Confirmation test Flashcards
Who was the head of the church was Jesus died?
St.Peter
Who is the pope?
The successor of St. Peter
Pope Francis
What is the Church structure?
a hierarchy
What is an infallibility?
a gift given to the church by the power of the holy spirit
Who are the church’s ordained leaders?
bishops, priests, and deacons
What is a cardinal?
an honorary title normally given to a bishop who serves the church in a significant way
What is a bishop?
a ordained minister who belongs to the college of bishops, heads a diocese, and has the power to confer holy orders
What is the name of the bishop of trenton
David M. O’Connell
What is a College of Bishops?
all bishops as a group and in union with the pope, are the supreme authority of the church
What is a diocese?
a group of parishes join together under a leadership of the bishop.
Who are the bishop’s ordained helpers?
priests and deacons
What is the magisterium?
the teaching authority of the Catholic Church as embodied in the college of bishops in union with the pope, or in the pope.
what is a pastor and who is ours?
a priest appointed to lead and care for the people of a parish
G. Scott Shaffer
what is a parish
a worshiping community of Catholics established as a unit of the church under the leadership of a priest.
What is a priest?
a man empowered through the sacrament of holy orders to act in the person of Christ
what is a deacon?
an ordained local leader who assists the bishops and priests
what is a sacrament
the church’s seven main signs through which Jesus continues his saving actions among people
what is the purpose of a sacrament?
through the sacraments, God offers us the gift of grace the sacraments are life links with God
what is grace
God’s divine life within us, the life of the trinity, God’s own life and love
what are the 7 sacraments
baptism
communion
reconciliation
confirmation
matrimony
holy orders
anointing of the sick
What are the sacraments of initiation?
baptism, confirmation, communion
what are the sacraments of healing
reconciliation and anointing of the sick