Deanery quiz Questions

Youthcat

1. For what purpose are we here on earth?(youthcat 1)

Ans:We are here on earth in order to know and to love God, to do good according to his will,
and to go someday to heaven
2. Why did God create us?(youthcat 2)
Ans:God created us out of free and unselfish love.
3. Why do we seek God? (youthcat 3)
Ans:God has placed in our hearts a longing to seek and find him
4. Can we know the existence of God by our reason? (youthcat 4)
Ans :Yes. Human reason can know God with certainty.
5. Why do people deny that God exists, if they can know him by reason?
Ans: To know the invisible God is a great challenge for the human mind.
6. Can we grasp God at all in concepts? Is it possible to speak about him meaningfully?
Ans: Although we men are limited and the infinite greatness of God never fits into finite hhuman
concepts, we can nevertheless speak rightly about God.
7. Why did God have to show himself in order for us to be able to know what he is like?
Ans: Man can know by reason that God exists, but not what God is really like. Yet because God
would very much like to be known, he has revealed himself.
8. How does God reveal himself in the Old Testament?
Ans: God shows himself in the →OLD TESTAMENT as God, who created the world out of love
and remains faithful to men even when they have fallen away from him into sin
9. What does God show us about himself when he sends his Son to us?
Ans:God shows us in Jesus Christ the full depth of his merciful love.
10. With Jesus Christ, has everything been said, or does revelation continue even after him?
Ans:In Jesus Christ, God himself came to earth. He is God’s last Word. By listening to him, all
men of all times can know who God is and what is necessary for their salvation.
11. Why do we hand on the faith?
Ans: We hand on the faith because Jesus commands us: “Go therefore and make disciples of all
nations”
12. How can we tell what belongs to the true faith?
Ans: We find the true faith in Sacred Scripture and in the living Tradition of the Church.
13. Can the Church err in questions of faith?
Ans:The faithful as a whole cannot err in faith, because Jesus promised his disciples that he
would send them the Spirit of truth and keep them in the truth
14. Is Sacred Scripture true?
Ans:The books of Scripture firmly, faithfully, and without error teach [the] truth. . . . Written
under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, they have God as their author
15. How can Sacred Scripture be “truth” if not everything in it is right?
 Ans: The →BIBLE is not meant to convey precise historical information or scientific findings to
us.Nevertheless, everything that Man must know about God and the way of his salvation is
found with infallible certainty in SSacre Scripture.
16. What is the right way to read the Bible?
Ans :The right way to read Sacred Scripture is to read it prayerfully, in other words, with the help
of the Holy Spirit, under whose influence it came into being.
17. What significance does the Old Testament have for Christians?
Ans: n the →OLD TESTAMENT God reveals himself as the Creator and preserver of the world and
as the leader and instructor of mankind
18. What significance does the New Testament have for Christians?
Ans: In the →NEW TESTAMENT God’s →REVELATION is completed. The four Gospels according
to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are the centerpiece of Sacred Scripture and the most
precious treasure of the Church.
19. What role does Sacred Scripture play in the Church?
Ans: The Church draws her life and strength from Sacred Scripture.
20. How can we respond to God when he speaks to us?
Ans: To respond to God means to believe him.
21. Faith—what is it?
Ans: Faith is knowledge and trust.
22. How does one go about believing?
Ans: Someone who believes is seeking a personal union with God and is ready to believe God in
everything that he shows (reveals) about himself.
23. Is there a contradiction between faith and science?
Ans: There is no insoluble contradiction between faith and science, because there cannot be two
kinds of truth.
24. What does my faith have to do with the Church?
Ans: No one can believe alone and by himself, just as no one can live alone and by himself.
25. Why does the faith require definitions and formulas?
Ans:Faith is not about empty words but about reality. In the →CHURCH, condensed formulas of
faith developed over the course of time; with their help we can contemplate, express, learn,
hand oon celebrate, and live out this reality.
26. What are creeds?
Ans: CREEDS are brief formulas of faith that make it possible for all believers to make a common
profession.
27. How did the creeds come about?
Ans: The →CREEDS go back to Jesus, who commanded his disciples to baptize. In doing so, they
were to require of the people seeking Baptism the profession of a definite faith, namely, faith in
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
28. What does the Apostles’ Creed say?
Ans :
29. What does the Nicene (Nicene-Constantinopolitan) Creed say?
30. Why do we believe in only one God?
 Ans: We believe in only one God because, according to the testimony of Sacred Scripture, there
is only one God and, according to the laws of logic, there can be only one.
31. Why does God give himself a name?
Ans :God gives himself a name so as to make it possible to address him.
32. What does it mean to say that God is truth? (youthcat 32)

33. What does it mean to say that God is love?

34. What should you do once you have come to know God?
35. Do we believe in one God or in three Gods?
36. Can we deduce logically that God is triune?
37. Why is God “Father”?
38. Who is the “Holy Spirit”?
39. Is Jesus God? Does he belong to the Trinity?
40. Can God do anything? Is he Almighty? (youthcat 40)
41. Does science make the Creator superfluous? (youthcat 41)
42. Can someone accept the theory of evolution and still believe in the Creator?(youthcat 42)
43. Is the world a product of chance?(youthcat 43)
44. Who created the world?(youthcat 44)
45. Do natural laws and natural systems come from God also?(youthcat 45)
46. Why does the Book of Genesis depict creation as “the work of six days”?(youthcat 46)
47. Why did God rest on the seventh day?(youthcat 47)
48. Why did God create the world?(youthcat 48)
49. Does God guide the world and my life?(youthcat 49)
50. What role does man play in God’s providence?(youthcat50)

Prayers of the church and catechism

1. Say the Prayer for Nigeria in distress.

2. Say the Prayer against bribery and corruption.
3. Say the Evening prayer
4. Say the Morning prayer.
5. Say the Prayer before mass
6. Say the Prayer before the crucifix
7. Say the Act of contrition.
8. Say the Prayer before meal
9. Say the The memorare
10. Say the The Angelus
11. Say the The Regina Caeli
12. Say the Act of charity
13. Say the Act of faith
14. What does The Apostles' Creed say? (youthcat 28)
15. Say the Act of hope
16. Say the Gloria.
17. Recite the confiteor
18. Name the five mysteries of light
19. Name the sorrowful mysteries.
20. Say The hail holy queen
21. Say the Ten commandments
22. What are Four sins crying out to God for vengeance
23. Say the Grace after meal.
24. Which are the seven capital sins?
25. Which are the seven contrary virtues to the capital sins
26. Name the sins against the Holy Spirit.
27. How are we to know what God has revealed (11)
28. What do you mean by a mystery (28)
29. Is there any likeness to the blessed trinity in your soul? (29)
30. Why is Jesus christ truly God? (34)
31. What do you mean by incarnation? (40)
32. Why was God the Son made man for us? (43)
33. Where is Jesus Christ? (46)
34. What were the chief sufferings of Christ?
35. In making the sign of the cross how are we reminded that Christ died for us on the cross? (61)
36. What do you mean by the words he descended into hell?(63)
37. When will Christ come again? (72)
38. Why did the Holy Spirit come down on the Apostles? (82)
39. Why is the bishop of Rome the head of the church?(87)
40. How is the church holy (96)
41. What does the word Catholic mean (97)?
42. How is the church catholic? (98)
43. How is the Church Apostolic? (99)
44. Can the church err on what it teaches? (100)
45. What do you mean by the communion of Saints? (102)
46. What is temporal punishment? (108)
47. What is the tenth article of the creed? (110)
48. Have all mankind contracted the guilt and stain of original sin? (117).
49. What do you mean by the forgiveness of sisin (111)
50. What is mortal sin (121)
51. How does mortal sin kill the soul? (123)
52. Will faith alone save us? (135)
53. Why must we hope in God? (137)
54. What is grace? (139)
55. How must we obtain God's grace? (140)
56. How do we raise up our mind and hearts to God (142)
57. Why is God called 'our father'?(148)
58. Who made the first part of the Hail May? (162)
59. Why does the Catholic Church show great Devotion to the Blessed Virgin?(166)
60. How is the blessed Virgin Mother of God? (167)
61. Is the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin an article of faith? (168)
62. What is charity? (169)
63. What are the sins against Faith? (177)
64. How do we expose ourselves to the danger of losing our faith(178)
65. What are the sins against religion (180)
66. Are we bound to assist our parents in their wants? (199)
67. Is it sinful to belong to a secret society? (204)
68. What is the fifth commandment? (205)
69. What does the sixth commandment forbid? (210)
70. If you have injured your neighbor by speaking ill of him, what are you bound to do? (222)
71. What is a sacrament? (249)
72. What is a character ? (254)
73. What is a sacrifice? (275)
74. What is the Holy Mass? (277)
75. What is it to be in a state of Grace? (272)
76. What is hope? (136)
77. What is confirmation? (262)
78. Who is the ordinary minister of Baptism (258)
79. Is baptism necessary for salvation? (261)
80. What are the words used in confirmation? (265)
81. What is the sacrament of my eucharist?(266)
82. How are the bread and wine changed into the body and blood of Christ? (267)
83. Does Baptism also forgive actual sin? (257)
84. When are the bread and wine changed into the body and blood of Christ? (268)
85. Why has Christ given himself to us in the holy eucharist? (269)
86. Is Christ received me and entire under either kind alone?(270)
87. In order to receive the blessed sacrament worthily, what is required? (271)
88. Is it a great sin to receive holy communion in mortal sin? (273)
89. Is the holy mass one and the same sacrifice with that of the Cross? (278)
90. For what ends is the sacrifice of the mass offered? (279)
91. What is the sacrament of penance? (281)
92. What is contrition? (287)
93. Does the sacrament of penance increase the grace of God in the soul?(282)
94. When did our lord Institute the sacrament of penance?(283).
95. How does the priest forgive sins? (284)
96. Are any conditions for forgives required on the part of the penitent?(286)
97. What is contrition? (287)
98. What is perfect contrition? (293)
99. What special value has perfect contrition? (294)
100. What is confession? (295)
101. What is satisfaction? (298)
102. What is indulgence? (300).
103. What is the sacrament of anointing of the sick? (301)
104. What authority is there in scripture for the Sacrament of the anointing of the sick? (304)
105. Can the human power dissolve the bond of marriage? (312)
106. What is mixed marriage? (309)
107. What are the four last things ever to be remembered? (332)
108. Who gave the ten commandment? (174)
109. Why do we say our father, not my father? (150)
110. What do you mean when you say that your soul is immortal? (6)
111. What must you do to save your soul?(8)
112. Who gave the church divine authority to teach? (12)
113. What does the Holy name Jesus mean? (44)
114. What do you mean by limbo? (64)
115. What are the things Christ will judge? (73)
116. Will every one be judged at death as well as at the last day?(76)
117. What do u mean when you say that the pope is infallible (93)
118. How are we in communion with the souls in purgatory? (105)
119. What souls do to purgatory? (107)
120. How do you prove that there is purgatory? (109)
121. What is sin? {113}
122. What is original sin? (115)
123. What is mortal sin? (121)
124. How does mortal sin kill the soul (123)
125. What is venial sin (126)
126. Shall not the same wicked also live forever? (134)
127. What does the scripture say of the happiness of heaven? (133)
128. When we say "Lead us not into temptations" what do we pray for? (156)
129. Does the first commandment forbid the making of images? (181)
130. What honor should we give to relics, crucifixes and holy pictures?(186)
131. What kind of honor or worship should we give to the angels and saints? (185)
132. Is it ever lawful to swear or take an oath? (191)
133. How are we to keep the Sunday holy? (194)
134. What does the fourth commandments forbid? (203)
135. What does the sixth commandment forbid? (210)
136. What does the seventh commandment forbid? (215)
137. What does the eight commandment forbid? (219)
138. What is the first commandment of the church?(230)
139. What is the second commandment of the church? (234)
140. What is the Fourth commandment of the church? (243)
141. How soon are Christians bound to receive the blessed sacraments? (243)
142. What is the fifth commandment of the church? (245)
143. What is the sixth sacrament of the church? (247)
144. What is the sacrament of Holy Orders? (305)
145. What is mixed marriage? (309)
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