Q 01/05

How many sacraments does the Catholic Church recognise?

A) Three

B) Five

C) Nine

D) Seven

Answer · why

D) Seven

They are grouped as initiation, healing and service, and the list was confirmed at the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215.

Q 02/05

The pope is held to be the successor of which apostle?

A) Paul

B) Andrew

C) John

D) Peter

Answer · why

D) Peter

Catholic teaching says Jesus gave him the Keys of Heaven and named him the rock on which the Church would be built.

Q 03/05

Which 1215 gathering confirmed the list of seven sacraments?

A) Council of Nicaea

B) Council of Trent

C) Council of Florence

D) Fourth Lateran Council

Answer · why

D) Fourth Lateran Council

Peter Lombard had set the seven out in his Sentences; Florence and Trent later reaffirmed them.

Q 04/05

In the Rosary, each set of ten Hail Marys is called what?

A) A station

B) A mystery

C) A chaplet

D) A decade

Answer · why

D) A decade

Five of them are usually prayed in one session, each paired with a mystery from the life of Christ or Mary.

Q 05/05

Which pope added the Luminous Mysteries to the Rosary in 2002?

A) Paul VI

B) Francis

C) Benedict XVI

D) John Paul II

Answer · why

D) John Paul II

That brought the total to 20 mysteries, with the new set prayed on Thursdays.