Faculty Doctrinal Competency Test

I was once asked to review the contracts that a Catholic school had asked their teachers to sign. According to the contracts, practically the only grounds for disciplining teachers was failure to conform to Catholic doctrine in their teachings. So I made the following Doctrinal Competency Test:

FACULTY DOCTRINAL COMPETENCY TEST

1. In the boxes to the right of each name, indicate his status in the eyes of the Church by printing "G" (Good Guy) or "B" (Bad Guy):

Name

Athanasius _____

Arius _____

Diocletian _____

Galerius _____

Nestorius _____

Cyril _____


2. Giordano Bruno was:

a. A Dominican Friar
b. A Heretic
c. An early Copernican
d. Toast
e. All of the above

3. The Greek word parthenos can be translated as:

a. Young girl
b. Virgin or young girl
c. Virgin, and only virgin, and you’d better believe it if you want to go to heaven.

4. Who won the Filioque controversy? (Check one) Them ______ Us _______


5. When the Pope speaks ex cathedra, he is:

A. Defining a doctrine regarding faith or morals
B. Infallible
C. Prohibited from revealing the final scores of sporting events that have not been completed.
D. a and b
E. b and c
F. All of the above.