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Question 1

What is the Church?

Answer 1

The Church is the sign and instrument of salvation and of our reconciliation and communion with God and with one another.

Question 2

The Church is also known as the Communion of Saints which are what?

Answer 2

The Communion of Saints is a communion of holy things and holy people that make up the Church.

Question 3

A Communion of Holy Things consists of 4 things. What are they?

Answer 3

1) Communion in the faith
2) Communion in the sacraments
3) Communion in the Holy Spirit
4) Communion of charity or love.

Question 4

The Communion of Holy People include what?

Answer 4

1) the faithful on earth
2) the faithful who are being purified after death in purgatory
3) the faithful in heaven

Question 5

Baptized members of the church are…..

Answer 5

laypeople. They have not been ordained as a bishop, priest or deacon.

Question 6

The ordained ministry of the Church include which members?

Answer 6

Bishops, priests and deacons.

Question 7

Laypeople and ordained ministers sometimes vow or promise to live lives of poverty, chastity, and obedience in a way of life approved by the Church. What type of life is this?

Answer 7

This is a consecrated life.

Question 8

The Latin word that means calling is…..

Answer 8

vocation