Q 01/05

The capital of which US state takes its name from the Spanish for the Blessed Sacrament?

A) Texas

B) New Mexico

C) California

D) Florida

Answer · why

C) California

California's capital, Sacramento, borrowed the name of its river, which the Spanish officer Gabriel Moraga named in 1808 in honour of the Eucharist.

Q 02/05

Which English king's book defending the seven sacraments won him the papal title Defender of the Faith?

A) Henry VIII

B) Henry VII

C) Edward VI

D) Richard III

Answer · why

A) Henry VIII

Henry VIII received the title from Pope Leo X in 1521 and lost it after his break with Rome in the 1530s, but Parliament later granted it back to him ...

Q 03/05

In the Latin Catholic tradition, unlike in Eastern churches, who confers the sacrament of marriage at a wedding?

A) The diocesan bishop

B) The couple themselves

C) The officiating priest

D) The two witnesses

Answer · why

B) The couple themselves

The couple themselves give the sacrament to each other by exchanging consent, and the priest stands by as the Church's witness; in Eastern churches hi...

Q 04/05

The word sacrament comes from the Latin sacramentum, which named what in the life of a Roman soldier?

A) A term of service

B) A share of the plunder

C) A victory parade

D) An oath of loyalty

Answer · why

D) An oath of loyalty

An oath of loyalty, sworn to the consul and later to the emperor, bound a legionary to the gods, and the survivors of a decimated unit were often made...

Q 05/05

Under Catholic canon law, who may baptise a person in danger of death when no priest can be found?

A) Anyone at all

B) Catholics only

C) Christians only

D) Vowed religious only

Answer · why

A) Anyone at all

Anyone at all may do it, even a non-Christian, provided they have the required intention, which is why midwives were long expected to know the rite.