C1 Flashcards
What is the Church?
The Church is the sign and instrument of salvation and of our reconciliation and communion with God and with one another.
The Church is also known as the Communion of Saints which are what?
The Communion of Saints is a communion of holy things and holy people that make up the Church.
A Communion of Holy Things consists of 4 things. What are they?
1) Communion in the faith
2) Communion in the sacraments
3) Communion in the Holy Spirit
4) Communion of charity or love.
The Communion of Holy People include what?
1) the faithful on earth
2) the faithful who are being purified after death in purgatory
3) the faithful in heaven
Baptized members of the church are…..
laypeople. They have not been ordained as a bishop, priest or deacon.
The ordained ministry of the Church include which members?
Bishops, priests and deacons.
Laypeople and ordained ministers sometimes vow or promise to live lives of poverty, chastity, and obedience in a way of life approved by the Church. What type of life is this?
This is a consecrated life.
The Latin word that means calling is…..
vocation
