Communion of Saints
We call this the Pilgrim Church on Earth, those being purified in Purgatory, and the blessed already in Heaven.
Communion of Saints
The Church teaching that, at the end of her life, Mary, body and soul, was “taken up” (assumed) into Heaven.
The Assumption
This Empire persecuted the early Christians in the first century A.D.
The Roman Empire
How many days after Easter does Pentecost occur?
50 Days
These are the images of fourteen scenes that help us think and pray about Jesus’ suffering, Death, and Burial.
Stations of the Cross
The popular prayers of practices that honor Jesus, Mary, and the Saints.
Devotions
A person who gives up his or her life to witness to the truth of Christ and the faith.
Martyr
This is the Teaching Office of the Church
Magisterium
These are sacred blessings, objects, and actions that remind us of God, are made sacred through the prayers of the Church, and that help us respond to the grace received in the Sacraments.
Sacramentals
The truth that Mary was preserved free from Original Sin from the moment of her conception.
Immaculate Conception
A building where a community of religious men (or sometimes women) join together in spirituality and service.
Monastery
The Creed
A large, white Candle that is lit from the Easter fire, and is used during the Easter season and at Baptisms and funerals as a symbol of the Resurrection.
Paschal Candle
A declaration by the Pope naming a person a Saint and along with the declaration, the Saint will have a special feast day or memorial in the Church’s calendar.
Canonization
This was a military effort on behalf of the Church to regain the Holy Land starting in 1095 A.D.
The Crusades
These are good spiritual habits that strengthen and enable you to make moral decisions.
Virtues
The religious pictures that illustrate Jesus, Mary, and other holy people and are traditional among many Eastern Christians.
The second step in the process of becoming a Saint, in which a venerable person is recognized by the Church as having brought about a miracle through his or her prayers of intercession.
Beatification
This was the church that was formed by King Henry the 8th after he decided to break away from the Catholic Church.
The Anglican Church
This is a term for showing contempt or lack of reverence for God’s name.
Blasphemy