Holy Orders Quiz Flashcards
What does “At the Service of Communion” mean?
-Serves the community (the church)
Discernment
- To perceive differences between more than one option
- Process by which a man determines wether or not God is calling (vocation) him to the priesthood
Seminary
-The place where the training of candidates for the priesthood takes place
Ordinand
-A person receiving the Sacrament of Holy Orders at any level; episcopate, presbyterate, or diaconate
Mandate
-An official appointment from the pope that says a certain priest has been chosen go be a bishop
Nuncio
- An archbishop who acts as the official Vatican delegate for a nation
- also called the Apostolic Delegate
Ordinary Bishop
- The name for the diocesan bishop
- The pastoral and legal representation of his diocese
Stole
- A log, narrow band of fabric, like a scarf
- A deacon’s stole is worn diagonally from one shoulder
- A priests stole is worn straight from the shoulders
Chasuble
- The outer vestment worn by a priest at liturgy
- Is color follows the liturgical seasons:
- purple for Advent or lent
- white for christmas, easter, and other feasts of Christ
- red for Good Friday and Pentecost
- green for Ordinary Time
Dalmatic
- The outer liturgical vestment of a deacon
- It may also be worn by bishops under the chasuble and certain solemn liturgies
Indifference
- Selflessness that is open to going wherever one is most needed and to doing whatever seems best
- God’s will takes precedence over an individual’s will
Diocese
-A geographic section of the Church, made up of parishes, that is headed by a bishop
Vicar
- One who serves as a substitute , an agent, or a representative of another
- Bishops are vicars of Christ; they take his place in the Church
- The pope is the Supreme Vicar of Christ
Episcopal College
- The unity of all ordained bishops in the worldwide Church, in both the East and West
- The pope heads the episcopal college.
Synod of Bishops
-A group of bishops, usually chosen throughout the world, who came together to advise the pope on certain issues
Ecumenical Counsel
- An assembly of all (or most) bishops from throughout the world in union with the pope
- Such a council is the highest authority in the universal Church
Infalibility
- The charism or gift of the Church offered by Christ whereby she is protected from error in matters of faith and morals
- The pope or an Ecumenical Council most exclusively exercises the gift
Imprimatur
-A bishop’s approval to print a religion textbook because its contents agree with Church teaching
Breviary
-A common name for a liturgical book from which priests pray the Liturgy of the Hours each day
Graces of Holy Orders
- Self-centeredness to God-centeredness
- Duty to genuine love
- Pleasure Driven to Kingdom Driven
Functions of a Priest
- To preach the Gospel to all
- To sanctify the People of of God by providing the Eucharist and other sacraments
- To govern the parish through pastoral ministry
Names for the sacraments of Marriage and Holy Orders
- Commitment
- Vocation
- At the service of Communion
Why women cannot be priests
- Christ chose 12 male apostles
- Last Supper “do this in memory of me”
- Priest acts “in persona christi” (in person of christ)
- “This is my body”—> Christ was male
Celibacy
- Remaining unmarried
- Practical: an unmarried man is more free from family obligation to serve their parish community
- Spiritual: Closer imitation of the life of Christ who was also unmarried
