Religion Chapter 24 Flashcards
What is the universal call that all Christians receive in God?
all Christians receive the universal call to holiness
What is meant by a vocation?
a call from God to a particular way of life in which a person can share Christ’s mission and reach holiness
What is the love between a married copule a sign of?
Christ’s love for his church and his union with it
What is the mission of bishops, priests and deacons?
to give jesus Christ to the world through word, sacrament, and service
what are the 3 vows that most religious make?
religious usually make vows of chastity, poverty and obedience
single people who live a vowed life belong to…
secular institutes
___ is the minister of the sacrament of matrimony for the bride
groom
marraige vows bind a couple to each other in lifelong…
fidelity
by the vow of ____ religious people promise to remain unmarried and chaste
chastity
a ____ has the fulness of priesthood
bishop
A priest’s greatest privilege is to preside at the ___
eucharist
The power of priesthood is passed on from a bishop by the laying of the …
hands
Christians must be Christ for the world in whatever ____ they follow
vocation
When do Christians receive the universal call?
baptism
What is the call to holiness?
to develop your talents to serve God better
What is the best way of life for you?
to the one calls you
Every vocation is meant to be ____
holy and share in God’s mission
God calls some to single life so they can
be involved in a wide range of activities and and spend their lives in service to others
Some single people live a vowed life as members of secular institutions. They///
live consecrated lives of prayer and servie while keeping their jobs in the world
on the wedding day couples make ___ to each other
a covenant
the man and woman act as ___ to each other
minister of sacrament
the vows bind a couple to a
lifelong partnership
the vow- I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, I will love you and honor you all the days of my life
x
what is fidelity
faithfulness
what does jesus do through the sacrament of matrimony?
he enables married couples to remain faithful to their wedding promises
throughout their married life a husband and wife experience the effects of the sacrament
x
a deacon assists the bishops and priests in
teaching, preaching, celebrating the liturgy and caring for those in need
Deacons
are 35 years old and some are married
a priest works with a bishop to do what?
to bring jesus to the world though word, sacrament and service (KNOW 3 THINGS)
a bishop is ordained by another bishop how?
laying of the hands
a bishop is a successor to the…
apostles
a bishop does…
he shepherds the people in a diocese teaching, sanctifying, and governing people
some priests are diocesan priests who serve under the local bishop. others,,,
other priests such as the jesuits, the dominicans, and the franciscans belong to religious orders
Priests vows free them to
love and serve God
life in community provides priests with
love and support of other religious
3 vows of religious
chastity (chaste), poverty (no material possessions), and obedience (doing what God says by doing what superiors say)
