Membership in the Church
The Church is the ordinary means of this
What is salvation?
Acts 2 recounts the story of this event, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles
What is Pentecost?
This is the virtue by which humans worship God in community
What is religion?
We mention the four marks of the Church during this prayer at Mass
What is the Nicene Creed?
This author of the First (and Second) Letter to the Corinthians helps us understand the Church by relating it to the human body
Who is St. Paul?
This is the normal way to initially receive sanctifying grace
What is Baptism?
This person is like the soul of the Church and dispenses grace to all willing to receive it
Who is the Holy Spirit?
This mark of the Church indicates a deep and profound unity among the members of the Church
What is oneness?
To say that the Church is the "mystical" body of Christ is different from the physical body of Christ or this type of body
What is metaphorical?
No one can be saved outside the Church because the Church is this person and we need this person for salvation
Who is Jesus?
Matthew 16 states that the structure of the Church is this
What is hierarchical?
This is the practice of connecting with immaterial beings but not necessarily in community
What is spiritualism?
This mark of the Church reminds us that the foundation of the Church is the faith and work of the Apostles
What is the apostolic nature of the Church?
This is deepened when a person becomes a member of the Church, with respect to both other people and to Christ himself
What is unity?
If a person receives salvation they received it through this
What is the ministry of the Church?
These two things flowed out of Jesus and are signs that the Church is living
What are blood and water?
This structure makes the most sense for worshiping God because we are social by nature
What is organized religion?
This mark of the Church indicates that salvation is universal and meant for all people
What is catholicity?
Participating in this series of events allows human beings to get into heaven, even though we have not earned our own salvation
What is the Paschal Mystery?
The Church has this because she has the Word of God in both Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition
What is the fullness of truth?
Jesus preaches to these groups to begin the mission of the Church
Who are the Israelites and Gentiles?
This theological phrase emphasizes that God does not cancel out our human nature but helps us in a way that aligns with our human nature
What is "grace builds upon nature?"
Many falsely think that this mark of the Church is a result of the sanctity of the priests and bishops
What is holiness?
St. Athanasius said that, "...the Son of God became man so that we might become God," which is a reference to our participation in Jesus' this
What is divine nature?