Chapter 8 And 9 Flashcards
Catholic meaning
Universal
God the father’s love is ____
Universal
What did Jesus show when God sent him?
God loves all people and wants to save everyone from sin and death
What does the church recognize? What does it strive for?
Dignity of all people
Work for the common good
What is the one way to stay out of the kingdom?
Choose to stay away from it
How do we get into the kingdom?
If we follow him in faith and accept his invitation
How is the church universal? (4)
Strives to preach the good news of salvation to all people, effectively communicating to every culture and nation in the world
Teaches the total message of Jesus Christ
Offers all that is necessary for salvation
Proclaims the good news of Christ’s teachings in every age until the end of the world
How does the church convey all the believes?
Through its doctrine, life, and worship
How are those of the Jewish faith related to us?
They already responded to God’s revelation in the Old covenant that god made with Abraham
How are Christians related to Islam’s?
Profess to hold the faith of Abraham as do Christians and Jews and with us adore the one merciful God
Striving to increase understanding between different religions
Interreligious dialogue
Greek Christians in the East and Roman Christians in the West used their own _____ and _____ and formed their own _____ or ways of _____
Languages
Customs
Liturgical rites
Worshiping
The variety in the church doesn’t not harm its unity, what does it do instead?
Makes it more visible
What caused a split between the Eastern and Western churches in 1054?
What is the eastern church referred to as?
Cultural and Political differences
Orthodox
What is the church know committed to doing because of the split?
Wants to heal the rift
Six major eastern Catholic churches
Chaldean, Syrian, Maronite, Coptic, Armenian, Byzantine
Differences between the Byzantine church and Roman mass
People bowing from the waist when entering
Icons in places of honor
Prayers, music, vestments, and architecture that stress God’s greatness and majesty
Eucharist under the forms of tunes bread cubes mixed with wine, received on spoon
How is unity insured?
Fidelity to apostolic tradition