Deck 6: Material Transformations in Catholicism

Question 1

What distinguishes Catholicism from other branches of Christianity?

A) the authority of Rome
B) the importance of sacraments and the Eucharist
C) the doctrine of the Trinity
D) all of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of Catholicism's distinguishing characteristics involves the miracle of transubstantiation?

A) the authority of Rome
B) the importance of sacraments and the Eucharist
C) the doctrine of the Trinity
D) all of the above

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following meets the criteria for a relic?

A) the wine taken in communion
B) the current Pope
C) a bit of a saint's hair
D) a prayer in written form

Answer 3

C

Question 4

How did the Catholic Church respond to the emerging knowledge of fake relics?

A) It began to exert authority over canonization.
B) It tried to substitute images for relics.
C) both A and C
D) none of the above

Question 5

Which of the following are elaborately carved boxes made especially for holding the remnants of saints?

A) naves
B) reliquaries
C) confessionals
D) transepts

Question 6

In what ways did the Catholic Church become monumental in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries?

A) Doctrine became more systematically formulated.
B) Great cathedrals were built.
C) Rome began to exercise more control over individual churches.
D) all of the above

Question 7

What was the material implication of Roman Catholic dogma that Mary's and Christ's bodies had been assumed into heaven?

A) They are no longer in direct contact with humans on Earth.
B) There were few relics to be claimed.
C) Images depicting them were deemed inappropriate.
D) none of the above

Question 8

How can the Catholic Church's feelings about reports of Mary's apparitions be best described?

A) enthusiastic
B) outraged
C) ambivalent
D) embarrassed

Question 9

Devotions based on the circulation and promotion of images that are highly interchangeable can be described how?

A) localized
B) generalized
C) chaotic
D) universal

Question 10

The Trinity is made up of whom?

A) God the Father, God the Son, the Holy Ghost
B) God, Jesus, Mary
C) God, the pope, worshippers
D) saints, angels, humans