Morality
This concept emphasizes the study or theory for being a good person. A special focus is on the character as opposed to the actions.
What is morality?
This model emphasizes the visible structures and organization of the Church.
What is the Institutional model of the Church?
In the Catholic Church, this is the gathering of leaders to decide on issues of faith and morals.
What is an ecumenical council?
This is the term for someone who is a member of the community, that knowingly decides to believe in an critical idea of faith that is contrary to the community.
What is a heretic?
The most important council of the last 500 years for Catholicism.
What is Vatican II?
This model of morality is focused on the rules and regulations.
What is the rules and regulations model? (deontological)
This model emphasizes the invisible and spiritual bond of the Church.
What is the Mystical Communion model?
Found in Scripture, it is considered to be the first Ecumenical Council.
What is the Council of Jerusalem?
This is the name of the bishop who articulated the heretical position that Jesus is not equal to God. Attributed with the phrase "There was a time when Jesus was not." The Council of Nicea was convened to respond to his heresy.
Who is Arius?
This was the prominent model of the Church prior to Vatican II, especially since the Council of Trent.
What is the Institutional Model?
This type of sin severs or breaks the relationship with God and each other. It requires that it is serious, the person has knowledge of the seriousness and ultimate free will.
What is mortal sin?
This model of the Church is prominent for Catholics, highlighting the concept that it needs to be a visible sign for God's invisible grace.
What is the Sacrament model?
This Council responded to the crisis of the Protestant Reformation. Most of Pre-Vatican Church life and values comes from this Council.
What is the Councils of Trent?
This is the name of the bishop that denied Jesus' unity of his divine and human natures. To argue his point, he said that Mary is "mother of Jesus, not the mother of God." The Council of Ephesus was convened to address this.
This Latin phrase became known as the agenda of Vatican II, exploring the inward and outward nature of the Church.
What is "Ad intra, Ad extra"?
Translating as "power", these are the habits that form one's morally good character.
What is a virtue?
This is the name of the theological studies for understanding the Church. Literally, it means "study of church."
What is "ecclesiology"?
As an attempt to update the Church, it is the first Council to be called without a perceived crisis. Church historians consider this to be the most important Catholic event in the last 500 years.
What is Vatican II?
This priest had a crisis of faith, starting a string of events in which he would reject critical aspects of the Catholic faith, causing the greatest splintering of western Christianity in the 1500s.
Who is Martin Luther?
This is the LATIN NAME for the document decree that identifies the Catholic Church's relationship with non-Christian religions.
What is NOSTRA AETATE?
This is the nickname of VICES, because as single actions, they can easily become habits that corrupt one's character towards Mortal Sin.
What are the
This is the prominent theologian who designed the theology of "Models of the Church." Mr. Pascual's daughter is named after this person.
Who is Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J.
These are the TWO councils that resulted in the most important creed of the Christian faith, popularly known as the Nicene Creed.
What are the Councils of Nicea and Constantinople?
This group is known for rejecting the teachings of Vatican II. They hold to an exclusive worldview of salvation, institutional vision of church, and the Latin Mass.
What is the Society of Saint Pius X.
This is Latin name for the Ad Intra document on the Church. It is the dogmatic constitution for how the Catholic Church understands itself.
What is LUMEN GENTIUM?