characteristics Flashcards
four characteristics of the church
one, holy, catholic, apostolic
one gifts
source and life
as a people made one with the unity of the Holy Trinity and its founder Jesus Christ.
source
LIFE, as one body and spirit in
- confession of one faith
- common sacramental worship
- loving service of one another
- loving obedience to the Vicar of Christ on Earth
to RADICAL CHANGE of HEART to overcome the divisions rooted in
Heresy,apostasy and schism
the obstinate denial or obstinate doubt after the reception of baptism of some truth which is to be believed by divine and Catholic faith
Heresy
the total rejection of Christianity by a baptized person who, having at one time professed the Christian faith, publicly rejects it
apostasy
the rupture of ecclesiastical union and unity, i.e. either the act by which one of the faithful severs as far as in him lies the ties which bind him to the social organization of the Church and make him a member of the Church.
schism
the Church unites herself to Christ and sends her
His Holy Sprit
holy gift
empowered by Spirit: the Church sanctifies her
members by her
- PREACHING
- LOVING SERVICE
- SACRAMENTAL LIFE
- CHARISMATIC GIFTS
the holiness of the Church is a process of
growing into the full stature of Christ
holy task
means UNIVERSAL, COMPLETE, ALL-
EMRACING
catholic
catholic applies to the Church in two different ways
-the Church is world-wide sent to all people
-endowed with “fullness of the means for
salvation
catholic gift
to bring all peoples “ to Christ the
head in the unity of His Spirit
