Callaghan Chapter 5 Flashcards

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Bride of Christ

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Christ is the bridegroom and the Church is the bride. This represents the intimate union between Christ and the members of the Church.

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Apostolic Succession

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The bishops of the Church are historically traceable to the Twelve Apostles.

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Church

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Assembly of people God has called together from the ends of the earth. This word has three meanings: the people, the local Church itself, and the liturgical assembly.

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Elect

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Those chosen by God from the beginning to participate in his plan of salvation and to enjoy his eternal friendship in heaven.

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Ex Cathedra

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Latin for “from the chair.” It indicates a solemn and infallible definition by a pope of a doctrine and concering matters of Faith or morals to be held by the faithful.

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Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus

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Latin for “outside the Church there is no salvation.” This teaches all salvation comes through Jesus.

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Final judgment

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Also called the Last, or general Judgment. This is the time when Christ judges us and this eternally decides our fate.

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Heaven

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Eternal friendship and communion with God and with the angels and saints.

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Hell

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Eternal separation from God; the dwelling place of Satan and other fallen angels.

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Indefectibility

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the characteristic of the Church by which she will exist until the end of time.

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Infallibility

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Immunity from error and any possibility from error. The pope possesses this trait.

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Invincible Ignorance

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Ignorance that cannot be overcome by ordinary diligence. The guilt of a sin committed under invincible ignorance is not imputed to the sinner.

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Kingdom of God

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Based on union with Jesus Christ by the work of the Holy Spirit; Begins here on earth in the Church and is perfected at the end of time.

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Magisterium

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The teaching authority of the Church, which is entrusted to the pope and the bishops in communion with him.

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Marks of the Church

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One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic: the 4 words used to describe the Catholic Church.

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Mystical Body of Christ

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Taught in St. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, believers are united to Christ in the way the individual parts of the body are united to the head.

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Parable

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A fictitious story used to teach a life lesson.

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Particular Judgment

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Eternal recompense received by each soul at the moment of death in accordance with that person’s faith and works.

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Parousia

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Greek for presence or arrival; the Second Coming of Christ at the end of time.

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Pilgrim Church

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The Church on earth, whose members are on a journey, the destination of which has not yet been reached.

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Purgatory

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A state of final purification after death but before entrance into Heaven for those who have died in God’s friendship but are only imperfectly purified.

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Sacrament

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An efficacious sign of grace instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church by which divine life is dispensed through the work of the Holy Spirit.