Christian Liturgy - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
season before Christmas in the western church	advent	89%
ritual that commands an evil spirit / the devil to depart	exorcism	73%
a pronouncement of God's forgiveness for those who have confessed	absolution	66%
liturgical minister who leads the singing or sings alone	cantor	50%
the ten commandments	decalogue	48%
an Evangelical invitation for those who want to dedicate their lives to God to come forward to the altar	altar call	45%
"image breaking" impulse to destroy or reject religious images	iconoclasm	45%
the podium to which one walks to read the word	ambo	41%
recurring verse sung in alteration	antiphon	41%
system of apportioning biblical readings for worship rather than reading continuously	lectionary	41%
"the law of prayer is the law of belief" and expresses the close connection between worship and faith	lex orandi lex credendi	41%
afternoon prayer of the hours	vespers	41%
the distinct end of a church where the altar is located	apse	39%
a hymn or other song text from outside the psalms	canticle	39%
Greek word derived from "to call upon" or "invoke" and commonly refers tot he part of the Eucharistic prayer that asks the Spirit to come on the sacrament	epiclesis	39%
psalmody sung at the beginning of mass or while processing	introit	39%
book or set of books containing the official daily prayer rites	breviary	36%
psalm chant between the epistle and the Gospel	gradual	36%
praying the psalms with two groups alternately saying or chanting	antiphonal	34%
distinct part of a traditional church where the font is located and baptisms performed	baptistery	34%
Latin for "commandment" and often used at the Maundy Thursday foot washing	mandatum	34%
a newly baptized Christian	neophyte	34%
a brief liturgical response, such as "amen" or "blessed be God"	acclamation	32%
Greek term for recalling God's redeeming acts as past and present; also an element of Eucharistic prayer	anamnesis	32%
a technical term for music that has two or more parts	polyphony	30%
Latin for "lift up your hearts"	sursum corda	30%
Greek for "thrice holy" refers either to the sanctus or Holy God, Holy and mighty, Holy immortal one have mercy upon us"	trisagion	30%
belief that liturgical practices neither commanded nor forbidden are permitted	adiaphora	27%
words spoken over someone being baptized	baptismal formula	27%
practice of reading scripture in sequence over time; preferred by Protestant churches over a lectionary system	lectio continua	27%
Simeon's words upon seeing the child Jesus at his presentation in the temple	nunc dimittis	27%
technical name for the whole Eucharistic prayer	anaphora	25%
Hebrew prayer that blesses God "Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe"	berakah	25%
an Eastern rite term for a set of liturgical prayers and blessings	euchology	23%
in historical methodist and evangelical communities for people to come to confess and pray	mourner's bench	23%
the texts that remain the same in all masses	ordinary (of the mass)	23%
the cycle of the liturgical year commemorating the lives of saints and martyrs	sanctoral cycle	20%
Latin for "provision for a journey" refers to the Eucharist given to someone who is dying	viaticum	20%
the liturgical calendar as it relates to the seasons	temporal cycle	16%
a book containing prayers used by a presbyter or bishop for the celebration of mass and other liturgical occasions	sacrementary	9%

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