Vocab
This geographical portion of the Catholic Church is entrusted to the pastoral care of a bishop.
What is a diocese?
Jesus gave this Apostle a special leadership role, establishing him as the visible foundation of the Church's apostolic leadership.
Who is St. Peter?
These four characteristics identify the true Church founded by Jesus Christ and are professed in the Nicene Creed.
What are One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic?
Unlike Church disciplines, which may change, this category of teachings includes permanent truths of the Catholic Faith, such as the Trinity.
What is doctrine?
A Pope who was an actor and who loved to ski
Who was JP II?
Derived from a Greek word meaning 'assembly' or 'those called together,' this term is the origin of the word used for the Church.
What is ekklesia?
A mighty wind and tongues of fire marked this event, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles and empowered the Church's public mission.
What is Pentecost?
This statement of essential Christian beliefs serves to summarize, profess, and safeguard the teachings of the Catholic Faith.
What is a creed?
Rules concerning fasting and certain Church practices belong to this category because they may be legitimately changed by Church authority.
What is discipline?
A Catholic who ain't no hollaback girl
Who is Gwen Stefani?
This official teaching office of the Catholic Church authentically interprets the Deposit of Faith handed down through Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition.
What is the Magisterium?
Following Peter's preaching at Pentecost, approximately this many people were baptized and joined the growing Church.
What is 3,000?
Although transmitted in two distinct ways, these two sources of Divine Revelation together communicate the one Deposit of Faith entrusted to the Church.
What are Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition?
Unlike infallibility, which protects certain definitive teachings from error, this term means the inability to commit sin.
What is impeccability?
This famous American Catholic was once the most pwerful man in the world, even though he didn't always know where he was
Who was President Joe Biden?
This term describes the unbroken transmission of apostolic authority and mission from the Apostles to the bishops of the Church today.
What is apostolic succession?
Unlike the Deposit of Grace, which concerns the saving grace won by Christ, this term refers to the complete body of revealed truth entrusted to the Church.
What is the Deposit of Faith?
This gathering of bishops under the authority of the Pope addresses major questions of faith, clarifies doctrine, and defends the Church's teachings without introducing new Public Revelation.
What is an ecumenical council?
This Latin expression, meaning 'from the chair,' describes the Pope's exercise of his supreme teaching authority when definitively proclaiming a doctrine of faith or morals for the universal Church.
What is ex cathedra?
This German Augustinian friar challenged the sale of indulgences in 1517, helping launch the Protestant Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
Often confused with impeccability, this special protection of the Holy Spirit prevents the Church from teaching error when definitively proclaiming doctrine on faith or morals under the required conditions.
What is infallibility?
A bishop who proclaims Catholic doctrine, directs his diocese, and administers the Sacraments fulfills these three responsibilities entrusted to the Church's leaders.
What are teaching, governing, and sanctifying?
Although Public Revelation reached its fullness in Jesus Christ, the Church teaches that it did not formally conclude until this event at the end of the Apostolic Age.
What is the death of the last Apostle?
The Church's formal definition of the Immaculate Conception illustrates this process, by which the Church deepens and clarifies its understanding of revealed truth without adding new Public Revelation.
What is development of doctrine?
In the Medieval times, the seat of Peter moved from Rome to this city for 68 years before returning to Rome
What is Avignon, France?