The Church
He established the Church as the means to transmit His message of salvation to all nations until He comes again.
Who is Jesus?
The Apostles were the first priests and bishops of the Church. Since that time, the offices of Pope and bishop have been passed along in an unbroken continuity that we call...
What is Apostolic Succession?
The Latin word traditio translates to...
What is "handing down?"
The true and primary Author of Sacred Scripture.
Who is God?
These are ways of writing that have their own rules and are often used in a given historical period to express different thoughts.
What are literary forms?
Christ guaranteed that His Revelation would reach all people of all nations in its pure and accurate form. This promise was fulfilled on this day.
What is Pentecost?
This comes from the Greek for “one sent forth.”
What is Apostles?
These are handed down by humans within the Church and can be changed.
What are human traditions?
These are 2 kinds of truth can be found in the Bible.
What are supernatural and natural truths?
This is everything that the Holy Spirit intended to express in Scripture with the words themselves.
What is the literal form?
This historic meeting of the Apostles was the first council of the whole Church.
What is the Council of Jerusalem?
This is a consecrated successor to the Apostles.
What is a bishop?
This is the Word of God that was received from Christ through the Apostles and was handed down to us without alteration by the Church.
What is Sacred Tradition?
These are the 2 main truths revealed in the Old Testament.
What is the nature of God and the nature of man?
This is a literary exaggeration such as it would be easier for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle...
What is a hyperbole?
There have been this number of Ecumenical Councils in Christian history. They have usually been designated by the location where they were held and a roman numeral.
What is 21?
This is a Christian writer from the 1st through the 8th centuries whose life reflected the teachings of Christ and whose teachings were in perfect harmony with the Church.
Who is a Father of the Church?
This content of God's Divine Revelation is found in Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture.
What is the Deposit of Faith?
Which of these chronologically came first? Sacred Tradition or Sacred Scripture (the New Testament the way we have it today)?
What is Sacred Tradition?
This is a story based on a familiar life experience that teaches a moral or spiritual lesson.
What is a parable?
Because the Holy Spirit guides and protects the Church, the Church cannot teach error in matters of faith and morals. This is called..
What is infallibility?
A Father of the Church who produced outstanding insights, was in perfect communion with the Church, and has the approval of the Magisterium would be an example of...
What is orthodoxy?
Examples of the teaching of the Magisterium can be found in these 2 places.
What is the creeds and the Catechism?
The sanctity of the Bible refers to the moral perfection of the doctrine contained in it. This stems from 3 aspects...
What is its Divine Origin, its Purpose and its Precepts?
This is when words are taken in their figurative or metaphorical meaning.
What is the improper literal sense?