The Sacraments - What Kind of a Theologian Are You?

You know that

"all those things are to be believed with divine and Catholic faith which are contained in the written or orally transmitted word of God, and which the Church, either by a solemn judgment or by her ordinary and universal magisterium, proposes for belief as having been divinely revealed." (Vatican Council.)

Can you recognize truths which are divine and Catholic faith?

Try the Following Quiz on The Sacraments.

Give yourself 10 points for each of the 10 questions Which you answer correctly. If you score 95-100, give yourself a SCL (summa cum laude); 90-95, a MCL (magna cum laude); 85-90, a CL (cum laude); 80-85, a BP (bene probatus); 70-80, a P (probatus); 1>-70, a NP (non probatus).

[Answer each "a, b, c, d" with Yes or No or with the required answer.]
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1. Is it of divine and Catholic faith that

a) both circumcision and the remedy of nature were sacraments before Christ;
b) there are seven sacraments of the New Law, no more nor less?

2. Is it of divine and Catholic faith that

a) all the sacraments were instituted by Christ;
b) two sacraments were instituted by Christ, the rest by the Church?

3. That Christ immediately instituted all the sacraments is

a) of divine and Catholic faith;
b) the common opinion of theologians?

4. Is it of divine and Catholic faith that the sacraments

a) confer sanctifying grace;
b) are just conditions for the reception of grace because they increase our faith?

5. Which sacraments imprint a spiritual character on the soul?

6. Is it of divine and Catholic faith that Baptism cannot be validly administered by

a) a Protestant;
b) a Jew;
c) an apostate;
d) an atheist?

7. Is it of divine and Catholic faith that no woman can validly administer any of the sacraments?

8. Which sacraments may be validly received only once?

9. Is it of divine and Catholic faith that the sacraments can be administered validly only by a person in the state of sanctifying grace?

10. Is it of divine and Catholic faith that

a) all the sacraments are equally neces­sary for salvation;
b) any sacrament is absolutely necessary for salvation, either in actual reception or in desire?

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Answers next Monday.

Adapted from The Queen's Work Magazine, February 1946