Second Quarter Exam Flashcards by Anna Chadwick

A bishop of the highest rank

Archbishop

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Large diocese which has an elevated status over the other dioceses in the area

Archdiocese

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Consecrated successor to the apostles

Bishop

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The definitive list of the books of the Bible

Canon

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A bishop or archbishop that has been selected by the pope to join the college of cardinals

Cardinal

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The official church of the local bishop

Cathedral

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A name given to the Assembly of God

Church

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The faithful of the church that receives the sacrament of holy orders

Clergy

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The principle that all of the bishops in the Church with the pope at their head form a single group; this is the succession of the apostles

Collegiality

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A new relationship between man and God which has been established by Christ

Communion

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The unity in Christ of all the redeemed

Communion of Saints

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A gathering of the world’s cardinals in St. Peter’s basilica with the purpose of electing a new pope

Conclave

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Permanent state of life recognized by the church

Consecrated Life

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Council of the Church held AD 49 or 50 to decide how the Gentiles would convert to the Church

Council of Jerusalem

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A man who is ordained to assist the mission of the Church

Deacon

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The definitive revelation of the church given to the apostles and through them to the entire Churches

Deposit of Faith

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The office of the deacon in the Catholic Church

Diaconate

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A meeting of the bishop and representatives of the clergy, religious, and laity

Diocesan Council

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The territory and the churches under a bishop’s authority

Diocese

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Often called the Eastern Rites of the Catholic Church

Eastern Catholic Churches

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A meeting of the Church leaders

Ecumenical Council

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action or sign that confers the grace it signifies

Efficacious

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The office of bishop in the Catholic Church

Episcopacy

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The assembly of the world’s bishops

Episcopal college

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The mission given to the apostles by the Church

Evangelization

A definitive teaching by the Pope when he speaks as pastor of the Universal Church "from the chair"

Ex Cathedra

the teaching office of all the bishops gathered with the Pope

Extraordinary Magestirium

The order of teaching authority in the Church

Hierarchy

The sacrament by which men are ordained to the episcopacy, priesthood, or diaconate

Holy Orders

Immunity of error and any possibility of error

Infallibility

Literally "in the Person of Christ"

In Persona Christ

The name given to the ordinary and universal teaching authority of the Pope and the bishops

Magisterium

Symbol or formula of the Catholic Faith that was developed at the ecumenical councils of Nicea 1 and Constantinople 1

Nicene Creed

Obligation of the faithful to accept and believe in the authorities and infallible teaching of the Magisterium

Obedience of Faith

Teaching office of bishops in their own dioceses

Ordinary Magisterium

Office of the Pope in the Catholic Church

Papacy

Defined as a territorial district within a diocese

Parish

Council involving all the bishops of a particular nation

Plenary Council

Successor of St. Peter

Pope

Office of the Priest in the Catholic Church, the priesthood

Presbyterate

One of the tribe of Levi

Priest

The highest rank, the Acts of the Apostles

Primacy

A state of final purification after death and before entering into heaven

Purgatory

The obligation of the faithful to accept teachings of the magisterium

Religious Assent

Refers to the Catholic Church because she's a sign and instrument of the communion of God and Men

Sacrament of Salvation

The bible

Sacred Scripture

The church's teachings that have been passed down

Sacred Tradition

The most recent of the Ecumenical councils of the Catholic Church

Second Vatican Council

Those that are properly baptized and known by the name Christian

Separated Brethen

The total repudiation of the Christian Faith

Apostasy

"One sent forth" refers to the Twelve chosen by Jesus

Apostles

The fourth mark of the Church that indicates she was founded by Christ and given to the apostles

Apostolic

Held that Christ had only a divine mind and will and was therefore not fully man

Apollinarism

Jesus Christ was neither God nor equal to the father, sent by the father and did the will of the father

Arianism

The official internal law of the Catholic Church

Canon Law

Church established by Christ on the foundation of the Apostles the pilgrim Church on Earth, means "universal"

Catholic Church

Refers to the 21 councils of the world's bishops

Ecumenical

The efforts to reunite all Christians on earth and to cooperate among Christian Faith traditions

Ecumenism

An ancient heresy that taught that Jesus was the Redeemer, but he was neither God nor true man

Gnosticism

Denial by a baptized person of some truth that must be believed with divine faith

Heresy

Diocese of the Pope, Bishop of Rome

Holy See

Will never change in its essential aspects

Immutable

Having no flaw or defect

Indefectible

The remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sin whose guilt has already been forgiven

Indulgence

In the New Testament, a reference to Jesus Christ

Logos

The four attributions of the church mentioned in the Nicene Creed

Marks of the Church

A heresy arising in the fifth century that claimed there is only one nature in the person of Christ, his human nature having been incorporated into his divine nature

Monophysitism

A pagan school of thought based upon the ideas of the Greek philosopher that held the existence of a Supreme Being "the One" who creates through an emanation of lesser beings, one of which is the logos

Neo-Platonism

Taught Christ was the unity of a divine and a human person

Nestorianism

Broke from communion with the Catholic Church, they retain many elements of the Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodoxy

Will exist until the end of time

Perennial

Denominations that broke from the Catholic Church during the sixteenth century reformation

Protestantism

The breaking away of Martin Luther and other reforms in the sixteenth century

Reformation

A breach of the unity of the visible Catholic Church

Schism

An individual who is part of an organized group that breaks away from the unity of the Catholic Church

Schismatic

Persons who were born into schismatic communities, they remain unaware of the truth of the Catholic faith

Separated Brethen

The virtues of faith, hope, and love (charity)

Theological Virtues

Greek for "Bearer of God"

The ottos

Uniqueness because it is the only church founded by Christ

Unicity

Catholic bishop's teaching authority can be traced in a direct line back to the apostles themselves

Apostolic Succession

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