| Vocabulary | Ecumenical Efforts | Disunity in the Church | The Church and her structures | Perfect and Imperfect Communion |
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The Bible
What is Sacred Scripture?
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The Whole World
What does the word Ecumenism mean?
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The refusal of submission to the Supreme Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him
What is the meaning of the word Schism?
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Through the Sacraments
How does the Church bestow Grace?
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True
True or false - Orthodox Christians constitute having the name Church because they have maintained apostolic Succession and Valid Sacraments.
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Filioque
What is the term used to describe the procession of the Holy Spirit from God the Father and God the Son?
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Christ calls us to be one just as He is one with the Father in Heaven
Why do the Popes call upon all of the Church faithful to practice Ecumenism?
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Sola Scriptura and Sola Fide
Based on what two beliefs did Martin Luther break with the Church?
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Magisterium
What is the name of the teaching authority of the Church?
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Ecclesial Communities refer to Protestant Denominations that lack Apostolic Succession.
What does it mean to define a religious group as an "ecclesial community"? Who are the ecclesial communities?
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Arianism
What is the name of the heresy that denied Christ's divinity?
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The Church was divinely instituted by Christ, but is lived out on Earth through the human beings that are apart of the Body of Christ who can sin and be in error.
Why do we as Catholic's say that the Church is human and Divine? How is this a defense against there being human error within the Church?
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Total repudiation of the Christian Faith
What is the meaning of the word Apostasy?
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One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic
What are the four marks of the Church?
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They agree with the Catholic Doctrine of the Trinity and have a valid Trinitarian Baptism.
Why are most Protestant Communities still considered Christian?
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A branch of theology concerning the nature and constitution of the Church
What is Ecclesiology?
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The Deposit of Faith maintains the fullness of truth because it was given to the Apostles from Christ and handed down through the centuries to the Bishops of today. Therefore it cannot be changed because it is the truth of Christ.
Why does the Church refuse to compromise on matters of faith and morals?
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Heresy
What is a term used to describe obstinate denial or obstinate doubt after the reception of baptism of some truth which is to be believed by divine and catholic faith? Believing or Spreading Falsehoods.
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The handing on of apostolic power and teaching authority throughout the ages from the apostles to the Bishops of today.
What is apostolic succession?
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In the Western Schism, respect for the Church and the authority of the Pope were tarnished by corruption within the Church as well as the question over who was the legitimate Pope.
Why did the Western Schism bring about disunity in the Church and lead to the Protestant Reformation?
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Excommunication
What is the term for a censure by means a person is excluded from the communion of the faithful in response to a grave, habitual, public sin?
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The Eastern Orthodox have maintained valid sacraments and Apostolic Succession.
Why did Catholic ecumenical efforts chiefly focus on the Eastern Orthodox Church?
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Heresies were a source of disunity and corrupted the deposit of Faith.
Why was Arianism and other heresies combatted in the Early Church?
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Christ gave Peter special authority over the Church when he renamed him and gave him the Keys to the Kingdom.
Explain why Saint Peter and his successor the Pope have primacy in the Church?
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Eucharistic Communion
Acceptance of a Common Profession of Faith Respect for the Authority of the Bishops and the Pope
What are the three requirements of Perfect Communion?
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