Catechetical Exam
In the Creed, we say
of:
The Holy Trinity: “I
believe in ________ God…”
The Father: “The
Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth and of all things _____________ and
_______________.
The Son:
“And in ______ Lord Jesus
Christ, the Son of God; The Only-Begotten; Begotten of the Father before all
ages; Light of Light, True God of True God; ___________ not made, of one
_____________ with the Father. By whom all things were made; Who
for us men and for our salvation came down from Heaven, and was incarnate of
the Holy Spirit and _____________________________, and became man….”
The Holy Spirit: “And
in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life, Who proceedeth
from __________________; Who with the Father and the Son together is _____________
and glorified; Who spake by the Prophets.
The Church, Her Mysteries, and Her Hope: “And
in One Holy Catholic and
The Holy Trinity is three
________________ one _______________.
In His Holy Incarnation,
Christ is __________ Person(s), ___________ Will(s), _____________Nature(s).
By “salvation”, Orthodox
Christians mean: _________________________
By “grace”, Orthodox
Christians mean: __________________________________________
What is the Economy?
____________________________
More honorable than the
Cherubim, beyond compare, more glorious than the Seraphim is __________________________
The bread and wine of Holy
Communion we worship is also truly and actually
___________________________________
What is the inheritance from
Adam and curse of the world? _______________
What is the Earthly Heaven in
which God walks about? ___________________
Is salvation and good works
the work of man or of God?
_____________________________________________________________
Are the Seven Ecumenical
Councils infallible? ______________
Is the Church spotless and
without blemish? ____________
The persons of The Holy
Trinity are distinguished in that the Father is ________________, the Son is ___________________________ and the Holy Spirit
_________________ from the Father.
According to the Fathers, God
became man by ____________ that we might become __________ by grace.
Who killed Our Lord?
_______________
New Eve, Bush that is Burned but not Consumed,
Fulfillment of the Law,
All-Consuming Fire, Second Adam, Very God, First Bishop, Only Saint, and Our
Salvation is ____________________
By “Theology”, the Church
means: __________________________________________________
How is the soul immortal?
Is the flesh of Christ really
Christ, and is your flesh really you? _______________
Will you be raised from the
dead in the very body in which you have lived, though it is made incorruptible?
______________
Do Holy Baptism and the other
Holy Mysteries save us? _________________
Is veneration of the Holy Icons
and the Saints necessary to be Orthodox? ______________
Was Christ created?
_________________
Can doctrine develop over
time? _______________
What do we call the effects
of death upon the soul, which we must overcome? ________________
According to the Holy
Scriptures, “there is ______ Lord, ______ Faith, ______ Baptism.”
Our Lord said, “I am the Way,
the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, but by ____________.”
According to the Fathers:
outside the Church, there is no _____________________
According
to the Fathers: venerate the Bishop as _________________ and do
_________________ without the Bishop.
Is Orthodox piety (e.g.
fasting, venerating icons, prayers, Holy Confession) a system of rules or of
options? _____________________
The heresy of placing
national or ethnic identity, values, beliefs, and loyalty above the Church is
called _____________________
What is Theosis?
____________________________________
What is the Incarnation?
____________________________________
Recapitulation means that
Christ summed up in his person, all categories of operation proper to
__________ and all categories of operation proper to ________.
When we say of God that He is
good or loving or just, we refer not to His essence but to His
___________________.
Is the Mother of God: Ever
Virgin and sinless? ___________