Revelation
Communication by God to man about teachings of faith
What is Revelation?
A statement of belief
What is a creed?
Christian writers that witnessed the faith
What is a Church Father?
What is development of doctrine?
What is the 1st phase called of God's Revelation?
Men personally taught by the Apostles
What is the Apostolic Fathers?
Holy theologians of Christian Doctrine
What is a Doctor of the Church?
Something that does not change overtime
The Truths of the Faith
Christian Revelation
What is the 2nd phase called of God's revelation?
The earliest summary of the Church's beliefs
What is the Apostle's Creed?
Letter written by the Pope to the Bishops and Laity on matters of Church teaching
What is an Encyclical?
The fullness of the Word of God passed on by the Apostles?
an expansion and explanation of the Apostle's Creed
What is the Nicene Creed?
A sense of the faithful, what they have believed over the centuries
What is sensus fidelium?
What is Sacred Scripture?
A gathering of bishops throughout the world and the Pope to discuss Church matters
What is an eccumenical counsel?
a supernatural appreciation of the faith expressed by the faithful
What is sensus fidei?