Religion 4 Vocab

Question 1

Evangelization

Answer 1

means to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ to other people.

Question 2

Church

Answer 2

is the Body of Christ, that is, the community of God’s people who profess faith
in the Risen Lord Jesus and love and serve others under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Question 3

Sacrament

Answer 3

is a very special kind of sign or symbol and a visible or outward sign of
God’s grace.

Question 4

Liturgy

Answer 4

is the official public worship of the Church. The sacraments and the Divine
Office constitute the Church’s liturgy.

Question 5

Hierarchy

Answer 5

is the official, sacred leadership in the Church made up of the Church’s
ordained ministers-bishops, priests, and deacons. The symbol of unity and authority in
the Church is the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, who is the successor of St. Peter.

Question 6

Evangelical Counsels

Answer 6

are vows of personal poverty, chastity understood as lifelong
celibacy, and obedience to the demands of the community being joined, which are
professed by those entering consecrated life.

Question 7

Infallibility

Answer 7

is a gift of the Spirit whereby the Pope and bishops are preserved from
error when proclaiming a doctrine related to Christian faith and morals.

Question 8

Marks of the Church

Answer 8

are four essential signs or characteristics of Christ’s Church that
mark her as his true Church. The Church is one, holy, catholic, and apostolic.

Question 9

Catholic

Answer 9

is from a Greek word meaning “universal.”

Question 10

Apostasy

Answer 10

is a denial of the faith.

Question 11

Schism

Answer 11

is a break in Church unity resulting from the failure to accept the Pope as the
Vicar of Christ.

Question 12

Ecumenism

Answer 12

is the movement, inspired and led by the Holy Spirit, that seeks the union
of all Christian religions and eventually the unity of all peoples throughout the world.

Question 13

Great Schism

Answer 13

is a major break between the churches of the West (centered in Rome)
and the East (centered in the city of Constantinople).

Question 14

Protestant

Answer 14

is a baptized Christian who believes in Christ but who does not accept all
the teachings of the Catholic Church. Protestant communities first came into existence
during the Reformation in the 16 th century.

Question 15

Laity

Answer 15

refers to all the members of the Church who have been initiated into the Church
through Baptism and who are not ordained members of the clergy or in consecrated life.