Sacred Tradition Pt. 1
This Church document was published in 1965 and encourages interreligious dialogue.
What is Nostra Aetate?
A worldwide council called to address pressing issues in the Church. There have been 21 in total.
What is an Ecumenical Council.
Family as the prime example.
What is the Domestic Church?
Salvation only for an elite few with special secret knowledge.
What is Gnosticism?
The books of the Bible officially recognized by the Church as the inspired Word of God.
What is the Canon of Scripture?
A gift given to the Church (by the Holy Spirit) where the Pope and Bishops in union with him proclaim doctrines of faith and morals without error.
What is infallibility?
The Church recognizes them as being in Heaven. We don't worship them. We honor and ask them to pray for us.
What are the Saints.
Jesus is a higher creature than humans, but less than God.
What is Arianism?
Popes and Bishops, teaching with the Holy Spirit
What is the Magisterium?
Reading the Old Testament in light of our faith in Jesus Christ.
What is Biblical Typology?
Praying with others. Also Liturgical prayer.
What is Communal Prayer?
In Jesus there were actually two persons: One divine and one human.
What is Nestorianism?
The process of passing on the Gospel. It begins with oral transmission, is written down, and handed down by the Church.
What is the process of Sacred Tradition?
Jesus Christ: Fully God and Fully Human
What is the Incarnation?
The Church's official proclamation that a person is officially recognized as being in Heaven.
What is Canonization?
Jesus was all God. His humanity was a disguise.
What is Docetism?
The uninterrupted passing down of Apostolic Authority.
What is Apostolic Succession?
This literally means "from the chair" and is exercised under certain conditions.
What is "ex cathedra"?
He was a 16th Century Spanish priest - founder of the Jesuits - who encouraged his followers to find God in all things.
Who is St. Ignatius of Loyola?
Jesus’ divinity fully absorbed his humanity, (in the end he was divine only).
What is Monophysitism?