Four marks of the church
What are the four marks of the Church?
One Holy Catholic and Apostolic.
What is schism?
Refusing submission to the Pope or separating from the unity of the Church.
Who started the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther.
Which saint wrote letters defending the authority of bishops and the Eucharist?
Ignatius of Antioch.
What does ecumenism mean?
Efforts to promote unity among Christians.
Which mark means the Church is united under one faith and one Baptism?
One
What is apostasy?
Completely rejecting the Christian faith after Baptism.
What was one major issue Luther challenged?
Indulgences and justification.
What council responded to the Protestant Reformation?
Council of Trent.
Why does the Church care about ecumenism?
Efforts to promote unity among Christians.
Which mark means the Church is universal and for all people?
Catholic
What is heresy?
Denying a truth that the Church teaches must be believed.
What is an indulgence?
The removal of temporal punishment due to sin through the Church’s authority.
What was the Counter Reformation?
The Catholic Church’s response to reform abuses clarify teachings and renew the Church.
What does the holiness of the Church come from?
Christ and the Holy Spirit.
Which mark connects the Church to the Apostles and their successors?
Apostolic
What is the difference between schismatics and separated brethren?
Schismatics knowingly separate from Church unity while separated brethren are Christians born into separated communities and are not personally guilty of the original split.
What is a common misconception about indulgences?
People wrongly think the Church sold forgiveness or salvation.
Why did the Church reject early heresies?
Because they denied truths about Christ the Trinity or salvation taught by the Apostles.
What are rites in the Catholic Church?
Different traditions and ways of worship within the same Catholic faith.
What is the Church’s main source of unity?
The Holy Spirit along with unity in faith sacraments and Church leadership under the Pope.
What were the two great schisms in Church history?
The Great Schism with the Orthodox Church in 1054 and the Protestant Reformation in the 1500s.
What does “No salvation outside the Church” mean?
All salvation comes through Christ and His Church even if a person does not visibly belong to the Catholic Church.
What early heresy denied that Jesus was truly God?
Arianism.
Name one Eastern Catholic rite.
Byzantine Maronite or Chaldean Rite.