Priests, Monks, Nuns And Other Saintly Stuff Quiz

Answer: a black apron or scapular over a white robe

Benedictine monks (also known as Black Monks) wear "black on black".
Cistercian monks criticised their luxury of having "black dyed" robes
and replaced those black robes with cream-coloured robes of undyed sheep's wool. Yet, out of respect for their ultimate founder St. Benedictine, they kept the black scapular.

Answer: a joint order of hermits and cenobites founded at the Camaldoli hermitage

The Camaldulenses were founded by St. Romuald at the beginning of the eleventh century. The Bogomils were Bulgarian heretics (early 12th century).

Answer: saints represented as carrying their heads under their arms

"Cefalo" is Greek for "head". And "phorous" relates to "phorein" , the equivalent of Latin "ferre": to bear. Compare "Christo-phorous" the Greek for Christ-bearer (vide. the legend of St. Christopher).

Answer: Passionists

Passionists are members of a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded by St Paul of the Cross in Italy in 1720 and devoted chiefly to missionary work and retreats. Friars Minor, Conventuals an Capuchins all derive from the spiritual movement started by St. Francis.

Answer: Conventuals

Friars Minor wear a brown habit with a white cord and a brown hood.
Capuchins have a brown hood directly attached to their brown habit.
Dominicans wear a white habit with white scapular, a black cloak and a black hood.
Formerly the Conventuals wore a gray habit, but now they wear a black one. See the Catholic Encyclopedia.

Answer: Three first letters of the name of Jesus in Greek

Jesus Hominum Salvator is a later Latin re-interpretation, and means s "Jesus is the Saviour of Mankind".The first use of IHS was as a monogram of the three first letters of the name of Jesus (in Greek). In Hoc Signo Vinces is the inscription which Constantine claimed to have seen in a cross of light, just before he was to fight a decisive battle. Another famous "monogram" were the two first letters in Greek of "Christos": CHI(X)- RO(P).
Jesus Habemus Socium would mean: we have Jesus as our companion.

Answer: red

White is for the Pope and purple for bishops.

Answer: the mozetta

The chasuble is the sleeveless outer garment worn by the celebrant of the Eucharist. An amice is a kind of neck scarf and an alb is a white garment worn under the chasuble. The mozetta is a short hooded cape worn over the rochet by the Pope, by bishops and some other high dignitaries.

Answer: A priest who has been rewarded with a title for long and dedicated service.

At first a Dean or Decanus was the head of exactly ten parishes. Later the head of "a number of parishes". A Canon need not be specialized in Canon Law. The title of Canon has been called the only "meliorative" of a non-ens because in the structure of the Church they hardly have a clearly defined function apart from being "key advisers to the bishop".

They also are entitled to giving their advice on the choice of new bishops but in those roles they are far from exclusive. Whether they can be called the only loose cannon of the Catholic Church is another matter.

Answer: bishop coadjutor

Coadjutors, assistant bishops and suffragan bishops all are in one way or other some kind of bishops but with a limited role of "assistants" to a bishop. Coadjutor Bishops have been elected by a synod, are duly consecrated to assist the diocesan bishop, and are legally understood to have the right of immediate succession on the resignation, retirement or death of the diocesan bishop.

A suffragan bishop has also been elected by the synod or parliament of the diocese. He has no right of succession however. Assistant Bishops have not been elected by a synod. Usually they are retired bishops from another diocese whose help is asked by the diocesan bishop, often for a limited period of time. Archdeacons rank just below bishops, but are mere clergymen with the duty of assisting their diocesan bishop in ceremonial functions and in administrative work.