Chapter 23: We Are a Communion of Saints Flashcards
Jesus calls all to be ________.
One.
What can all Christians be united in?
Worshipping God together and celebrating the sacraments.
Who were Jesus’s successors?
Peter and the Apostles.
What did Jesus want us, the Church, to continue to do?
To continue to grow and to work together on earth so that we could join him in heaven.
What are the sins of humanity that divided the Church?
Heresy, apostasy, and schism.
What is heresy?
A denial after Baptism of a truth of the faith.
What is apostasy?
A total abandonment of one’s faith
What is schism?
The refusal to submit to the leadership of Peter’s successor, the pope.
Name three branches of Christianity.
Catholicism, Protestantism, and Methodism. There are many others.
What are the important beliefs that all Christians have in common?
Baptism is the belief in both the humanity and divinity of Jesus, that Jesus died and rose to save us from sin, and that the Bible is the inspired Word of God.
What work is the Catholic Church dedicated to doing?
Ecumenism.
What is ecumenism?
The work to promote unity of all Christians.
When do we advocate for ecumenism?
We pray for Christian unity every Mass, each year in January we celebrate a week of prayer for Christian unity, and prayer services and discussion groups are held.
What international community of religious brothers are centered in France?
Taizé.
What work does Taizé advocate for?
Ecumenism and unity.
