The Church exhibits visible unity to the world in Jesus Christ and through the Holy Spirit
One
100
Explanation of Catholicism by use of logic, Scripture and Church teaching
Apologetic
100
The power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act
Freedom
100
Movement to restore Christian unity
Ecumenism
100
The arbitrary and uncontrolled exercise of one's personal autonomy
License
200
Founded the Church
Jesus
200
One who writes or speaks in defense of Christian beliefs and practices
Apologist
200
the sum total of the learned behavior of a group of people, generally considered to be the tradition of that people and transmitted from generation to generation.
Culture
200
The Church is separated from the world and called to goodness
Holy
200
Decisions should be made by the person or community most directly affected or responsible, not by a higher level of the organization
Subsidiarity
300
The Church is for all people in all places
Catholic
300
The art of persuasion
Pathos
300
The sharing of one's spiritual and material goods out of respect for the dignity of the other person
Solidarity
300
Contains the account of the Church continuing the mission of Jesus
Acts of the Apostles
300
Living this life for the sake of the next
Eschatological Principle
400
Christ's call to all Church members to spread the Gospel to all lands
Evangelization
400
The art of building a bond of trust through example
Ethos
400
Sum total of social activities which allow people to fulfill their vocations and save their souls
Common good
400
The Church was founded on the primacy of Peter and is still guided by the successors of the Twelve
Apostolic
400
Every human person is a unique, unrepeatable being
Personalistic Principle
500
Denying one or more doctrines of the Church
Heresy
500
A truth in and of itself that is absolute, universal and unchanging
Objective Truth
500
Basic rights given by God at creation. The government cannot give new ones or take away rights given by God.
Inalienable rights
500
A split between two churches over questions of authority or doctrine
Schism
500
Social structures, institutions, and attitudes which foster unjust treatment of others