The Church of England put out a list of children's answers to various Biblical questions:
- Noah's wife was called Joan of Ark.
- Henry VIII thought so much of Wolsey that he made him a cardigan.
- The fifth commandment is: Humor thy father and mother.
- When Mary heard she was to be the mother of Jesus, she went off and sang the Magna Carta.
- Salome was a woman who danced naked in front of Harrods.
- Holy acrimony is another name for marriage.
- Christians can have only one wife. This is called monotony.
- The Pope lives in a vacuum.
- Paraffin is next in order after seraphim.
- Today, wild beasts are confined to Theological Gardens.
- The patron saint of travelers is St. Francis of the sea sick.
- A republican is a sinner mentioned in the Bible.
- Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat twelve partridges.
- The natives of Macedonia did not believe, so St. Paul got stoned.
- The first commandment was when Eve told Adam to eat the apple.
- It is sometimes difficult to hear what is being said in church because the agnostics are so terrible.
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