FIRM HABITS
A believer gives personal adherence to God and freely assents to the whole truth that God has revealed
FAITH
Defined Hypostatic Union
CHALCEDON
Denied the Incarnation and appealed to secret knowledge for proof
GNOSTICISM
One of the first doctors of the Church as well as a Latin Father of the Church
ST. AUGUSTINE
Four Marks of the Church
ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC & APOSTOLIC
Ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in doing the good
FORTITUDE
Church’s response to the Protestant Reformation
TRENT
Saw spirit as good and matter as bad
DUALISM
Father of Monasticism
ST. BENEDICT
Four dioceses in Kansas
KANSAS CITY, WICHITA, DODGE CITY & SALINA
Disposes a person to discern the good and choose the correct means to accomplish it
PRUDENCE
Gave us Mary as mother of God (Theotokos)
EPHESUS
Jesus as fully man and created by God
ARIANISM
Founded the Congregation of the Mission
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
Precepts of the Church
a. You shall attend Mass on Sundays and on Holy days of obligation and rest from servile labor.
b. You shall confess your sins at least once a year.
c. You shall receive the sacrament of the Eucharist at least during the Easter season.
d. You shall observe the days of fasting and abstinence established by the Church.
e. You shall help to provide for the needs of the Church.
We desire and expect from God both eternal life and the grace we need to attain it
HOPE
Defined papal infallibility
VATICAN I
Councils, not the pope, hold supreme authority in the Church
CONCILIARISM
Called Vatican I
Spiritual Works of Mercy
Admonish the sinner
Instruct the ignorant
Counsel the doubtful
Comfort the sorrowful
Bear wrongs patiently
Forgive all injuries
Pray for the living and the dead
Moderates the attraction of pleasure and provides balance in the use of created good
TEMPERANCE
Wanted to bring the Church up to date and called for the Mass to be in the vernacular (language of the people)
VATICAN II
All people were predestined for heaven or hell
DOUBLE PREDESTINATION
Donated her entire fortune to educate Native and African Americans
ST. KATHERINE DREXEL
Stages of Conversion of Stewardship
God calls each of us to holiness
We agree to be his disciples
We live out discipleship as stewards