Catholic/catholic
What does Catholic mean?
Refers to the Catholic Church.
What is there a lack of in creation, outside of Christ?
Anything that is good. No virtue, No spiritual gift, no wisdom, no cure for sin.
Who described the church in a poem as “here comes everybody”?
James Joyce
When does the mark of the church begin?
In Gods very act of creation.
Who decided they wanted to be Christian missionaries?
Cyril and Methodius
What does catholic mean?
What the Church teaches is based on the whole of Revelation. OR Universal
To what degree are you incorporated into Christ himself
Fully
Why is the church compared to free-flow jazz?
To compare her diversity and unity.
What does Begotten mean?
“To bring about”.
What did Rastislav realize?
A common language had a great deal to do with maintaining power and control of the people.
What did the early Church first start describing herself as?
catholic
What has God the Father spoken through Jesus?
His definitive word.
For as in one body we have many parts, and all parts do not have the same function, describes what?
The community of the church.
Who expressed the preeminence of Christ with a poetic hymn?
St. Paul.
Who lost their influence in Moravia and expelled the two brothers from the region?
German Priests.
What have catholic schools done a good job promoting?
The “Catholic Identity” of their students.
What did Cardinal Avery Dulles put in The Catholicity of the Church?
”Even if there were only one true Christian in the world, that individual would be Catholic in the qualitative sense.”
What was Jesus’ message in the parable of the talents?
“For everyone who has more will be given and he will grow rich.”
Define pantheism:
The belief that God and nature are one in the same.
Who supported Cyril and Methodius’s efforts to evangelize in the native Slavic language?
Pope Nicholas I
In whose writings has there been a recorded use of the term “catholic”?
St. Ignatius of Antioch.
What can fullness not be measured in?
Spiritual “units”
How many times does the bible use the word catholic?
The word catholic is not used in the bible.
What holds the experience of creation together?
Beauty, wonder, and goodness.
What did the Pope approve?
The use of Slavonic in the liturgy and in preaching, and asked the brothers to return to Moravia.