Church Teachings

Question 1

What is cannon law?

Answer 1

It was a law that covered the beliefs of the Church, its teachings and practices, and the Pope acted as the final advisor in cases based on cannon law

Question 2

What was the liturgical year?

Answer 2

Each month of the year was dictated by a liturgical event e.g. February was for muck spreading to help prepare the fields for crops; Liturgical Event: Candlemas, 3 weeks preparation before Lent

Question 3

What’s original sin?

Answer 3

Belief that everyone was born with as sin

Question 4

What’s Purgatory?

Answer 4

(in Catholic doctrine) a place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven.

Question 5

What’s indulgence?

Answer 5

Any sins already forgiven through confession could be further lessened through a type of person

Question 6

What’s Mass?

Answer 6

• The most important service activities in the Catholic Church
• Eucharist celebration and gathering to remember Jesus

Question 7

What’s justification?

Answer 7

The action of declaring faith of doing goof works, which allows an individual to go to Heaven

Question 8

What’s Transubstantiation?

Answer 8

The idea that blood and wine is the body of Jesus Christ

Question 9

What are sacraments?

Answer 9

Religious ceremonies by which people would relieve the Grace of God: baptism, confirmation, marriage, ordination, confession, the mass, the last rites