Browsing the May 2015 archive of Blog

Trivia - Punishment of Cain

Posted by paul fritz on 5/30/15

Question: Besides leaving the presence of the Lord and living in the land of Nod, what was Cain's punishment for killing Abel?Answer: Abel was a keeper of flocks, and Cain was a tiller of the soil. As part of the punishment for killing Abel, the soil would no longer ... Read More »

Trivia - Celebrating the Beginning of the New "Age of the Church"

Posted by paul fritz on 5/23/15

Question: Annually the Catholic Church celebrates what event as the beginning of the new "age of the Church" when Christ lives and acts in and with his Church?Answer: PentecostRead more:http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p2s1.htm

Trivia - Men Crucified With Jesus

Posted by paul fritz on 5/16/15

Question: What were the names of the two men who were crucified on each side of Jesus? One of the crucified men was promised that he would be in heaven with Jesus---who was he?Answer: The names of the two thieves are not mentioned in the Bible, however in the ... Read More »

Trivia - Epiclesis

Posted by paul fritz on 5/08/15

Question: To what does the term "epiclesis" refer?Answer: The part of the Eucharistic Prayer that is the calling down of the Holy Spirit upon the offerings of bread and wine.read more:http://clarionherald.info/clarion/index.php/special-sections/year-of-renewal-the-mass/1060-the-epiclesis-the-calling-down-of-the-holy-spirit

Trivia - Jesus' Maternal Grandparents

Posted by paul fritz on 5/03/15

Question: Who were Jesus' maternal grandmother and maternal grandfather?Answer: Anne and Joachim.See also: https://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/ANNE.HTM               https://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/JOACHIM.HTM