Chapter 7 Review Questions and Answers Flashcards
Chapter 7
What are the three sources that make the Church one?
The three sources that make the Church one are its source, God the Father; its founder, God the Son; and its soul, God the Holy Spirit.
How does the individual not vanish in the collective communion of the Church?
Christianity is not about losing individuality. God calls each person to communion with Him and with others, helping individuals become more fully themselves.
What is the relationship of the Eastern Catholic Churches to the Roman Catholic Church?
The Eastern Catholic Churches are in communion with the Roman Catholic Church. The difference lies in liturgical worship: Roman Catholics follow the Latin Rite, while Eastern Catholics follow traditions developed in the East.
How is the Church united in her diversity?
The Church is united in her diversity through love, not sameness, reflecting the unity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
What is the biggest reason for disunity in the Church?
The biggest reason for disunity in the Church is human sin and mistaken understandings of the Gospel.
What is heresy and who can commit it?
Heresy is the obstinate denial of a truth necessary to be believed with Divine and Catholic faith. It can only be committed by a baptized Christian.
Name six of the heresies that created disunity in the Church.
Gnosticism, Arianism, Nestorianism, Monophysitism, Apollinarianism, and Pelagianism.
Name and describe three of the foundational teachings of the Protestant Reformation.
Sola Scriptura: The belief that the Bible is the only source of divine revelation.
Sola Fide: The belief that salvation comes through faith alone, not by works.
Sola Gratia: The belief that salvation is through God’s grace alone, not by human efforts.
What does the Catholic Church believe about grace?
The Catholic Church believes that Jesus’ grace transforms the soul, making us truly holy, with our free will playing a role.
What is the most significant schism in the history of the Church?
The most significant schism is the Great Schism of 1054, when the Eastern Churches separated from the Catholic Church, forming the Orthodox Church.
How did Pope St. John Paul II describe the unity of the Eastern and Western Churches?
Pope St. John Paul II called them the ‘two lungs’ of the Church and emphasized the Catholic Church’s desire for full communion between East and West.
What is ecumenism?
Ecumenism is the effort to restore unity among all Christians by bringing them back into the Catholic Church, which offers the fullness of salvation.
What animated the hope for interreligious dialogue?
The hope that working together, world religions can establish peace and justice for all.
What is the relationship between Christianity and Judaism?
Christians and Jews are closely related, as the Apostles and Jesus were Jewish, and the Old Testament is part of the Church’s history.
What aspects of any culture can be incorporated into the life of the Church?
True, beautiful, and good aspects of culture can be incorporated; aspects resulting from sin or against humanity’s divine destiny cannot.
For what cause did Bl. Maria Gabriella Sagheddu pray and offer her suffering?
She prayed and offered her suffering for worldwide Christian unity.
