Segada, Chapter 3 Flashcards
Ecumenical Council
From the Greek oikoumene, meaning, “The whole world.” A formal symbol of bishops from the whole inhabited world convened to define doctrine, regulate the Christian life, or apply discipline in the Church. The first Ecumenical council was held at Nicaea in AD 325.
Apostle
From the Greek, “one sent forth.” Refers to the Twelve chosen by Jesus during the course if his public ministry to be his closest followers, as well as Sts. Paul of Tarsus, Barnabas, and the enlighteners if whole nations.
Magesterium
The teaching authority of the Church
SENSUS FIDELIUM
Literally, “ the sense of the faithful.” The term refers to the inerrancy possessed by all the faithful when they share a universal consent in matter if faith and morals
Infallibility
Immunity from error and any possibility if error. The Church possesses this character as promised by Christ, as does the pope defined by the First Vatican Council.
Apostolic Sucession
Term used to describe the lineage of the Catholic bishops and pope through the ages by which each holds office in a direct link to the Twelve Apostles.
Catechism of the Catholic Church
A summary of Catholic teaching. A catechism if this same name was published in 1997.
Deposit of Faith
The heritage of faith contained in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, handed in in the Church from the time if the apostles, from which the Magesterium draws all that it proposes for belief as being divinely revealed.
Tradition
From the Latin traditio, meaning,”handing down.” Sacred Tradition is part if the Deposit if Faith. It is the Word of God entrusted by Christ to the Apostles and near successors and communicated by preaching and teaching it every generation of Christians under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Human traditions or traditions of mrn Are man made acts and rituals that did not originate with Christ.
Fathers of the Church
Referees to a number of Christian writers from the first through the eighth centuries whose lives reflected the teachings of Christ and whose teachings were in perfect harmony with the Church. Their value is in the fact that the doctrine they developed faithfully communicates the Faith they received from Christ and contributed to a deeper spiritual and theological understanding of natural and supernatural truths.
Orthodoxy
Correctness or soundness in theological faith and beliefs
Sacred Tradition
See tradition
literal sense
Method of scriptural interpretation based on the meaning of words in the literary and historical context.
Literalistic
A way of reading literature without regard to the particular literary forms being used.
Literary Analysis
Reading a story with full regard for all of the literary forms and styles being used
