The Church In The 20th Century, The Church In North America, & The Diocese of Lincoln

Question 1

2nd Vatican Council

Answer 1

-21st Ecumenical Council
-Called by Pope St. John XXIII to demonstrate that the Church was able to meet the urgent, current spiritual needs of the world.

Question 2

Atheism

Answer 2

The denial of the existence of God or the belief that there is no god.

Question 3

Deposit of Faith

Answer 3

“Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture make up a single sacred deposit of the Word of God, which is entrusted to the Church.”

Question 4

Ecumenism

Answer 4

An effort/movement to restore unity among Christians

Question 5

Evangelization

Answer 5

To bring the good news of Jesus Christ to others

Question 6

Humanae Vitae

Answer 6

Encyclical by Pope Paul Vi on marriage, family, sexual reproduction, and contraception.

Question 7

Know-Nothing

Answer 7

Political movement designed to exclude foreigners and Catholics from public offices.

Question 8

Liturgy

Answer 8

The official public worship of the Church (i.e. Mass)

Question 9

Magiserium

Answer 9

-The official teaching authority of the Church.
-Consists of the Pope & Bishops in union with him.
-Authentic interpretation of the Scripture has been entrusted to them.

Question 10

Modernism

Answer 10

Heretical teaching which effectively rejected the Catholic Church and all Divine Revelation; known as the “compendium of all heresies.”

Question 11

Nativism

Answer 11

Ideology and practice of the National Socialist Workers’ party under Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1945, especially the policy of racist nationalism, national expansion, and state control of the economy.

Question 12

Synod