The Church and The Trinity Flashcards
What is The Church?
God’s family. Made up of baptised people on Earth, all in Purgatory, all in Heaven
What are the 3 Persons of The Trinity?
The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit.
What is the role of The Father?
The Creator.
What is the role of The Son?
The Redeemer.
What is the role of The Holy Spirit?
The Sanctifier.
What were the three heresies against the Trinity?
Arianism, Doceticm and Nestorianism.
What is the belief of Arianism?
Jesus was created and is not equal to the Father.
What is the belief of Docetism?
Jesus didn’t have a body. He was an illusion.
What is the belief of Nestorianism?
There were two separate Persons in Christ, human and divine.
Why is the Trinity like a family?
The love of a husband and wife makes a child, so the love of the Father and Son created the Holy Spirit. (Not in the way husbands and wives do, though)
Why is the family a Domestic Church?
It’s where the parents teach the kids to pray “As the Church” and where family life is centred on the love of God.
Why is the Family a School of Love?
The family is the fundamentals of love, and the parents teach their kids love, virtues and happiness.
What are the 4 marks of the True Church?
One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic.
What does “One” mean
God is one. The church was founded by one person, Jesus. There is one faith, one baptism, one God
What does “Holy” mean?
God is holy. The church’s mission is to make us holy through the sacraments.
