Test 1 Flashcards
By the title of ____________ the duly elected Pope becomes the successor to Peter and acquires primacy over the universal Church.
Bishop of Rome, The Holy Father.
__________ describes the quality(ies) of a person or the status of a person in the Church; it is often connected with validity (q.v.) because a person who lacks __________ may not be able to posit a juridic act (q.v.) because he or she lacks a quality necessary to perform or receive the action.
Capacity
Example: only a validly ordained priest may confect the eucharist; all others lack the capacity. Example: only a baptized male may be ordained to the priesthood; all others lack the capacity to receive the order.
An ________ act is one which did not have the juridic effect (q.v.) for which it was performed
Invalid
A ______ act is one placed by legitimate ecclesiastical authority which changes the rights and obligations of a person or persons, or which changes the status or condition of a place or thing. The result of a juridic act posited according to the requirements of law is a juridic effect.
Juridic
Example: the act of a witness in the name of the Church asking for and receiving the manifestation of consent of both parties is a juridic act which results in a marriage.
___________ is the result of an action taken by legitimate ecclesiastical authority. It is a change (creation, removal or alteration) in the rights and obligations of a person or the character of a place or thing.
Juridic effect
Examples: marriage has the juridic effect of establishing rights and obligations between the husband and the wife and of both of them to children.
That law which is based upon divine revelation (contained in scripture) and part of the Tradition of the church who defines it to be of the deposit of faith or a similar term. Divine law is universal.
Divine Law
______ law is universal.
Divine Law
_____________ law is law made by the divinely instituted authority of the Church to govern the general welfare of the members of the Church, often to maintain order and discipline. It usually finds its roots in divine or natural law and it can never be contrary to either divine or natural law.
Merely ecclesiastical
__________ Law sees the work of God in the world of nature; through the use of divinely given reason, a person may understand and appreciate God revealing himself in nature and ordaining an order that governs nature.
Natural Law
_________ is law that binds in a particular territory, usually a diocese or other particular church. It may also bind within the territory of a conference of bishops. Persons not in that territory are not bound by particular law.
Particular Law
________ Law is law that binds a person (physical or juridic) because he or she is a member of a particular group; usually proper law binds regardless of where a person is because it is not limited to a particular territory.
Proper law
_________ law binds every person (physical or juridic) wherever he or she is located; it is usually under the authority of the universal church (the Supreme Legislator) alone to establish law that binds every member of the Church
Universal law
A ______ act is one which does not have its juridic effect (q.v.); it is as though the action never occured.
null
Law in the formal sense; must be promulgated. Requires legislative authority and no one below the Supreme Pontiff may delegate legislative authority.
General decree
A _____ act is one which has the juridic effect (q.v.) which was desired
valid
validity is the quality of being valid.
The formal process by which a law is established. It usually includes who is bound by the law, when the law goes into effect and, occasionally, penalties for disobeying the law.
Promulgation
What are the three things necessary for a law to be promulgated?
- who is bound by law
- when law goes into effect
- penalties for disobeying law
The fundamental theology of the Church, the church reflecting on her own nature
Ecclesiology
Vatican II stipulated the search for models of ecclesiology that emphasize the “____________”
“People of God”
Describe the circular model of the Church
conveys common dignity and activity of all the Christian faithful by placing Christ at the center
Name the five elements of the Church
- all the Christian faithful
- the clergy
- the College of Bishops
- the College of Cardinals
- Holy Father
T/F: the unity between the Bishops and Pope is the same law, tradition, revelation, and grace as that founded by Jesus between Peter and the Apostles
True
Relationship shared between Peter/Pope and Apostles/Bishops includes 3 elements:
college, constitutional (established by Divine Law), proportionality (extraordinary power of apostles is not transferred to successors)
Bishop of Rome was established by
Jesus giving the office to Peter as first of the Apostles and is transmitted to successors as head of the college of bishops