Chap Eight Flashcards
True or False
Traditional practices such as blessing oneself with holy water are essential parts of the faith
False
True or False
Other Christian denominations have the same belief in Church tradition that Catholics do
False
True or False
The Scriptures grew out of the tradition of the early church
True
True or False
Tradition is so,estimes developed independently of the Scriptures
False
True or False
Only the pope issues teachings
False
True or False
All doctrines are dogmas
False
True or false
Infallibility is not a human characteristic
True
True or False
Infallibly pronounced statements can be refined and communicated in new ways throughout the life of the church
True
True or False
All Christians can claim faith in the beliefs expressed in the Apostles creed
True
True or False
God is an abstract isolated being
False
True or False
Catholics celebrate six official sacraments
False
True or False
For Catholics no contradiction exists between what can be known by intelligence and what can be faith
True
True or False
Catholic devotion to the saints does not threaten the love that is due God
True
What the world youth day pilgrims found they shared
Unity of faith
The symbol and guarantor of the church’s unity
Pope
A customary practice like opening gifts
tradition
lowercase t
The official teaching voice of the church
Magisterium
The process by which the church deepens its understanding of belief
Tradition
Uppercase T
Doctrines taught under the fullest authority of the church
Dogmas
Letter from the pope to the world wide church
Encyclical
A word that has a root meaning of I set my heart on
Credo
A theologian who wrote during the second century
Tertullian
A saint and great intellectual who showed the Union of faith and and reason at its best
Thomas Aquinas
