Q. Repeat the Names of the Books of History. Q. Which of these are called the Greater Prophets? A. Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Daniel. The Book of Job, although usually included in the list of the Historical Books, does not properly belong to them; as it is a narrative of transactions unconnected with the History of the Jewish people. Q. What are the Apocryphal' Books? A. Books not included in the Canon of Scripture, because they were not written by inspired teachers, but good, and useful for our edification. Q. What Books are contained in the New Testament? A. The four Gospels, Saint Matthew, Saint Mark, Saint Luke, Saint John; and the Acts of the Apostles. The Epistles of Saint Paul. The Seven General Epistles. The Epistle of St. James, I. II. and III. of St. The Epistle of St. Jude. The Revelation of St. John, sometimes called the Apocalypse. 1 αποκρύπτω, abscondo. αποκαλύπτω, revel. SUNDAYS AND HOLY-DAYS OF THE CHURCH. Q. WHAT is Advent?1 A. The coming of our Saviour into the World. Q. What is Christmas? A. The Festival of our Saviour's birth. Q. What is Epiphany?? A. The Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles. A. (In round numbers) the seventieth day before Easter: so also, Sexagesima, the sixtieth; Quinquagesima, the fiftieth; Quadragesima, the fortieth, or first Sunday in Lent. Q. What is Lent? A. The commemoration of the fasting of our Blessed Saviour, during Forty Days. Q. What is the meaning of the word Lent? A. An old English word for the spring season, in which this fast is kept. Q. What is the first day of Lent? A. Ash-Wednesday, dies cinĕrum, because penitents on this day cast ashes on their head, in token of humiliation. Q. What is the last day of Lent? A. The last week in Lent, (beginning with PalmSunday) in which the sufferings or passion of our Saviour are commemorated. Q. What is Good Friday? A. The day of our Saviour's crucifixion. Q. What is Easter-day? A. The day of the Resurrection-the greatest feast of the christian year. Q. How is Easter appointed? A. Easter-day is the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon, or next after, the twenty-first of March. Q. When is the day of the Ascension? A. On Holy Thursday, exactly forty days after Easter. Q. What is Whit-Sunday? A. The day on which the Holy Ghost descended on the Apostles. Q. By what other name is it called? A. The day of Pentecost,' or the fiftieth day after Easter. Q. Who are the Saints?" A. Holy Men, whose example we pray God to be permitted to imitate. Q. What are the Ember Weeks? A. Four weeks of the year, commonly appointed for the ordination of priests and deacons; one in each of the four seasons. 1 πέντε κόστος, quinquagesimus. 2 sancti. NAMES OF PERSONS AND THINGS REMARKABLE IN SACRED HISTORY. The two Sons of Abraham? Isaac, the child of the Promise, by his wife Sarah; Ishmael, the son of Hagar the bond-woman, the founder of the Arab race. The two Sons of Isaac and Rebecca? Jacob, who inherited the Blessing, afterwards called Israel; Esau or Edom, who was the founder of Idumæa. |