Called by Christ Final Test

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Section One

Authentic catechesis cannot be done through liturgical chant, special occasional services (blessings, consecrations, prayer services, exorcisms), the Church building (icons, relics, holy articles), and family domestic traditions (icon corner, family prayer)- true or false? (Required)

False

True

“Just as the Eternal Word was made flesh in human nature by the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit, so the Word of God through the Holy Spirit was enfleshed in the words of men.” This saying is an expression of:(Required)

The Incarnational Analogy

The Marian Principle

Dual Authorship

Biblical Infallibility

According to St. John Cassian what is the goal of the Spiritual life?(Required)

Purity of Heart

Spiritual union with God in this life.

Life in the Church

Fancy Beards (duh..)

The Christian Church had no material culture before the year AD 300.(Required)

False

True

The liturgical vestments of the clergy symbolize the Incarnation of Christ.(Required)

False

True

The word which means a “three canticle hymnic composition” is:(Required)

Tripartite

Triodion

Triptych

Trisagion

What definition does NOT fit for the concept of the Logismoi?(Required)

The precursor to the 7 deadly sins.

A metaphorical expression of the demons.

The Vice itself which must be confessed in the Holy Mystery of Confession.

Thoughts which occupy our understanding and lead us to sin.

Which one of these statements is NOT one of the three criteria for a proper interpretation of the Scriptures?(Required)

Be attentive to the analogy of faith.

Be attentive to the content and unity of the whole Scripture.

Use your Scofield reference Bible.

Read the Scripture within the living tradition of the whole Church.

The Patriarch Jacob’s name is changed to:(Required)

Esau

Israel

Melchezidek

David

Care for creation is primarily a _________ issue.(Required)

Political

Moral

Global

Ecumenical

Section Two

Christian holiness is something the laity achieve through their hard work. (Required)

True

False

The root of the word for Akathist means:(Required)

Bowing

Standing

Kneeling

Sitting

What is the proper ordering of the five steps of the ecclesial method?(Required)

Preparation, Proclamation, Explanation, Application, Celebration

Preparation, Explanation, Proclamation, Celebration,Application

In the narrative context of Genesis, the walking, talking serpent-king should remind us of which figure?(Required)

Solomon

Ahaz

Nebuchadnezzar

Pharaoh

The word “testament” is also translated as:(Required)

Sacrament

Tabernacle

Covenant

Book

“Genesis functions primarily as a narrative catechism for the Exodus.”(Required)

True

False

What is NOT a definition of Nepsis?(Required)

Scrutinizing the thoughts of fanciful notions

Remaining silent and still in prayer

Calling out to Christ for help

Meditating on a mystery of Christ's life.

What is the desert precursor to the Divine Office?(Required)

The Office of 12 Psalms

The battle against VainGlory

The Jesus Prayer

The Divine Liturgy

The Church’s daily cycle of prayer:(Required)

Is found in a grouping of services called the Horologion.

Is expressed according to biblical numerology by the number 7 as a number of perfection.

All of the above

Is a rule of prayer founded largely on the Psalms.

True/False It is totally reasonable for the average layperson to pray the whole Byzantine Divine office on a daily basis.(Required)

True

False

Section Three

The idea advanced by biblical scholar, Richard B. Hays, that Paul makes use of texts from the Old Testament, not simply as a form of proof texting, but rather as a way of evoking a broader context in the Old Testament narrative that his Jewish readers especially would have understood, is known as:(Required)

Double Effect

Theonomy

Intertestamental Echoes

Premillenialism

Our corporate worship is mostly recited with only a few things that are sung.(Required)

True

False

Chrismation is the Holy Mystery by which we are sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit and this is revealed in the anointing with the Oil of Gladness before Baptism.(Required)

False

True

Which was not a foreseen consequence of the wide acceptance of artificial contraception (Pope St. Paul VI)?(Required)

All of the above were foreseen

General lowering of moral standards

Lowering of respect for the dignity of women

None of the above were foreseen

Government overreach in regard to the promotion of contraceptives

Which is said to be the central step of the Ecclesial Method?(Required)

Preparation

Application

Proclamation

Explanation

Which is the better description of the Resurrection of Christ among the following statements?(Required)

The incorporeal manifestation of divine power over death.

The ultimate revelation of God's new creation.

The depths of revelation are discerned most fully in the light of the Holy Tradition of the Church, and are progressively uncovered therein. Although, all are capable of a certain knowledge of God by means of contemplating His creation.(Required)

True. The gracious action of the Holy Spirit reveals the truth to all who live in communion with God, including those who seek Him with a good will.

False. Since Holy Tradition is not as authoritative as the Sacred Scriptures, and since the Scriptures teach us that faith is necessary for salvation, no one can come to any knowledge of creation whatsoever while devoid of faith.

The __________ Sense is the foundation of all subsequent levels of biblical interpretation.(Required)

Literal

Anagogical

Tropological

Allegorical

Veneration or relative worship is that meet reverence, even in the form of gestures, given to persons or things due to their place in the Divine Economy. Adoration is that service (at once taking a ritual and moral expression) rendered only to God which subsists in a complete gift of self to God.(Required)

True

False

Which one is NOT a stage of the spiritual life in the classic desert model?(Required)

Catharsis

Nepsis

Theoria

Theosis

Section Four

The laity participate in Christ’s priesthood, kingship and prophetic mission through (choose one):(Required)

Ordination to Holy Orders

The mysteries of Christian Initiation

Special permission from the Bishop

None of the above

Catechesis should not rely merely on attending the Divine Liturgy, but also the establish of a private prayer rule, especially the Psalms and the Jesus Prayer- true or false?(Required)

True

False

Personal prayer is always ecclesial.(Required)

True

False

The order of the appendices in the Catechism Christ Our Pascha reflects the following: Daily Prayers, Catechetical Truths, Social Directives.(Required)

True. This is the normal manner in which members of the church have learned the faith.

False. The proper beginning of all catechesis is social justice, and only then should we learn about prayers and catechism.

According to Catholic teaching, the Bible is a unified library or a collection of 73 divinely inspired, related, ancient, oriental, redemptive, translated books that are authoritatively selected by the Church through the guidance of the Holy Spirit.(Required)

False

True

The service of the Lytia where bread, wheat, wine, and oil are blessed in the church traditionally occurs after:(Required)

Vespers

Matins

Compline

First Hour

The Imago Dei according to the Old and New Covenants refers to the fact that man is the image of God restored to the likeness of God in Christ.(Required)

False

True

Which Greek term means “to turn” or “to think differently”?(Required)

Metanoia

Apatheia

Logismoi

Theoria

The ________ Sense of Scripture points to the way we should act or live, emphasizing especially the theological virtue of charity.(Required)

Literal

Allegorical

Anagogical

Tropological

True/False In the mind of St. Seraphim, fasting is not optional for the Christian.(Required)

False

True

Section Five

"Modern man listens more willingly to teachers than to witnesses, and if he does listen to witnesses, it is because they are teachers (Evangelium Nuntiandi)."(Required)

True

False

The name “Deuteronomy” means:(Required)

Second Law

The Five Scrolls

Law of the Covenant

The Ten Words

The life of grace is best described as which of the following.(Required)

That which is initiated by human choice to follow God, and which is subsequently confirmed by the action of God.

A synergy, or cooperation, between the divinity and humanity, whereby humanity responds to divine revelation and invitation.

The Divine Liturgies of St Basil the Great and St John Chrysostom are full of well over 200 verses of Sacred Scripture, woven together in a tapestry of sacred praise from the beginning of the liturgy until its end.(Required)

False

True

True/False Nepsis is not necessary for the spiritual life.(Required)

False

True

The Greek word for the principle of God’s condescension and divine accommodation in leading humanity to full maturity in salvation history is:(Required)

Paradosis

Katabasis

Apocalypsis

Mysterion

The tendency to excessively enclose all prayer within a ritual frame is referred to as:(Required)

Liturgicalism

Acedia

None of the above

Pietism

God's chosen people are involved in a Sacred History, in which God communicates Himself to them gradually.(Required)

True

False

The education of children is a responsibility that falls naturally to whom?(Required)

The state

Parents

All of the above

The Church

Byzantine liturgical prayer is structured around which of the following cycles:(Required)

Daily, weekly, yearly

Daily, monthly, yearly

Section Six

Biblical ________ is really the theological consequent of Divine Inspiration.(Required)

Infallibility

Transmission

Inerrancy

Canonicity

An example of a Feast of the Theotokos based on the readings of the Gospel is:(Required)

Annunciation

Dormition

Nativity of the Theotokos

Entrance into the Temple

The Church’s teaching that upholds an equitable distribution of communal goods (food, water, adequate work, etc.), is called what?(Required)

Private property

Solidarity

Distributive justice

Subsidiarity

All gifts and all ministries are directed towards the growth of the entire community as a single body.(Required)

True

False

The word "mystery", from the Greek, mysterion, means that which is hidden in God and only can be known by God revealing it.(Required)

False

True

A Christian’s entire spiritual life is service to God and neighbor.(Required)

False

True

Ezra is primarily known as:(Required)

The Scribe

The King

The Israelite

The Steward

__________ accounts for the early standardization of the emerging iconographic repertoire.(Required)

Pilgrimage

All of the above

A common stock of biblical imagery

A common artistic vocabulary

True/False According to the latest Psychological Research, 'Thought Stopping' is the best way of reaching stillness.(Required)

False

True

What is the Kerygma?(Required)

The proclamation of the Paschal Mystery, witnessed in the life of the Christian community.

The living and uninterrupted experience of the unbroken continuity of Sacred Tradition.

Section Seven

The characteristics of Christian worship are: trinitarian, ecclesial, eschatological, and cosmic.(Required)

True

False

Which statement is more correct?(Required)

The Sacred Scriptures are divinely inspired and, since they do not err, cannot be said to contain any human element.

The Sacred Scriptures transmit the infallible divine Word by means of human language.

Christian appropriation of the Greco-Roman artistic tradition can best be described as __________ .(Required)

Organic Development

Syncretism

Idolatry

Selective Appropriation

The tria munera of the hierarchical priesthood is priestly, prophetic, and political.(Required)

True

False

What is Typology?(Required)

The categorization of certain key events within Sacred History into genres, in accordance with their importance for Divine Revelation.

The illumination of the unity of God's plan of salvation across the Old and New Testaments by means of prefigurations and fulfillments.

"Flowery Sunday" is another name for:(Required)

The Sunday after Dormition

Ascension

Palm Sunday

Pascha

The Four Empires prophesied about in the Book of Daniel include all but which of the following?(Required)

Philistine

Medo-Persian

Babylonian

Greek

The process through which we become transformed as “partakers in the Divine nature”, is called what?(Required)

Theosis

Metanoia

Theoria

Liturgia

Of the list below, which Church Father is NOT one of the Three Holy Hierarchs:(Required)

St. Gregory the Theologian

St. Basil the Great

St. John Chrysostom

St. Gregory the Great

The human person stands at the center of social life.(Required)

False

True

Section Eight

The epiclesis is the moment in the Divine Liturgy when the Holy Spirit is called down to transform the bread and wine to the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.(Required)

False

True

Matins is the early morning service where we are watchful and waiting for the Lord.(Required)

False

True

Who said, “God became man, that man might become god”?(Required)

St. Basil

St. Athanasius

St. John Chrysostom

St. Augustine

The Catechism Christ Our Pascha is structured in which order?(Required)

Faith, Worship, Life

Worship, Faith, Life

In orthodox practice, bowing, kissing, prostrating, reverently touching, genuflecting, and making the sign of the cross or lighting a votive before an image are gestures of __________ .(Required)

Idolatry

Ritual

Adoration

Veneration

Catechesis properly begins with which of the following:(Required)

an exposure to the Divine Liturgy

the preaching of the Kerygma

True/False The Foundation of most spiritual practices was the practices started in the Deserts of Egypt(Required)

True

False

Which of the following statements is NOT correct?(Required)

God's divine pedagogy is exemplified in Jesus Christ, the Divine Teacher, Who sets the ultimate example for all Catechists to follow.

The Ecclesial Method is a method of teaching that is faithful to the Word of God and to the Magisterium of the Church.

The Ecclesial Method is aimed at leading participants to an authentic understanding of the Faith and to a conversion of heart.

Jesus always respects a persons free will and intellect. He reveals Himself and the ngives the disciples an opportunity to consider the revelation and to respond in faith. In this way, Jesus always provides an opportunity for personal application.

God reveals Himself to man all at once.

The vice which places the amassing of material goods before all else is called what?(Required)

Despondency

Lust

Calumny

Avarice

The Hexapsalm is one of the central features of the service of Byzantine Vespers.(Required)

False

True

Section Nine

St. John of Damascus was the first Christian thinker to mention or theologically reflect on the artistic tradition of the Church.(Required)

True

False

God intended for mankind to gradually achieve perfection, even if we had not fallen into sin.(Required)

True

False

The principle of Catholic social teaching that recognizes that issues are best dealt with at the smallest and most direct level of involvement, is called what?(Required)

Sobornost

Subsidiarity

Philanthropia

Solidarity

The apostolicity of the Church is realized in the ministry of (choose all that apply):(Required)

Priests

Bishops

Laity

Deacons

Which is NOT an example of a Fixed Cycle feast of the Lord:(Required)

Transfiguration

Nativity

Theophany

Ascension

A theological distinction can be made between the interior life of the Holy Trinity and the revelation of the Trinity in creation.(Required)

True

False

The hierarchical ordering of various ministries around the bishop are (choose all that apply):(Required)

Monastic

Diaconal

Lay

Presbyteral

The story of the Maccabees is told in which Age of the Kingdom?(Required)

Age of the Empire

Age of Creation

Age of Exile

Age of the Patriarchs

The essence of idolatry consists in __________ .(Required)

External acts of reverence given to a creature rather than to God alone.

Depicting the divine.

Worshipping a creature in place of the Creator.

Work of art depicting pagan gods.

According to the Second Council of Nicaea __________ .(Required)

Christ has a composite nature that could not be depicted.

Christ is fully man and fully God and thus he cannot be depicted.

Christ is partially God but also partially man and thus could be depicted.

Christ is a divine person with a human nature that can be depicted.

Section Ten

The Church, and the celebration of the Sacred Mysteries, is the place of salvation.(Required)

No. According to the divine plan for salvation, the Church and the sacraments are entirely incidental to our salvation.

Yes. That which was accomplished by the Savior has now passed into the sacraments of the Church.

The laity seek the kingdom of God by(choose one):(Required)

Becoming ordained

Engaging in temporal affairs and ordering them to the plan of God

None of the above

Becoming missionaries

In the Holy Mystery of Anointing, as we pray for healing of soul and body of the person(s) before us, there is also a forgiveness of sins.(Required)

False

True

Baptism is the source of the charism and vocation of the laity.(Required)

False

True

The story of the Royal High Priest Melchizedek is told in which Age of the Kingdom?(Required)

Age of Creation

Age of the Patriarchs

Age of the Empire

Age of Exile

Which is not part of a moral act?(Required)

Content (Object)

Circumstances

Intention

Consequences

The dogma that the Books of the Bible have God as their primary author, especially the Third Person of the Holy Trinity – the Holy Spirit, is known as:(Required)

Canonicity

Immutability

Inspiration

Transmission

The dignity of the human person exists from conception. (Required)

False

True

The primary sanctuary of God’s reigning presence in the Age of the Exodus is:(Required)

The Temple

The Tabernacle

Mount Zion

The Garden

According to the Seventh Ecumenical Council, an ‘icon’ is __________ .(Required)

An image of a holy scene or personage in a variety of artistic media.

A carved image.

Specifically a painting on a wooden panel.

Restricted to the sign of the cross and the matter of the Eucharist.