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Confirmation Mid-term Study Guide Chapters 1-13

Name: ______Teacher: ______

1.  Who founded the Catholic Church? (1 pt)

2.  Jesus gave the Church himself as the perfect ______, the ______and the ______. (3 pts.)

3.  Jesus Christ instituted the Church so that men might have in her a secure ______and the means of holiness and eternal salvation. (1 pt.)

4.  ______is the event of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Mary and the Apostles 50 days after Easter. It is the birthday of the Church. (1 pt.)

5.  The means of holiness and of eternal salvation which are found in the Church are: (4 pts)

a.

b.

c.

d.

6.  The Church of Jesus Christ is the Catholic Church, which alone is ______, ______, ______and ______. (4 pts)

7.  How is the Church one? (1 pt)

8.  How is the Church holy? (1pt)

9.  How is the Church catholic? (1pt)

10. How is the Church apostolic? (1 pt)

11. Write or recite the Apostles Creed: ______(30 pts)

12. What is the deposit of Faith? (2 pts.)

13. An ______is a pastoral letter written by the Pope and sent to the whole Church to express Church teaching on some important matter. (1 pt).

14. The Pope and the bishops united with him constitute the teaching body of the Church called the ______. (1 pt)

15. The Pope cannot teach error when he defines matters of faith and morals because he has the gift of ______. (1 pt)

16. Can the Magisterium teach error? (1 pt)

17. ______is the Sacrament by which a man is configured to Christ and is given the power to continue the apostolic ministry as a bishop, priest, or deacon. (2 pt)

18. The Sacrament of ______takes away Original Sin and fills our soul with sanctifying grace. (1 pt)

19. Can man be saved through Baptism of blood or Baptism of desire? (1 pt)

20. The Eucharist is the Sacrament that contains the ______, ______, ______and ______of our Lord Jesus Christ under the appearances of bread and wine. (4 pts)

21. The Sacrament of ______makes us more perfect Christians and soldiers of Christ. (1 pt)

22. The matter of Confirmation is the laying on of the hand and the ______with the sacred chrism. (1 pt)

23. The form of confirmation is the following words: “______

______. (5 pts)

24. Name the 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit: (7 pts)

25. Name the 6 liturgical seasons. (6 pts)

26. Finish this passage:

“The angel Gabriel was sent from God to city of Galilee named ______, to a virgin and the virgin’s name was ______. And he came to her and said, ‘Hail full of ______, the Lord is with you! Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name ______.’ And Mary said, ‘Behold, I am the ______of the Lord; let it be to me according to your ______.’ And the angel departed from her.” (6pts)

27. What is the Immaculate Conception? (1 pt)

28. To say that Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary means that by the power of the Holy Spirit, Jesus was conceived in the womb of Mary without a ______father. (1 pt)

29. What is the Assumption of Mary? (1 pt)

30. Do Catholics worship Mary? (1 pt)

31. What part of the Communion of Saints is the Church Suffering? (1pt)

32. What part of the Communion of Saints is the Church Militant? (1pt)

33. What part of the Communion of Saints is the Church Triumphant? (1pt)

34. ______is the obstinate denial after Baptism of a truth of the Faith which must be believed. (1 pt)

35. ______is a refusal to submit to the Pope or to the Church. (1 pt)

36. A ______is a Christian who belongs to a church which separated from the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century. (1 pt)

37. The Church of Christ exists fully in the ______. (2 pts)