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Claimed that secret knowledge of salvation was transmitted by Christ to the Apostles, denied the resurrection of Christ and the taking on of human flesh, said material reality is evil, and denied the validity of Scripture and authority of the pope and bishops to rule the Church.
What is Gnosticism.
The nine armed expeditions by Christians from 1095 to 1291 intended to drive Muslims from the Holy Land and reunite Christians of the East and West.
What are the Crusades.
Meaning “to bring about”
What is begotten.
Meaning “having been sent”
What is apostolic.
Preached by Eastern monks and theologians that said Christ only had a divine nature and his human nature was absorbed like “a drop of honey into the water of the sea.”
What is Monophysitism.
Roots you more deeply as a child of God, unites you more firmly to Christ, increases the Gifts of the Holy Spirit in you, renders your bonds with the Church more perfect, gives you a special strength of the Holy Spirit to defend and spread the Faith by word and action.
What is Confirmation.
The belief that God and nature are one and the same.
What is Pantheism
The understanding that every individual statement of belief must be viewed in the context of the entire body of Faith.
What is Analogy of Faith.
The denial of Christ and repudiation of Christian faith by a baptized Christian.
What is Apostacy.
The priesthood of all the baptized in which we share in Christ’s work of Salvation.
What is the common priesthood of the faithful.
Worshipping something or someone other than the true God.
What is Idolatry.
Official List of inspired books of the Bible.
What is canon of Scripture.
The Church’s oldest creed.
What is the Apostle’s Creed.
Men who are consecrated to serve the Church by preaching the Gospel, celebrating divine worship, and providing pastoral governance.
Who are priests.
The first to hear the word of God.
Who are the Jews.
Gift of the Holy Spirit whereby the pope and bishops are preserved from error when proclaiming a doctrine related to Christian faith or morals.
What is infallibility.
Formalized the Church’s position on the number and nature of the Sacraments, defined how the liturgy is celebrated and articulated the theology of Eucharist, reemphasized the authority of the hierarchy, explained the role of Mary and the saints, and reaffirmed the existence of free will.
What is the Council of Trent.
The belief that Mary was conceived without Original Sin.
What is Immaculate Conception.
Addressed furthering the catholicity of the Church while also embracing many new cultures.
What is the Second Vatican Council.
A process of “education in the faith” for young people and adults with the goal of making them disciples of Christ.
What is Catechesis.