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When did Puerto Rican Nationalist Filiberto Ojeda Ríos die?
2005
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Who killed Filiberto Ojeda Ríos?
FBI agents
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How did some people describe Filiberto Ojeda Ríos's death?
assassination
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How did the FBI respond to requests to release information beyond the initial press release?
The FBI refused
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What US court dismissed the Puerto Rican case for information crucial to their own investigation of Filiberto Ojeda Ríos's killing?
Supreme Court
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Who were Mary's parents?
Saint Joachim and Saint Anne
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How old was Mary when she was consecrated as a virgin?
three years old
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Who was Mary betrothed to?
Joseph
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When she was betrothed to Joseph, approximately how old was Mary?
12–14 years old
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Where was Mary consecrated as a virgin?
the Temple in Jerusalem
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Which angel appeared to Mary?
Gabriel
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What happened to Mary's body at death?
assumed directly into Heaven
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What did Gabriel announce to Mary at the Annunciation?
her divine selection to be the mother of Jesus
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How was Mary related to Jesus?
mother of Jesus
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Which goespel begins its story of Mary with the Annunciation?
Gospel of Luke
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When was the Assumption dogmatically define by the Catholic Church?
1950
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In which papal document was the dogma of the Assumption defined?
Munificentissimus Deus
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Which pope authored Munifentissimus Deus?
Pope Pius XII
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Other than the Roman Catholic Church, which church holds the doctrine of the Assumption to be true?
Eastern Orthodox Church
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What is another name for the Assumption of Mary?
Dormition
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How long in total was the "blood of her purifying" for Mary?
40 days
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Where did Mary bring a burnt offering and sin offering?
the Temple in Jerusalem
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Who was presented at the Temple in Jerusalem?
Jesus
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Who prophesized in Luke 2:25-38?
Simeon and the prophetess Anna in
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To which Galilean city did Joseph and Mary take Jesus?
Nazareth
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What was Zechariah's occupation?
priest
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Which tribe did Elizabeth belong to?
Levi
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Who was Aaron's wife?
Elisheba
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Which tribe did Elisheba belong to?
Judah
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Who was the third son of David and Bathsheba?
Nathan
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Name the two women present with Mary at the Crucifixion of Jesus?
Mary of Clopas and Mary Magdalene
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In art, what is the name for the motif of Mary cradling the body of Jesus?
pietà
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In Matthew, who else besides Mary of Clopas and Mary Magdalene are with Mary at the Crucifixion?
Salome
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What does pieta mean?
pity
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What is a representation of Mary at the Crucifixion called?
a Stabat Mater
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Which Egyptian goddess do some scholars ascribe similarities to?
Isis
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What type of goddess is Isis?
Egyptian
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What kind of relationship do some scholars believe exists between Isis and Mary?
iconographic
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In which country is Ephesus?
Turkey
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Whose visions led to the identification of the House of the Virgin Mary?
Anne Catherine Emmerich
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Which disciple is known as "the Disciple whom Jesus loved?"
John the Evangelist
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With whom is it believed that Mary lived with in Ephesus?
John
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In which century was the House of the Virgin Mary found?
19th
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In which year was the Second Council of Nicea?
787
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In which year did the Synod of Constantinople confirm the veneration of images of Mary?
842
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Which icon is most venerated in the Orthodox Church?
icon of the Virgin Theotokos
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What is the name given to artistic depictions of Mary?
Marian art
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In the Orthodox church, what types of icons are allowed to be venerated and prayed before?
flat, two-dimensional icons
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Where is the site of the first Church dedicated to Mary?
Ephesus
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Which goddess was worshipped in Ephesus before Mary?
Artemis
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Who was the author of the book, "Survivals of Roman Religion?"
William E. Phipps
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Which Queen furthered the cult of Mary in the 6th Century?
Queen Theodora
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Where was Mary rumored to have died?
Ephesus
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Jesus was known as the "King of Kings" because of his lieage from who?
King David
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Which name is given to Mary because of her role as a protector of captives?
Our Lady of Ransom
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Who was the mother of Jesus?
Mary
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Which New Testament book provides a basis for the term Queen when referring to Mary?
Luke
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Who wrote polemics regarding Roman Catholic beliefs about Mary?
Martin Luther
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In which year was the Immaculate Conception dogmatized?
1854
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Which pope was responsible for the dogmatization of the Immaculate Conception?
Pope Pius IX
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What does Theotokos mean?
Mother of God
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Where did Martin Luther preach a sermon on Marian devotion a month before his death?
Wittenberg
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On what date does the Catholic Church celebrate the Feast of the Assumption?
August 15
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What do Eastern Catholics call the Feast of the Assumption?
Dormition of the Theotokos
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On what date of the Julian calendar do Eastern Catholics celebrate the Domition of the Theotokos?
August 28
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How many Great Feasts does the Eastern Orthodox Church celebrate?
12
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Do Protestants celebrate Marian feasts or not?
do not
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Which color is traditionally used to portray Mary in paintings?
blue
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What rock was used as the source of blue pigment in paints in Medieval and Renaissance Europe?
lapis lazuli
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From which country was lapis lazuli imported?
Afghanistan
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Lapis lazuli was thought to be more valuable than which precious metal?
gold
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Which ancient empire is thought to have started the tradition of portraying Mary in paintings using the color blue?
Byzantine Empire
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According to Nontrinitarian belief, what is Mary's relationship to Jesus?
biological mother
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Which Nontrinitarian theologian says that God cannot approach eveil spirits to redeem them?
Emanuel Swedenborg
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Unittarians, Christadelphians and Jehovah's Witnesses are examples of what kind of church?
Nontrinitarians
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"Mother of God" is an example of what kind of title?
Marian
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By what name is Mary referred to in the Qur'an?
Maryam
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Which Sura in the Qur'an describes the visitation of an angel upon Zakariya?
19
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In how many places does the Qur'an give detailed accounts of Mary?
two
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Which Gospel provides an identical account of the Virgin Birth as Sura 19 in the Qur'an?
Luke
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Who was visited by an angel in Sura 19 of the Qur'an?
Zakariya
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What term is used to describe the belief that Mary remained a virgin for her entire life?
Ever-Virgin
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Which Latin father described the belief that Jesus' siblings were his cousins?
Jerome
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Which churches teach that Jesus' brothers and sister were step-siblings from a previous marriage of Joseph the Betrothed?
Orthodox Churches
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What document teaches that Jesus' brothers and sisters were older children of Joseph from a previous marriage?
Protoevangelium of James
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Which doctrine describes the belief that Mary remained a virgin, even though she gave birth to Jesus?
The Perpetual Virginity of Mary
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In Orthodox tradition, what comes next in precdence after The Theotokos in the order of the saints?
Angels
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What are hymns to the Theotokos called in Orthodox tradition?
The Theotokia
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In the liturgical sequences of the Eastern Church, who is placed next in prominence after Christ?
the Theotokos
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What is Mary proclaimed to be in the Orthodox tradition?
"Lady of the Angels"
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What do the Orthodox believe Mary remained to be before and after she gave birth to Christ?
a virgin
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What is the mother church of the Angican Communion?
the Church of England
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Which church in the United States is associated with the Angican Communion?
the Episcopal Church
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What practice differentiates the Angican Communon from Protestant churches at large?
veneration of Mary
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What branch of Christianity does the Angican Communion fall under?
Protestant
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For what practice did the first Protestants criticize the Roman Catholics?
venerating Mary
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In which century did the Council of Trent occur?
16th
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Which Protestant churches still honor Mary?
Anglicans and Lutherans
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During which historical era did Protestant interest in Mary almost disappear?
Age of the Enlightenment
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Marian veneration became associated with which Christians after the Council of Trent?
Catholics
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