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Trivia - Popes Buried in St. Peter's Basilica
Posted by paul fritz on 7/30/15
Question: How many popes are buried at St. Peter's Basilica?Answer: There can be many answers depending on the source. Many popes may have originally been buried in St. Peter's Basilica, but their tombs no longer exist or they were transferred to other sites.This Vatican list shows at least 49. ... Read More »
Trivia - Martin Luther
Posted by paul fritz on 7/18/15
Question: What Catholic religious order did Martin Luther belong to before he broke with the Catholic Church?Answer: Martin Luther was of the Order of St. Augustine.
Trivia - Major Ecumenical Councils
Posted by paul fritz on 7/11/15
Question: The Church has had how many major ecumenical councils?Answer: There have been 21 major councils of the church.Read about them: http://www.catholic.org/prayers/councils.php http://www.dailycatholic.org/councils.htm
Trivia - First Council of Nicaea
Posted by paul fritz on 7/04/15
Question: The First Council of Nicaea was the first ecumenical council after Bibilical times. It established a precedent for Bishops and other leaders of the Church to meet and decide matters pertaining to Church doctrine, beliefs and practices. What prayer still used today was formulated during this Council?Answer: The ... Read More »
Trivia - Moses First Census
Posted by paul fritz on 6/27/15
Question: At the time of the census which was conducted by Moses in the first chapter of the Book of Numbers, which of the twelve tribes of Israel was the largest?Answer: The Tribe of Judah was the largest. Manasseh is the smallest tribe.See Numbers 1:20-46
Trivia - Gomer
Posted by paul fritz on 6/20/15
Question: My name is Gomer, and I was the wife of a prophet. I was also a woman who had managed to live what might today be called a "rough lifestyle", because prior to my marriage I was what was commonly called a "harlot". Who was my husband, who ... Read More »
Trivia - Jacob and Esau
Posted by paul fritz on 6/13/15
Question: How does Jacob steal his brother Esau's inheritance rights? Bonus question: What is Jacob's alternate name?Answer: Esau gave away his inheritance for a bowl of food. Jacob wanted the birthright while Esau cared little for it. (Gn 25) Later, when their father Isaac was old and blind, at ... Read More »
Trivia - Promised Land
Posted by paul fritz on 6/13/15
Question: What do Moses and Joshua forbid the Isarelites to do in the promised land?Answer: They were forbidden to intermarry with the native inhabitants of the promised land. Deuteronomy 7:3-4.
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