I have just recieved a letter from one of the secondary school's i applied for for my child in Sept. We are applying on the non religious acceptance as we are not catholics. My child has to sit a religious test next week and pass to be accepted. What Q's will be asked and what prayers should we know. Has anybody gone through this last year or has knowledge of the test and what we need to know. Your answers would be greatly appriciated, thank you. U.K I chose this school as one of my top 3 as i want my daughter to go to a Religious School. My Mum was Catholic and Dad Orphadox and so am I. I have not baptised my child so she can choose which way she identifies herself most, orphadox/catholic. She identifies herself as Irish. Im fine with this as long as she believes in God and obeys the 10 commandments i dont mind if she becomes a Catholic and not Orphodox like me. I dont believe in changing Faiths this is why also i gave her the opportunity to choose. I have a great understanding of my religion and so does she, its more the prayers i am looking for and things that are diff with Orphadox religion
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education in all schools should be secular
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Why the heck do you want to send your child to a catholic school in the first place? They're just going to try and brainwash said child... and its going to be a nightmare from start to finish. You'll be much better off just finding a nice, normal, secular school.... Rest assured... the questions won't be worth answering.
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no
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You'll probably need to know the seven heavenly virtues and seven deadly sins. Presumably the lord's prayer (although that might be protestant). Also your child should do a bit of a background check on Jesus so s/he doesn't fall over in that category. To be honest you probably don't want your child going to a religious school if they aren't of that religion.
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I can't help you there...I'm Christian, not Catholic. I do have one question....Do you have to pay to send your child to this school; and if so why pay money to send your child to a religious school not of your belief?
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I've never heard of any Catholic school requiring any student to pass a "religious test" before they can be admitted. A placement test is the only thing I've heard of, but that's just to make sure the child is up to date in their education and to place them in correct classes. Try this website for a list of prayers that you can look at. =) http://www.scborromeo.org/prayers.htm
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Fair question, but why would one send a child to Catholic School without either being of that faith or desiring to be of that faith?
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I am a religion teacher in a Catholic school, and went to Catholic schools through college. I have nerver heard of a "religion test" reqired for admittance, just an ordinary academic test for placement. I'm willing to bet you are mistaken. Most Catholic school have a percentage of non-Catholics in their population, and we welcome them. We instruct them as we do all of the Catholic children, and love hearing about their various faiths. We do not try to convert them in any way, but respect the differences in beliefs. Catholic schools are universally known for their high standard of education, and more importantly, high standards of Christian values exemplified and expected. I wish you good luck.
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"Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name (NOT THE NAMES) of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit" (St. Matt. 28:20). Many Christians begin to learn about the Trinity through knowledge of Baptism. This is also a starting point for others in comprehending why the doctrine matters to so many Christians, even though the doctrine itself teaches that the being of God is beyond complete comprehension. The Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed are structured around profession of the Trinity, and are solemnly professed by converts to Christianity when they receive baptism, and in the Church's liturgy, particularly when celebrating the Eucharist. One or both of these creeds are often used as brief summations of Christian faith by mainstream denominations. One God God is one, and the Godhead a single being: The Hebrew Scriptures lift this one article of faith above others, and surround it with stern warnings against departure from this central issue of faith, and of faithfulness to the covenant God had made with them. "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD" (Deuteronomy 6:4) (the Shema), "Thou shalt have no other gods before me" (Deuteronomy 5:7) and, "Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel and his redeemer the LORD of hosts: I am the first and I am the last; and beside me there is no God." (Isaiah 44:6). Any formulation of an article of faith which does not insist that God is solitary, that divides worship between God and any other, or that imagines God coming into existence rather than being God eternally, is not capable of directing people toward the knowledge of God, according to the trinitarian understanding of the Old Testament. The same insistence is found in the New Testament: "...there is none other God but one" (1 Corinthians 8:4). The "other gods" warned against are therefore not gods at all, but substitutes for God, and so are, according to St. Paul, simply mythological or are demons. So, in the trinitarian view, the common conception which thinks of the Father and Christ as two separate beings, is incorrect. The central, and crucial affirmation of Christian faith is that there is one savior, God, and one salvation, manifest in Jesus Christ, to which there is access only because of the Holy Spirit. The God of the Old is still the same as the God of the New. In Christianity, it is understood that statements about a solitary god are intended to distinguish the Hebraic understanding from the polytheistic view, which see divine power as shared by several separate beings, beings which can, and do, disagree and have conflicts with each other. The concept of Many comprising One is quite visible in the Gospel of John, chapter 17, verses 20 through 23. God exists in three persons The "Shield of the Trinity" or "Scutum Fidei" diagram of traditional Western Christian symbolism.This one God however exists in three persons, or in the Greek hypostases. God has but a single divine nature. Chalcedonians — Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants — hold that, in addition, the Second Person of the Trinity — God the Son, Jesus — assumed human nature, so that he has two natures (and hence two wills), and is really and fully both true God and true human. The singleness of God's being and the multiplicity of the Divine Persons together account for the nature of Christian salvation, and disclose the gift of eternal life. "Through the Son we have access to the Father in one Spirit" (Ephesians 2:18). Communion with the Father is the goal of the Christian faith and is eternal life. It is given to humans through the Divine union with humanity in Jesus Christ who, although fully God, died for sinners "in the flesh" to accomplish their redemption, and this forgiveness, restoration, and friendship with God is made accessible through the gift to the Church of the Holy Spirit, who, being God, knows the Divine Essence intimately and leads and empowers the Christian to fulfill the will of God. Thus, this doctrine touches on every aspect of the trinitarian Christian's faith and life; and this explains why it has been so earnestly contended for, throughout Christian history. Source(s): Douay Rheims Bible
