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RCIA Set 12
Concepts and Vocabulary for Catholicism
30
Religious Studies
Not Applicable
07/31/2011

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Term
False
Definition
T or F:  Jesus disciples were considered beyond sin
Term
He denied Christ three times
Definition
What was St. Peter's sin?
Term
Judas
Definition
one of Jesus' disciples and one of the first bishops
Term
Alexander VI
Definition
Who was the worst pope ever?
Term
Borgias
Definition
infamous influential Italian family during the Renaissance when no unified Kingdom of Italy existed
Term
Cesare Borgia
Definition
illegitimate child of Pope Alexander VI who was a ruthless autocrat; brother of Lucrezia
Term
Lucrezia Borgia
Definition
illegitimate child of Pope Alexander VI who is reputed to be a famous poisoner; sister to Cesare Borgia
Term
e
Definition

The Borgia family produced:

a) 11 cardinals

b) 2 popes

c) a queen of England

d) a saint

e) all of the above

f) all but c

g) a and b

Term
Pope Benedict IX
Definition
Considered the second worst pope.  Assumed position in his late teens or early twenties, incited a riot in Rome because people were disgusted by him
Term
Pope Joan
Definition
a woman who impersonated the man and entered the clerical life.  She became a pope.  While riding her horse one day, she gave birth to a child and stoned to death by an angry mob
Term
True
Definition
T or F:  Pope Joan is a myth and never existed
Term
David Blondel
Definition
A French Protestant that disproved the Pope Joan myth once and for all
Term
Vatican city
Definition
The pope's home
Term
Vatican City
Definition
an independent nation since the Lateran Agreement of 1929, when Italy recognized its soverignty--rests in the middle of Rome
Term
True
Definition
T or F:  Popes used to wear scarlet robes, because they had been cardinals, and merely embellished them with white ermine fur during Middle Ages
Term
Pope St. Pius V
Definition
Pope elected in 1566 who decided to keep his white Dominican habit, but adopted the cassock.  Popes after him kept the tradition.
Term
cardinal
Definition
If you see a man in a red robe, he is what title?
Term
bishop
Definition
If you see a man in a purple robe, what is his title?
Term
priest
Definition
If you see a man in black, what is his title?
Term
Emperor Constantine
Definition
ended three hundred years of Roman persecution by legalizing Christianity in 313 A.D.
Term
Edict of Milan
Definition
made by Emperor Constantine that legalized Christianity and stopped Roman persecution
Term
Lateran Palace
Definition
Donated by the Emperor Constantine in A.D. 321 to the Bishop of Rome, which was the beginning of donating property to recompense the land and possessions taken from Christians by the Romans
Term
Pepin; Charlemagne, Donation
Definition
King _____ of the Franks, who was father of __________, issued the _______ of A.D. 754--the pope would govern the territory of central Italy.
Term
Garbibaldi; Camillo; Benso; Cavour
Definition
During the unification of Italy, Giuseppe ________ and Count _______ ______ di _______ seized the Papal States during the reign of Pope _____ IX.
Term
Vatican City
Definition
the smallest independent nation in the world, but it has the largest number of embassies and ambassadors
Term
Marconi
Definition
inventor of radio, who built one for Pope Pius IX
Term
pope and diplomats
Definition
Who are the real citizens of Vatican City?
Term
True
Definition
T or F:  Diplomats in Vatican City maintain their own citizenship from their own country but are given a passport
Term
Swiss
Definition
What nationality are the guards that protect the pope?
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