Roman Catholic Confirmation Test

We got the Bible from the authority of the early councils of the Catholic Church who decided those writings were truly inspired by God.

• True

• False

Only the ___________ of the Catholic Church can know what is true in faith & morals because Christ promised that the Holy Spirit would reveal all truth to the Church.

What is Sacred Tradition?

• The teaching authority of the Catholic Church

• The oral, unwritten message that Jesus gave the Apostles

• The Bible

We must accept the Bible & Tradition equally & completely because both are revealed by God.

• True

• False

What is the Blessed Trinity

• The Father, The Son, & The Holy Ghost

• The Father, The Son, & The Holy Spirit

• Heaven, Hell, & Purgatory

What is meant by the equality & distinction of the divine Persons?

Angels are pure spirits, with bodies, having intelligence & free will.

• True

• False

What are good angels?

• Those that carry out God's will on Earth

• Those who have repented their sins & entered into the eternal happiness of Heaven

• Those who remained faithful to God & entered into the eternal happiness of Heaven

What are bad angels? (more then one answer may be used)

• Those who turned against God & were cast into Hell

• Fallen angels or devils

• Those who have repented their sins

A guardian angel is a good angel who has been assigned to each one of us by God to watch over, lead, guide, & protect each one of us in all we do.

• True

• False

Man is a creature composed of ______ & ______ and made to the likeness of God. Man is like God chiefly in the soul. (more then one answer may be used)

• Body

• Flesh

• Soul

The condition of Adam & Eve before the Fall was that they were in perfect harmony with God, though they were not given sanctifying grace, they were children of God & were granted the right to Heaven. They were also free from sickeness & death.

• True

• False

The condition of Adam & Eve after the Fall is that they were deprived of God's friendship & grace. They were subject to sickness, death & their wills were inclined to sin.

• True

• False

The sin of Adam & Eve is called ________ __________

When we have Original Sin removed, the inclination to sin still remains in us.

• True

• False

What is the difference between temptation & sin?

• Temptation is the suggestion to sin. Sin is knowingly breaking the will of God.

• There is no difference.

• Temptation is to willingly break Gods will. Sin is the inclination to commit evil.

Can temptation always be resisted?

• Yes

• No

The three elements necessary to make a mortal sin are: 1. The thought, desire, word or action must be or considered seriously wrong. 2. The sinner must be mindful of the serious wrong. 3. The sinner must fully consent to it.

• True

• False

Can venial sin be pardoned even without sacramental confession?

• Yes

• No

The occasions of sin is any person, place or thing that may likely lead us into sin.

• True

• False

What are the main sources of the sins people commit? (seven possible choices)

• Pride

• Anger

• Avarice

• Theft

• Envy

• Murder

• Lust

• Gluttony

• Incarnation

• Sloth

Jesus Christ is the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity

• True

• False

What is Incarnation?

• Jesus being a divine person

• The son of God becomes man

• God is man

Who is Jesus' mother & father?

• God & St. Mary Magdelene

• God & the Blessed Virgin Mary

• The Blessed Virgin Mary & Saint Joseph

The ___________ means that Jesus Christ offered his sufferings & death as a sacrifice to make up for the sins of all humanity. By this, Christ gained for man the right to be children of God & heirs of Heaven.

The ________ __________ was the special privilidge granted by God to the Blessed Virgin Mary whereby she was free from original sin from the first moment of her life.

The words "He descended into Hell" means the soul of Jesus, after his death on the cross, descended to the place of rest where the souls of the just had been waiting for him.

• True

• False

What terms do the scriptures use for sanctifying grace? (more then one answer may be used)

• Life

• Living water

• God

• Holy

• Light

Actual grace is a supernatural help of God which enlightens our mind & strengthens our will to do good & to avoid evil.

• True

• False

We receive sanctifying grace through being confirmed.

• True

• False

What are the three theological virtues?

• Faith

• Adoration

• Hope

• Charity

Faith is the virtue by which we firmly trust that God will in His mercy, give us eternal happiness & the means to obtain it.

• True

• False

Hope is the virtue by which we firmly trust that God will in His mercy, give us eternal happiness & the means to obtain it.

• True

• False

Charity is the virtue by which we firmly believe that all the truths God has revealed, on the word of God revealing them, who can neither decieve nor be decieved.

• True

• False

Faith is the virtue by which we firmly believe that all the truths God has revealed, on the word of God revealing them, who can neither decieve nor be decieved.

• True

• False

Charity is the virtue by which we love God above all else for His own sake, & our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God.

• True

• False

What are the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit?

• Adoration

• Knowledge

• Piety

• Charity

• Wisdom

• Faith

• Understanding

• Counsel

• Purity

• Fear of the Lord

• Fortitude

A moral virtue is habits that help us to lead good lives by treating persons & things the right way, according to the will of God.

• True

• False

The church is the congregation of all baptized persons united in the same true faith, sacrifice, & sacraments under the authority of the Pope & the body of bishops in union with him. The Church is the _______ _______ of Christ.

St. Philip is the Apostle chosen by Christ to be the head of the Church (the first pope).

• True

• False

The ____ were men selected by christ and sent to preach the gospel to the world, to forgive sins, and to celebrate the sacraments. Their sucessors were the bishops.

What are the 4 identifying marks by which you can be sure of the true church?

• One One

• Cross

• Catholic

• Apostolic

• Altar

• Holy

• Incense

What is infallibility?

• Is a guarantee of falsehood which excludes error given to by Christ to his church

• Is a guarantee of truth which excludes error given to by christ to his church.

What is excommunication?

• When once fails to voice their thoughts over religious matters to the priest.

• Is the penalty when the church cuts one off from sacrament and union from the church.

• Not going for communion during a regular mass.

Heracy and apostasy are?

• The same

• Heracy is the denial of one or more truth of the catholic faith, apostasy is the rejection of Christianity.

What is a priest?

• The guy in the robe.

• A mediator between god and man. he can offer mass forgive sins and perform the other sacraments of the church.

What is a sister?

• A Woman religious living by a approved rule of life.

• A female priest.

What is a Consecrated laity?

• Consecrated lays are men and women bound to Christ and remain unmarried for his sake.

• Having received holy orders they take the place of Christ.

• A Deacon of the church.