTISM

25) Which Sacrament strengthens the grace of Baptism, and is an outpouring of the Holy Spirit like that of Pentecost?

CONFIRMATOIN

26) What do you receive when you receive the Sacrament of the Eucharist, or Communion?

THE BODY, BLOOD, SOUL AND DIVINITY of JESUS CHRIST, under the appearance of Bread and Wine.

27) What is the Sacrament by which Jesus extends His own ministry to Bishops, Priests and Deacons?

HOLY ORDERS

28) What is the Sacrament by which one man and one woman give themselves to one another in a union that is Free, Total, Faithful and Fruitful?

MARRIAGE OR MATRAMONY

29) What is the Sacrament by which we receive forgiveness of any mortal and venial sins we’ve committed after Baptism?

RECONCILIATION or CONFESSION or PENNANCE

30) What is the Sacrament by which we receive grace to help in the time of frailty, eminent death, or serious sickness?

ANNOINTING OF THE SICK

31) What are the two greatest Commandments?

LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, SOUL, MIND AND STRENGTH; LOVE YOUR NAIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.

32) What is required by the commandment, “I am the LORD your God: You shall not have strange gods before me”?

WE MUST GIVE WORSHIP TO GOD ALONE IN TRUTH, AND PLACE NOTHING HIGHER THAN OUR DUTY TO LOVE AND WORSHIP GOD, and we must not participate in false religions or occult practices.

33) What is required by the commandment, “You shall not take the Lords name in vain?”

WE MUST NOT USE GOD’S NAME CARLESSELY OR AS A CURSE, AND WE MUST NOT CURSE OTHERS

34) What is required by the commandment, “Keep Holy the Lord’s Day”?

WE MUST GO TO MASS ON SUNDAY and HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION, AND REST FROM UNEEDED WORK

35) What is required by the Commandment, “Honor your Father and your Mother”?

GIVE HONOR AND RESPECT TO PARENTS AND LEGITIMATE AUTHORITIES

36) What is required by the commandment, “You shall not kill”?

We must value life, NEVER MURDER or participate in ABORTION, EUTHENASIA, and we must avoid the DEATH PENALTY, and all things that endanger innocent life.

37) What is required by the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” and “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife”?

Sex is a gift for the procreation of human life and it does not make sense outside of the context of marriage, therefore ALL SEXUAL ACTS OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE ARE MORALY WRONG AND FORBIDEN either with yourself or with others, AS WELL AS ENTERTAINING LUSTFUL THOUGHTS.

38) What is required by the commandments, “You shall not steal,” and “You shall not coven your neighbor’s goods”?

WE MUST NOT TAKE WHAT IS LEGITIMATLY NOT OURS, AND WE SHOULD BE CONTENT IN OUR HEART WITH WHAT WE HAVE

39) What is required by the commandment, “You Shall not bare false witness against your neighbor”?

WE MUST NOT LIE, AND WE MUST SEEK THE TRUTH AND LIVE A TRUTHFUL LIFE

40) How do Christians Pray?

TO GOD THE FATHER, THROUGH GOD THE SON, IN GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT.

41) How important is a life of prayer in the life of a Christian?

IT IS OF HIGHEST IMPORTANCE, It is how we commune with God, and how we live and grow in the life of grace, especially as we pray in the Liturgy and the Sacraments.

42) How often must a Christian Pray?

SEVERAL TIMES DAILY, ESPECIALLY AT MORNING AND NIGHT AND AT MEALS, our goal is to pray in our hearts to God without ceasing throughout each day, “Pray without ceasing.”