The Church: Unit 2 reading Guide

Shape, one

All human beings ________ the same divine Creator and the same destiny with God, the church's purpose is to gather all people from all times together as _______.

Apostolic succession

Although the Eastern Orthodox Church is not in full communion with the Catholic Church, these two churches are especially close because both have maintained _____________________________________.

Vicor

Another word for pope, the visible representative of Christ on earth.

Proclaim the Kingdom of Heaven Heal the sick and cast out demons Raise the dead Forgive sins in Jesus's name

Apostles had the authority to do by the power of Jesus

Holiness

As we learn about the saints or read their writings, we see __________________ in action in real life.

Mother

Because of her unique role in the Father's plan, Mary can be called our _______________ in the order of grace.

Sinners, sin

Because the church sanctifies, it is natural that she embrace ____________________. Her holiness lies in the truth that with Christ and in Christ she is fully focused on saving people from _________.

Fullness, high, episcopal

Bishops recieve the ________________ of the sacrament of Holy Orders. This fullness was known as the ________ priesthood. ____________________ consecration confers the office of sanctifying on the bishop.

Salvation

Christ works through other churches and ecclesial communities as a means of ____________________.

College of bishops

Churches in full communion with the Church of Rome recognize the authority of the pope as the visible foundation for the unity of the __________________________ and all members of the church.

Embrace

For the church to fully realize her catholicity, we must ___________ differences of culture, race, wealth, social class, etc.

Sacramental graces

Gifts that come to us from the particular sacraments.

Cooperation

God's grace will not automatically make us holy without our __________________

Gift

Grace is the free and undeserved ___________ of God's loving presence in our lives

Theotokos

Greek meaning god-bearer. The church uses this term for Mary because she is the mother of Jesus, the eternal son of God who became man and who is himself God.

Creeds

People all over the world profess the one faith by praying _____________________. They have special places in the Church's life.

Heaven

Perfect holiness will be achieved in ___________________, the state of supreme and definitive happiness with the mort holy trinity and the communion of saints.

Deposit

Sacred scripture and tradition make up a single sacred __________________ of the word of God.

"Catholicism extends over all people. It teaches universally, healing the world."

Saint Cyril of Jerusalem (church father) explained the connection between church and wholeness:

Authority, grace

Saint Paul insisted that his ___________________ as an apostle was as great as any other. He got his strength and authority from God's __________

Vocation

Saint Therese of Lisieux described love as the principal ___________________ or each person.

Dogma

Heresy results when a person/group consciously and deliberately rejects a _______________ of the church

Peter, Paul

His role was as the head of the apostles which continues in the role of ___________ as the head of the college of bishops.

Saints, unites

Honoring the ____________ with teh whole church reminds us of the paschal mystery visible in their lives, expose us to holy people, and _______________ us with the liturgy of heaven, which is constant praise of God, as revealed in the Book of revelation

Diversity

If we think about al the cultures that make up the church, each person contributing his or her unique gifts and callings, we begin to imagine the great ____________________ in the church

Holiest, original sin

Mary is the ___________ human being who ever lived. She was perfectly holy, born completely without __________________ and remaining pure from all personal sin throughout her life.

Fiat

Mary, by her ________, by her acceptance of Gabriel's message, by her yes, cooperated in a very real way in the father's plan for salvation through Jesus

Totality

The 7 sacraments express the fullness in the sense that they touch the _____________ of a person's life, form baptism at the beginning to anointing of the sick at the end.

Eucharist

The 7 sacraments, especially the _________________, create bonds of unity within the church

Counter reformation, unity

Most notably the council of Trent. Addressed issues at the heart of the division created by the Protestant reformation. Although the council made many positive changes to correct abuses, it was unable to restore _____________ among Christians

Acknowledge, praying

Muslims _______________ the one creator, trace their faith back to Abraham, and worship the one God by _______________, giving alms, and fasting.

Witnesses, acknowledges, support

The Catholic Church __________________ to other own faith and __________________ and encourages the spiritual and moral truths found in thier religions. The church does not ______________ any religious group that lead people astray from the image of God

christ

The Catholic Church has sustained the apostolic structure and succession of leadership that _______________ established.

Martyrs

The Catholic Church is not the only christian church to recognize the sacrifice of _____________________

Sancitfying grace

The Holy Spirit infuses our souls with ___________________________ to free us from sin and to make us holy

Present, perfected

The Kingdom of God is already ________________ in the church and will be ________________ at the end of time.

Unity

The New Testament makes this perfectly clear: there is only one church, one body of Christ, and it is characterized by _________________.

Bishops, apostolic succession

The apostles chose thier successors, named ___________________. The apostles passed on the authority to teach and interpret scripture. This is called ________________________________

Involved, improve

The apostolate people seek to become ________________ in the community and use time and money to _____________ the lives of others.

Holy orders, apostolic succession

The bishops and pope have recieved their authority by means of ________________________________ and _________________________________

Successors

The church is _____________________ for 3 reasons: 1. The church is built on the foundation of the apostles, who were taught by __________ 2.The church preserves the teachings of the apostles with the help of the Holy Spirit 3. The church continues to be taught through the apostles' _____________________: The college of bishops, priests, pope.

1. Faithful followers of Jesus 2. Faithful who have passed away and are being purified in purgatory 3. Faithful who have already attained perfect holiness and glory of heaven

The church is a communion of saints that exists in 3 stages of sanctification

Integrate

The church is able to __________________ diverse cultural elements and popular devotions into her unity. The church purifies culture elements in the light of faith.

United

The church is holy because she is _______________ with Christ, and he has given her the means of salvation.

Catholic Church

The church of christ, which we profess to be one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic, exists in the ____________________________

Catholic, Orthodox, communion

The eastern _______________________ Churches (distinct from Orthodox) have some rituals that differ from the Roman Catholic Church, but they are in full ______________________ with Rome

Ecclesial

The faith of the church precedes, supports, and nourishes the faith. Faith is both personal and _______________________

Gifts, ministry

The means of salvation are divine ____________ freely given to the church through the Holy Spirit. These include the fullness of the faith, the fullness of the 7 sacraments, and the fullness of the ordained _______________ passed down from the Apostles.

Consecrated life

The more specific vocations, such as priesthood, __________________________________, or marriage, are different ways to live out the calling to love.

Actual grace

The name for God's interventions that can come at the beginning of the conversion process and during everyday moments in our lives.

Depends

The salvation that is possible through these christian communities ultimately ____________ on the fullness of the heritage of faith that Jesus entrusted to the Catholic Church.

Example for, source

The ultimate ______________ and ___________________ of the church's unity is the eternal unity of the 3 divine persons of the Trinity: father, son, and Holy Spirit.

Pope

The visible principle and foundation of the unity of the whole church. Successor of Saint Peter, whom Jesus called to lead his church

Choose

When we freely ____________ to cooperate with grace, e are at our best, perfecting our god-given potential to form loving relationships with God and others

Communion of saints, eucharist

When we profess belief in the __________________________, we recognize our relationships with all faithful people living and in the past. We are also saying that the _____________________ binds us to one another and unites us to God

Human, Divine

When we understand the true nature of the church as both ______________ and ________________, we see that she is not limited to her visible aspects, and we recognize the source of her holiness.

Has, calls

2 senses of Catholic: The church ______ it all The church ________ to all

Orally and in writing

2 ways that Apostles handed down Gospel message

Schism

A christian community in _________________with the Catholic Church is one that does not recognize the supreme authority of the pope or otherwise is not in comunion with the church

Entire, local, liturgy

Definitions of church: 1. Refers to the _________ community of God's people around the world. 2. Refers to the _______ community or diocese. 3. Refers to the community assembled for _____________, especially the mass.

Apostolate

Describes any Christian's activity that fulfills the apostolic nature of the whole church when he or she works to extend the reign of Christ to the entire world.

Protestant reformation

Early 16th century division of christians

Love

Essential nature of the apostolate

Ecumenism

Is an effort by Christians from different churches and ecclesial communities to be more open to one another and to work to restore unity among all christians

Herald, transmitted

Jesus entrusted the Apostles to _______________ all people and nations what they had experienced in salvation. The teachings of Jesus has been _________________ from generation to generation, proclaimed in word and action

Father, Jesus

Jesus relied on the power from the father, the apostles relied on the power from Jesus

Govern, bind and loose`

Jesus signified Peter's authority to __________________ the church. The power to _________________________ refers to Peter's authority to absolve sin, make judgements about doctrines

Jewish, covenants, revelation

Jesus was ______________; God revealed himself to the Jewish people through the old _______________, and the Jewish faith is a response to his _______________________________

Christian communities, different

Just as the church participates in dialogues with non-catholic _______________________, she is also open to dialogue with people of ________________ religions

Lay person

These people can engage in the apostolate but they must be in union with christ

Sacraments, salvation

Those ecclesial communities that lack apostolic succession do not have the fullness of the _______________________________ or of __________________________.

Saints

Those whom the church has recognized as _______________ inspire us to grow in holiness and nourish our hope in God on earth and in eternal life.

Reconcile

Through prayer and other actions, we participate in the trinity's work to _________________ all christians

Renewal

Throughout history saints have been sources of _____________ for the church in difficult times

Pray, purified, purgatory

We ______________ for those who have passed away from this life. Our prayers help them as they are ________________ of the effects of earthly sin in their journey through _____________________ to the fullness of heavenly life.

Sin

We continue to experience the challenge that _________________ presents to Christian unity

Catholicity

We see the church's ______________________ in the saints. Our saints have come from various walks of life and many different places.

Saints, friend

We simply ask the ______________ to pray for us just as we might ask any _________________ to pray for us when we are going through a difficult time.

Catholicity

When churches are in full communion with Rome, they possess the fullness or _________________________ of the apostolic faith as it is preserved in the Roman Church