Separated Brethren
A collective term for all non-Catholic forms of Christianity which place a deep emphasis on the primacy of the Scriptures.
What is Protestantism?
Holy People who newly consecrated Catholics invoke as they receive the sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation.
What are Patron Saints?
A time period in which the Church developed significantly, typically considered to be between the fifth and fifteenth centuries.
What are the Middle Ages (or, what is the Medieval period)?
A form of urban monasticism reliant on the charity of people outside the monastery.
What is a mendicant order?
*** DOUBLE JEOPARDY ***
A term that refers to someone who explicitly rejects the existence of the God or any gods.
What is an Atheist?
This adjective of the Mother of God is typically qualified by the term 'Perpetual.'
What is 'Virginity'?
This major event (or events?) marks the breaking off of many Christian sects, beginning around the start of the 16th century.
What is the Reformation(s)?
The form of prayer dedicated to asking for something on someone else's behalf.
What is Intercessory Prayer?
A form of belief that is typically associated with pagan belief systems that have many gods.
What is Polytheism?
The belief that Mary, the Mother of God, was made entirely without sin.
What is the Immaculate Conception?
Those who were newly allowed to enter the Church at the coming of Christ, being excluded earlier since they were not of Judaic origin.
Who are the Gentiles?
*** DOUBLE JEOPARDY ***
She formed the first monasteries for women, following the lead of her brother, St. Benedict.
Who is St. Scholastica?
Typically considered to be the major objection of the Orthodox churches against the Catholic Church.
What is the role of the Pope?
The proper term, as opposed to worshipping, that should be used for how living Catholics relate to the Saints.
What is 'veneration' or 'venerate'?
The body that has sole legitimate claim to be the true heir and labourer of Jesus Christ on earth.
What is the Catholic Church?
They are the two forms of Christianity that, though separated, can both claim full apostolic succession and, therefore, full sacramental life.
What is Catholicism and Orthodoxy?