July 2020 Monthly Formation Quiz

Test your knowledge and learn more about the Catholic Faith...

Does one receive the whole Christ if one receives Holy Communion only under a single form?

"Yes. Christ Jesus, our Lord and Savior, is wholly present under the appearance either of bread or of wine in the Eucharist. Furthermore, Christ is wholly present in any fragment of the consecrated Host or in any drop of the Precious Blood. Nevertheless, it is especially fitting to receive Christ in both forms during the celebration of the Eucharist. This allows the Eucharist to appear more perfectly as a banquet, a banquet that is a foretaste of the banquet that will be celebrated with Christ at the end of time when the Kingdom of God is established in its fullness (cf. Eucharisticum Mysterium, no. 32)."
(SOURCE: http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/the-mass/order-of-mass/liturgy-of-the-eucharist/the-real-presence-of-jesus-christ-in-the-sacrament-of-the-eucharist-basic-questions-and-answers.cfm)

Yes

Which pope wrote "Summi Maeroris," the encyclical on Public Prayers for Peace?

The encyclical, "Summi Maeroris," was given at St. Peter's in Rome on July 19, 1950, by Pope Pius XII in the twelfth year of his Pontificate.

SOURCE: http://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_19071950_summi-maeroris.html

Benedict XV (1914-1922)

Pius XII (1939-1958)

Saint John Paul II (1978-2005)

Francis (2013 - present)

July 3rd is the Feast Day of which Disciple, who was a skeptic -- refusing to believe in the resurrection of Jesus without direct personal experience?

But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.” A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe”
(John 20:24-29, NRSV)

St. Andrew

St. Bartholomew

St. Peter

St. Thomas the Apostle

Does science contradict faith, or does faith contradict science?

"Though faith is above reason, there can never be a contradiction between faith and science because both originate in God. It is God himself who gives to us the light both of reason and of faith" (CCC #159).
(SOURCE: Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, #29, USCCB.)

Science can contradict faith

Faith can contradict science

Neither faith nor science contradict each other

Both faith and science are opposed to each other

Name this Book of the Bible: Which Gospel was written for a "non-Palestinian audience that was largely made up of Gentile Christians"?

"Luke’s consistent substitution of Greek names for the Aramaic or Hebrew names occurring in his sources (e.g., Lk 23:33; Mk 15:22; Lk 18:41; Mk 10:51), his omission from the gospel of specifically Jewish Christian concerns found in his sources (e.g., Mk 7:1–23), his interest in Gentile Christians (Lk 2:30–32; 3:6, 38; 4:16–30; 13:28–30; 14:15–24; 17:11–19; 24:47–48), and his incomplete knowledge of Palestinian geography, customs, and practices are among the characteristics of this gospel that suggest that Luke was a non-Palestinian writing to a non-Palestinian audience that was largely made up of Gentile Christians."
(SOURCE: http://www.usccb.org/bible/luke/0)

The Gospel of Matthew

The Gospel of Mark

The Gospel of Luke

The Gospel of John

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