Sources of Unity
This is the ultimate source of the Church's unity.
What is the Trinity?
In this Sacrament, water, which represents death and new life, is poured over the recipient which frees him or her from the eternal punishment for original sin and any sins committed to that point.
What is Baptism?
The Church is one does not mean that all people must express their faith in the same way. This means that the Church is not this.
What is uniform?
This is the ultimate threat to the Church's unity.
What is sin?
It is the title of Stephen King's novel about the creepy clown "Pennywise"
What is It?
These are the things that bind us together or connect us and unify us. They are the ones that we can see and experience very tangibly. One of them is the profession of faith.
What is a visible bond of unity?
This example of holiness in the Church is defined as an inward sign of an outward grace instituted by Christ for our salvation.
What is a Sacrament?
The Church is sent on a mission to ALL PEOPLE. This relates the Oneness of the Church, to this other mark of the Church.
What is catholic (universal)?
When the whole Church gets together to discuss an issue, it is called an "ecumenical this". An example would be the one in Jerusalem.
What is a council?
In 1452, Leonardo Da Vinci was born near a small Tuscan hill town, called this
What is Vinci?
These are the things that bind us together or connect us and unify us. This is the one that we cannot see. God's love is the example of this one.
What is an invisible bond of unity?
What is Penance/Confession/Reconciliation?
We are unified across the entire globe, but we are also united with the Apostles and their faith, along with the rest of the Church, across this. In other words, we are united in space and ______.
What is time?
This is the Church's effort to restore the unity among with those who have broken away from the Church.
What is Ecumenism?
The Declaration of Independence and Constitution were signed in this Philadelphia Hall
What is Independence Hall?
An example of this bond of unity is the Mass and the Sacraments.
What is Worship?
Two people represent Christ's love for His Church.
What is Marriage/Matrimony?
Despite our diversity, we are unified in this, the example of which would be the creed.
What is the profession of faith?
In 1054, the East and West Church excommunicated each other for the first time, which we call the Great "this", meaning "breaking".
What is Schism?
You would be a wise old owl if you knew that the Scripps Spelling Bee had one of these creatures on its logo
What is a Bee?
This visible bond of unity is defined as the uninterrupted passing down of the Apostles' authority to the Bishops.
What is Apostolic Succession?
Suffering is united with Christ, bringing strength and comfort. We are prayerfully restored to our nature from before the Fall.
What is Anointing of the Sick?
St. Paul compares the Church to this when he explains why it is important that we are diverse in our Church. He says, "And if the ear would say, 'Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,' that would not make it any less a part of the body."
What is the Body of Christ?
Sin, which is the threat to the Church's unity, is a result of this.
What is human fallenness?
In 1983 and again in 1999, Prince had a top 40 hit with this song.
What is 1999?