Unity of the Church
Where is the Church’s unity?
The Church's unity is in God's very being.
A person who deliberately rejects any of the creedal statements or dogmas of the Church commits _________.
Heresy
_______ is the denial of Christ and the repudiation of the Christian Faith by a baptized Christian.
Apostasy
List the three degrees of the sacrament of Holy Orders.
episcopate (bishop), presbyterate (priest), and diaconate (deacon).
What protects the Church from divisions among local dioceses and parishes?
Apostolic Succession.
__________ unites the Three Persons of the Blessed Trinity.
Love
A ________ is a baptized person who denies or stubbornly doubts a dogma of the Catholic Faith.
Heretic
What protects the Church from divisions among local dioceses and parishes?
Apostolic Succession
What are sources of unity that strengthen the connection of those who pray and worship?
The Sacraments, especially the Eucharist are the sources to unity that strengthen the connection of those who pray and worship.
_________ __________ involves the careful selection of new bishops to carry on the Faith.
The Sacrament of Holy Orders.
The shared bond of love in the Blessed Trinity is the _______ ________.
Holy Spirit
How is the one Faith of the Church expressed?
Expressed in Creeds
List the 3 division or wounds to unity in the Church
Apostasy, schism, and heresy
What has always been a source of unity and has enhanced the connection between those who worship together?
The Sacraments/Eucharists have always been a source of unity and have enhanced the connection between those who worship together.
What ensures that the mission entrusted by Jesus to His Apostles continues to be exercised by the Church until the end of time?
The Sacrament of Holy Orders.
Why is it possible to know the Blessed Trinity?
Because the Trinity consists of divine persons.
What heresy denied that Jesus had a human soul?
Apollinarianism
What did Julian the Apostate promote?
Flavius Claudius Julianus, known as Julian the apostate, he promoted pagan worship.
What also brings the members of the Church into communion with one another?
Celebration of the sacraments also brings the members of the Church into communion with one another.
How do we become part of Jesus?
We become part of Jesus through the Church's leadership.
What is ecumenism?
The movement, inspired and moved by the Holy Spirit, seeks the union of all Christian religions and eventually the unity of all peoples throughout the world within the Catholic Church.
What heresy held that Christ possessed only a divine nature and that His human nature was absorbed into it?
Monophysitism
What was the Eastern Schism about?
Eastern (East-West) Schism (1054 AD) Michael Cerularius would not accept filioque, papal authority, and many western Roman practices.
What fosters unity between the Church of heaven, purgatory, and earth?
The gathering of people together as a Church to celebrate the sacraments fosters unity between the Church of heaven, purgatory, and earth.
Who led each regional Church by the end of the 2nd century, and presbyters and deacons assisted whom?
An individual bishop who succeeded in authority directly from the apostles led each regional Church, called a diocese. Presbyters and deacons assisted the bishops.