3.1 - The Church is ONE Flashcards
The 4 marks of the church (essential characteristics of the church)
One - unity (nature of a choir)
Holy - set apart (soloist)
Catholic - universal (from around the world)
Apostolic - one who is sent on a mission (leader = conductor, sends editor on a mission)
One (1st Mark)
Trinity is the ultimate source of the church’s unity
Hypostatic Union
Jesus is fully human and fully God
Greatest bond of unity
God’s love
Visible bonds of church’s unity
Faith - doctrines, our belief in God (theological virtue)
Worship - sacraments, sacrifice, mass
Apostolic succession - accurately passing on authority of Christ to bishops throughout history
Creed
Official profession of faiths/beliefs
Nicene creed: developed by 2 early ecumenical councils
Apostles’ creed: developed from baptismal creed of the early Church of Rome
Sacrament
Efficacious sign of God’s grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the church
(Baptism, confirmation, Eucharist, reconciliation, matrimony, holy orders, anointing of the sick)
Every mass includes…
Same readings
Reception of the body and blood of Christ
Apostolic succession
Christ passed down his power and authority to the apostles who passed it down to the bishops
(Guarantees we are learning the same truths about our faith that people 2000 years ago learned)
Schism
Major division caused by the refusal to follow the authority of the pope as successor to St. Peter
Heresy
From Greek word “haeresis”, means parting or fracture. A teaching that deviates from the accepted doctrine
Great schism
East-west schism - division between the Roman Catholic Church and The Eastern Orthodox (1054 AD)
Orthodox churches…
Not in union with the pope (in schism)
Used leavend bread for Eucharist
Clerical celibacy enforced only for bishops rather than both
Praying with icons help…
To develop intimacy with God
To contemplate someone deeply
Protestant reformation
Protesting the doctrines and dogmas
Many groups broke away from the church and formed ecclesial communities (1517)
