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Hint	Answer	% Correct
season before Christmas in the western church	advent	86%
a pronouncement of God's forgiveness for those who have confessed	absolution	69%
ritual that commands an evil spirit / the devil to depart	exorcism	69%
an Evangelical invitation for those who want to dedicate their lives to God to come forward to the altar	altar call	53%
liturgical minister who leads the singing or sings alone	cantor	50%
recurring verse sung in alteration	antiphon	47%
the ten commandments	decalogue	47%
"image breaking" impulse to destroy or reject religious images	iconoclasm	47%
the podium to which one walks to read the word	ambo	42%
praying the psalms with two groups alternately saying or chanting	antiphonal	42%
the distinct end of a church where the altar is located	apse	42%
system of apportioning biblical readings for worship rather than reading continuously	lectionary	42%
a brief liturgical response, such as "amen" or "blessed be God"	acclamation	39%
distinct part of a traditional church where the font is located and baptisms performed	baptistery	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%
"the law of prayer is the law of belief" and expresses the close connection between worship and faith	lex orandi lex credendi	39%
Greek term for recalling God's redeeming acts as past and present; also an element of Eucharistic prayer	anamnesis	36%
book or set of books containing the official daily prayer rites	breviary	36%
psalm chant between the epistle and the Gospel	gradual	36%
a newly baptized Christian	neophyte	36%
belief that liturgical practices neither commanded nor forbidden are permitted	adiaphora	33%
words spoken over someone being baptized	baptismal formula	33%
practice of reading scripture in sequence over time; preferred by Protestant churches over a lectionary system	lectio continua	33%
Latin for "commandment" and often used at the Maundy Thursday foot washing	mandatum	33%
a technical term for music that has two or more parts	polyphony	33%
afternoon prayer of the hours	vespers	33%
Hebrew prayer that blesses God "Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe"	berakah	31%
Simeon's words upon seeing the child Jesus at his presentation in the temple	nunc dimittis	31%
an Eastern rite term for a set of liturgical prayers and blessings	euchology	28%
in historical methodist and evangelical communities for people to come to confess and pray	mourner's bench	28%
Greek for "thrice holy" refers either to the sanctus or Holy God, Holy and mighty, Holy immortal one have mercy upon us"	trisagion	28%
technical name for the whole Eucharistic prayer	anaphora	25%
the texts that remain the same in all masses	ordinary (of the mass)	25%
Latin for "lift up your hearts"	sursum corda	25%
the cycle of the liturgical year commemorating the lives of saints and martyrs	sanctoral cycle	22%
the liturgical calendar as it relates to the seasons	temporal cycle	19%
Latin for "provision for a journey" refers to the Eucharist given to someone who is dying	viaticum	19%
a book containing prayers used by a presbyter or bishop for the celebration of mass and other liturgical occasions	sacrementary	11%

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