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Key Facts: BY Abitur Catholic Religion (eA) Exam

1 of 4 tasks

Candidate's choice in the written Abitur (Textaufgabe, Erweiterte Textaufgabe, Themenaufgabe, Aufgabe mit Gestaltungsanteil)

ISB Übersicht Illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben Katholische Religionslehre (Stand Februar 2026)

270 min / 120 BE

Working time and maximum Bewertungseinheiten at erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau (gA: 210 min / 100 BE)

ISB Allgemeine Hinweise zu den Illustrierenden Prüfungsaufgaben Katholische Religionslehre

4 hours / week

Unterrichtsumfang of Leistungsfach Katholische Religionslehre eA in the Profil- und Leistungsstufe (gA: 2 hours)

ISB Übersicht Illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben Katholische Religionslehre

Bible

The permitted aid (Hilfsmittel) for the written Abitur tasks in Katholische Religionslehre

ISB Allgemeine Hinweise IlluPA Katholische Religionslehre

LehrplanPLUS Jgst. 12/13 (erhöht)

Curriculum basis of the first G9 Abitur 2026 for Leistungsfach Katholische Religionslehre

lehrplanplus.bayern.de, Gymnasium Katholische Religionslehre 12/13 (erhöht)

13 May 2026

Written exam date for weitere Abiturprüfungsfächer at erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau in 2026 (incl. Religionslehre as Leistungsfach)

KM Bayern, Aktuelles zur Abiturprüfung 2026

300 / 900

Maximum Abitur points from the five Prüfungsfächer; at least 300 of 900 points required for the Allgemeine Hochschulreife

KM Bayern, Aktuelles zur Abiturprüfung 2026

100

Original English MCQ study items in this bank (not official format)

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Bavaria Abitur Katholische Religionslehre (eA/Leistungsfach) is a 270-minute constructed-response exam: one task chosen from four, max. 120 BE, Bible as the only aid — not MCQ. Content follows LehrplanPLUS Gymnasium Jgst. 12/13 (erhöht): anthropology, God question and Bible, ethics with Katholische Soziallehre, truth claims and Christian hope. This free English MCQ bank is a study adaptation only.

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1In Catholic theology, what does it mean to call the Bible 'God's word in human words'?
A.Divine authorship cancels all human literary forms and historical conditioning
B.God's self-communication is attested through historically situated human authors, languages, and genres
C.Only the New Testament counts as God's word; the Old Testament is merely preparatory folklore
D.Every verse must be read as a timeless scientific statement
Explanation: Catholic teaching holds that revelation is mediated: inspired human authors write within their languages, cultures, and literary genres, yet the Scriptures as a whole witness to God's word. This formula rejects both a flat fundamentalism that erases human mediation and a reduction that treats the Bible as only human opinion.
2Which approach to Scripture does LehrplanPLUS contrast with a fundamentalist reading at eA depth?
A.A purely allegorical method that ignores the literal sense
B.Differentiated historical-critical and theological interpretation that asks about author, genre, context, and Wirkungsgeschichte
C.Reading only the Psalms as inspired
D.Accepting only privately revealed messages as authoritative
Explanation: At erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau, students are expected to engage Scripture differently from a fundamentalist reading: they analyze genre, historical setting, and interpretive tradition, then relate ethical or theological claims to life. ISB materials highlight this deepened Bibelauslegung demand for eA versus a more limited gA competency.
3Where in the Torah (Pentateuch) is the Decalogue transmitted in two classical versions?
A.Only in Leviticus
B.Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5
C.Only in Numbers
D.Genesis 1 and Genesis 2
Explanation: The Decalogue appears in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5. Christian ethics treats it as a covenant framework of freedom and dignity, paired in LehrplanPLUS with the Sermon on the Mount as a key biblical reference for moral reflection.
4In Matthew 5:21–48, how does Jesus relate to the Law in the so-called antitheses of the Sermon on the Mount?
A.He abolishes the Decalogue as obsolete
B.He radicalizes and interiorizes the commandments by addressing anger, lust, truthfulness, and enemy love
C.He restricts ethics to ritual purity alone
D.He teaches that civil law replaces Torah
Explanation: The Matthean antitheses deepen the Law: murder is linked to anger, adultery to lustful looking, oaths to simple truthfulness, and retaliation to love of enemies. Catholic ethics reads this as fulfillment that intensifies the moral claim rather than a simple cancellation of Torah.
5What does the divine name revealed in Exodus 3:14 ('I am who I am' / Ehyeh asher ehyeh) primarily signal in classical Christian theology?
A.That God is identical with the cosmos
B.God's free, self-revealing presence that resists full conceptual capture
C.That Moses invents a tribal deity without transcendence
D.That God's name is irrelevant to prayer
Explanation: Exodus 3:14 is a foundational revelation text: God discloses a name that affirms living presence and freedom while refusing idolatrous control. Christian theology links it to the mystery of divine aseity and to later trinitarian reflection without reducing God to a worldly object.
6Which Pauline chapter is the classic New Testament locus for extensive reflection on resurrection hope?
A.Romans 13
B.1 Corinthians 15
C.Philemon
D.Titus 1
Explanation: 1 Corinthians 15 develops the resurrection of Christ as the ground of Christian hope and discusses the resurrection of the dead. LehrplanPLUS eschatology blocks regularly point students to this chapter when relating individual and universal hope.
7What is meant by the Catholic teaching that Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition form one deposit of faith?
A.Tradition replaces Scripture once councils meet
B.Scripture and the living apostolic Tradition together transmit revelation, authentically interpreted by the Magisterium
C.Only private mystical writings count as Tradition
D.Scripture and Tradition are unrelated and often contradictory by design
Explanation: Dei Verbum teaches that Scripture and Tradition flow from the same divine wellspring and form one sacred deposit. The Magisterium serves the Word by interpreting it authentically; it is not a third competing source inventing revelation independently.
8A student claims: 'If a biblical narrative uses mythic or symbolic language, it cannot communicate truth.' Which response best matches Catholic hermeneutics?
A.Agree: only laboratory-style reportage can be true
B.Disagree: truth in Scripture is communicated through diverse literary forms, including narrative, poetry, and symbolic language
C.Agree: all symbolic texts should be discarded from the canon
D.Disagree only for the Gospels; symbolism elsewhere is worthless
Explanation: Catholic interpretation recognizes that truth is not limited to modern historiographic prose. Poetry, parable, apocalyptic, and symbolic narrative can disclose theological truth. The interpretive task is to discern the sense the human authors intended and the truth God wished to communicate for salvation.
9Genesis 1:26–28 is central to Christian anthropology primarily because it speaks of humans as:
A.Eternal gods equal to the Creator
B.Created in the image and likeness of God, with vocation to stewardship
C.Soulless animals without dignity
D.Products of chance alone with no relational call
Explanation: The imago Dei (Gottebenbildlichkeit) grounds human dignity, relationality, and responsibility for creation. LehrplanPLUS places Gen 1–3 at the heart of the Christian Menschenbild, linking Personalität, Sozialität, and Transzendentalität.
10How should the prophetic critique of injustice (e.g., Amos, Isaiah) be related to Catholic social ethics at eA level?
A.As irrelevant ancient politics with no theological claim
B.As a biblical witness that worship without justice is empty, informing later Soziallehre principles
C.As proof that ethics has no place in religion
D.As a command to abolish all civil government
Explanation: The prophets bind covenant fidelity to justice for the poor and vulnerable. Catholic social teaching receives this trajectory when it insists that faith has public ethical consequences. An eA answer should show the line from prophetic critique to modern principles without equating Israelite monarchy with today's state forms.

About the BY Abitur Catholic Religion (eA) Exam

Katholische Religionslehre as Leistungsfach is a written Abitur subject of the gesellschaftswissenschaftliches Aufgabenfeld in Bavaria, examined from 2026 under LehrplanPLUS Gymnasium (erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau) for the new nine-year Gymnasium (G9). At eA the candidate selects one of four tasks — Textaufgabe, Erweiterte Textaufgabe, Themenaufgabe, or Aufgabe mit Gestaltungsanteil — in 270 minutes for a maximum of 120 Bewertungseinheiten, with the Bible as the only permitted aid (ISB Allgemeine Hinweise). Content spans the Lernbereich blocks of Jgst. 12/13 (erhöht): Personalität and the Christian image of the human person; the God question, revelation, and the Bible; ethical foundations and the ethics of life areas including Katholische Soziallehre; and truth claims among religions together with Christian future hope — with eA demands for differentiation, abstraction, and Vernetzung. The tasks are Bavaria-specific, since the IQB common pools do not include Religionslehre. This free bank offers 100 original English MCQs for concept and knowledge practice only; it is not an official translation, not a simulation of the German-medium constructed-response exam, and not a substitute for official writing or Kolloquium preparation.

Exam sponsor: Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Unterricht und Kultus (KM Bayern); Staatsinstitut für Schulqualität und Bildungsforschung (ISB) for LehrplanPLUS and illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben. The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.

Assessment

Written Abitur at erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau (Leistungsfach, 4 weekly hours): the candidate chooses one of four proposed tasks. Task types are Textaufgabe (work on a text), Erweiterte Textaufgabe (text plus further materials), Themenaufgabe, and Aufgabe mit Gestaltungsanteil; task complexes test competencies and content from several Lernbereiche of LehrplanPLUS Jgst. 12/13 (erhöht) with greater differentiation, abstraction, openness, and Selbstständigkeit (EPA/ISB). Maximum 120 Bewertungseinheiten; the Bible is the permitted aid. Content basis is Bavaria-specific (ISB) — the IQB common task pools do not cover Religionslehre. This OpenExamPrep bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation — not an official translation, not a format simulation — and cannot replace German-language constructed-response or Kolloquium practice.

Time Limit

270 minutes at erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau and 210 minutes at grundlegendes Anforderungsniveau, per the ISB Allgemeine Hinweise to the illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben Katholische Religionslehre. In 2026, written eA subjects beyond the named core subjects were scheduled on 13 May 2026 (KM Bayern Terminübersicht: 'alle weiteren Abiturprüfungsfächer – erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau'); oral Kolloquium weeks: 18–22 May and 8–12 June 2026.

Passing Score

Results are scored in Bewertungseinheiten (max. 120 at eA) and converted to Notenpunkte (0–15). Up to 300 of the 900 Abitur points come from the five Prüfungsfächer; the Allgemeine Hochschulreife requires a Gesamtqualifikation of at least 300 of 900 points (KM Bayern).

Exam / Certification Fees

No separate per-subject fee is published for regular school candidates; administration runs through the public Gymnasium pathway.

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Our practice resources: topics covered

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26%

Ethics and Katholische Soziallehre

Ethical concepts and argumentation models at eA depth, Decalogue and Sermon on the Mount Auslegung, conscience, bioethics, marriage and family, and the social principles with the great Sozialenzykliken from Rerum novarum to Laudato si'.

22%

Scripture, Revelation, and the God Question

The Bible as God's word in human words, differentiated hermeneutics vs. fundamentalism, tradition and Magisterium, arguments for and against belief in God, and the complementarity of faith and natural science.

16%

Christian Anthropology and Human Dignity

Person concept, Gottebenbildlichkeit, dignity grounded in the transcendence reference, freedom and responsibility, and critiques of homo oeconomicus and transhumanism.

15%

Christology, Sacraments, and Church History

Incarnation, Nicaea and Chalcedon, the paschal mystery, the seven sacraments and the liturgical year, and milestones from Pentecost through Vatican II.

14%

Religions, Ecumenism, and Christian Hope

Exclusivism, inclusivism, pluralism, Islam-Christianity comparison, Judaism and Nostra aetate, ecumenism, and eschatology from the reign of God to resurrection hope.

7%

Exam Literacy (eA)

One-of-four task choice, ISB task types, 270 minutes and 120 BE at eA, eA EPA criteria, the Bible as aid, and the Kolloquium structure.

Preparing for the BY Abitur Catholic Religion (eA) Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: Results are scored in Bewertungseinheiten (max. 120 at eA) and converted to Notenpunkte (0–15). Up to 300 of the 900 Abitur points come from the five Prüfungsfächer; the Allgemeine Hochschulreife requires a Gesamtqualifikation of at least 300 of 900 points (KM Bayern).
  • Assessment: Written Abitur at erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau (Leistungsfach, 4 weekly hours): the candidate chooses one of four proposed tasks. Task types are Textaufgabe (work on a text), Erweiterte Textaufgabe (text plus further materials), Themenaufgabe, and Aufgabe mit Gestaltungsanteil; task complexes test competencies and content from several Lernbereiche of LehrplanPLUS Jgst. 12/13 (erhöht) with greater differentiation, abstraction, openness, and Selbstständigkeit (EPA/ISB). Maximum 120 Bewertungseinheiten; the Bible is the permitted aid. Content basis is Bavaria-specific (ISB) — the IQB common task pools do not cover Religionslehre. This OpenExamPrep bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation — not an official translation, not a format simulation — and cannot replace German-language constructed-response or Kolloquium practice.
  • Time limit: 270 minutes at erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau and 210 minutes at grundlegendes Anforderungsniveau, per the ISB Allgemeine Hinweise to the illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben Katholische Religionslehre. In 2026, written eA subjects beyond the named core subjects were scheduled on 13 May 2026 (KM Bayern Terminübersicht: 'alle weiteren Abiturprüfungsfächer – erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau'); oral Kolloquium weeks: 18–22 May and 8–12 June 2026.
  • Exam / certification fees: No separate per-subject fee is published for regular school candidates; administration runs through the public Gymnasium pathway. Official sources

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BY Abitur Catholic Religion (eA): Suggested Study Strategy

1Learn the Lernbereich blocks of Jgst. 12/13 (erhöht) as a map: Personalität/Menschenbild, Gottesfrage/Offenbarung, Ethik/Soziallehre, Wahrheitsansprüche/Hoffnung — eA task complexes deliberately cross and Vernetzen several of them.
2For ethics, practice the two argumentation patterns (deontological vs. teleological) and show how Verantwortungsethik holds both together — then apply them to an open Lebensbereich case at AFB III.
3Memorize the Sozialprinzipien (Personalität, Solidarität, Subsidiarität, Gemeinwohl, Nachhaltigkeit) with one-line definitions and one Sozialenzyklik each, then rehearse applying them to a concrete policy case with counter-arguments.
4Know the classic God-arguments and critiques in pairs (Anselm/Thomas/Pascal vs. Feuerbach/Marx/Nietzsche) and be ready to state the possibilities and limits of each rather than declaring winners — eA rewards differentiated Urteil.
5Practice citing Scripture precisely with the permitted Bible: short, exact references (e.g., Gen 1:26-28, Ex 3:14, Mt 5:21-48, 1 Kor 15) strengthen any constructed-response answer; at eA, also show awareness of Auslegung steps.
6Use the official ISB illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben (eA Beispielaufgaben with Lösungsvorschläge) for full German-language rehearsal; use this MCQ bank only for concept checks.
7In the real exam, skim all four proposed tasks before choosing, and budget your 270 minutes roughly by the Bewertungseinheiten of the sub-tasks (max. 120 BE).

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the official Bavarian Abitur in Katholische Religionslehre (eA) a multiple-choice test?

No. The official exam is German-medium constructed response: candidates choose one of four tasks (Textaufgabe, Erweiterte Textaufgabe, Themenaufgabe, Aufgabe mit Gestaltungsanteil). This bank is a free English-language MCQ study adaptation — not an official translation or format simulation — and cannot replace official writing or oral practice.

How long is the written exam at erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau and what aids are allowed?

According to the ISB Allgemeine Hinweise to the illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben: 270 minutes at eA (210 minutes at gA), with a maximum of 120 Bewertungseinheiten (100 at gA). The Bible is the permitted aid.

How does eA differ from gA in Katholische Religionslehre?

LehrplanPLUS Lernbereiche share the same basic cut, but eA (Leistungsfach, 4 weekly hours) deepens content through greater differentiation and abstraction of concepts, more open task wording, stronger demands for independent structuring and Vernetzung, and longer/more complex texts (EPA/ISB). Written eA awards up to 120 BE in 270 minutes versus 100 BE / 210 minutes at gA.

Which curriculum applies from 2026?

LehrplanPLUS Gymnasium, Profil- und Leistungsstufe (Jgst. 12/13), erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau: in Jgst. 12 the Lernbereiche on Personalität ('Wer bin ich?'), the Christian image of humanity, the search for God, and revelation/Trinity/Islam; in Jgst. 13 Sozialität with ethical foundations, the ethics of life areas with Katholische Soziallehre, truth claims among religions, Christian ethics as Letztbegründung, future hope, and personal Lebensentwürfe.

Do the IQB common task pools apply to this subject?

No. In Bavaria the IQB pools cover only Deutsch, Mathematik, Englisch, Französisch (since 2017) and Biologie, Chemie, Physik (since 2025). Religionslehre tasks are Bavaria-specific, developed in the KM Bayern/ISB framework.

How is the oral Kolloquium in Katholische Religionslehre structured?

Per the ISB overview: two parts of about 15 minutes each after 30 minutes of preparation. Part I is a roughly 10-minute short presentation from a chosen topic area of the Schwerpunkthalbjahr plus a short discussion; Part II covers Lernbereiche from the other non-excluded Kurshalbjahre. One Kurshalbjahr of Jgst. 12 is excluded as Prüfungsgegenstand. At eA, content is more comprehensive and abstract.

How does this subject count toward the Abitur result?

As Leistungsfach, KR eA is a compulsory Abiturprüfungsfach. The written result (max. 120 BE at eA) is converted to Notenpunkte. The five Prüfungsfächer contribute up to 300 of 900 Abitur points; the Allgemeine Hochschulreife requires a Gesamtqualifikation of at least 300 of 900 points (KM Bayern).