church councils
A legislative Church gathering
What is a church council?
A baptized person who denies or stubbornly doubts a dogma of the Catholic Faith
what is a heretic?
A break in Christian unity that takes place when a group of Christians separates itself from the Church
what is schism
the careful selection of new bishops to carry on the faith
what is apostolic succession
Total public denial of the Christian faith by someone already baptized
what is Apostacy
the first of 21 ecumenical councils, it took place in 325 AD
What was the Council of Nicea?
they deny the resurrection of Christ and would not accept that the Son of God took on human flesh
what is a Gnostic?
The schism started by Martin Luther
what is the Protestant reformation?
a defender of the faith
what is an apologist?
to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to others
what is evangilization?
The gatherings of the Catholic bishops of the world. They determine those things which all the local churches will hold in common.
What are ecumenical councils?
they denied Jesus's divinity
what is an Arianist ?
the schism where the Patriarch and the Pope excommunicated each other in 1054.
what is the East West Schism?
the 3 stages of the church
what is the Militant Church on Earth, The Suffering Church of Purgatory, The Triumphant Church in Heaven?
proclamation by Constantine, and Licinius that allowed for religious toleration for Christianity within the Roman Empire
what is the edict of milan
the major focus of the Second Vatican Council
what is to forge efforts for greater Christian Unity
the denial that Jesus has a human soul
what is Apollinarianism?
the Catholic Church's response to the Protestant Reformation?
What is the Council of trent?
the place where Christians find unity primarily
What is the person of christ?
the essential truths of the Catholic Faith, defined by the magisterium that Catholics are obliged to believe
what are dogmas?
what the Second Vatican Council re-emphasized
The bishop’s role as teacher and pastor confirmed through the fullness of the Sacrament of Holy Orders
what is the denial that Jesus possessed only a divine nature and that his human nature was absorbed into it
what is Monophysitism?
What is the Filioque?
The creeds in which the Church's primary beliefs are expressed in
what are the Nicene creed and the Apostle's creed
to take some of the consecrated hosts from the bishop’s celebration of Eucharist to the people in the outlying communities
What is the Job of the presbater