Unit 7 Vocabulary

Question 1

Describes any book purporting to be inspired but ultimately not accepted by the Church as part of Sacred Scripture (the Bible).

Answer 1

apocryphal

Question 2

A specific gift or grace of the Holy Spirit that directly or indirectly benefits the Church.

Answer 2

Charism

Question 3

Generally, the entire assembly of the faithful People of God.

Answer 3

Chruch

Question 4

A formal synod of bishops (sometimes with other ecclesiastics) from the whole inhabited world convened to define doctrine, regulate the Christian life, or apply discipline in the Church.

Answer 4

Ecumenical Council

Question 5

A given in order to help a person live out the Christian life or serve the common good in building up the Church.

Answer 5

Charism

Question 6

An ancient heretical sect that believed, among other things, that salvation came from obtaining secret experiential knowledge.

Answer 6

Gnostic

Question 7

From the Greek oikoumene, meaning “the whole inhabited world.”

Answer 7

Ecumenical Council

Question 8

Recounted in Acts 15, this synod of the Apostles AD 49 or 50 spoke with the authority of Christ in deciding that Gentile converts to Christianity did not have to be circumcised according to the Law of Moses.

Answer 8

Council of Jerusalem

Question 9

The word comes from the Greek ekklesia, meaning assembly.

Answer 9

Church

Question 10

The eternal state of supreme and definitive happiness with God

Answer 10

Heaven

Question 11

In the Old Testament, the sign of the office of prime minister, who is appointed by the king to have primacy over all his other servants

Answer 11

Keys of the Kingdom

Question 12

A member of the Church-the Mystical Body of Christ-on earth, in Purgatory, or in Heaven.

Answer 12

Saint

Question 13

The descent of the Holy Spirit, in the form of a rushing wind and tongues of fire, upon the Apostles after Jesus’ Ascension.

Answer 13

Pentecost

Question 14

Communion of life and love with the Trinity and all the blessed.

Answer 14

Heaven

Question 15

Greek for “witness.” A witness to the truth of the Faith in which a Christian endures suffering and even death for Christ.

Answer 15

Martyr

Question 16

In the New Testament, Jesus gives these to St. Peter, indicating that he would be both the leader in this Church and Christ’s own representative on earth—in other words, the first Pope

Answer 16

Keys of the Kingdom

Question 17

The Bible; the canonical writings validated by the Church as inerrant and inspired by the Holy Spirit.

Answer 17

Sacred Scripture

Question 17

From the Latin traditio (“to hand down”); the Church’s teachings that have been passed down through the ages through the successors of the Apostles.

Answer 17

Sacred Tradition

Question 18

The position of being first in rank or authority. The Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles bear witness to this among the Apostles.

Answer 18

Primacy of Peter

Question 19

This event fulfilled Jesus’ promise to send his Spirit to teach, guide, and empower the Apostles in their mission.

Answer 19

Pentecost

Question 20

Together with Sacred Scripture, it makes up a single deposit of the Word of God-the Deposit of Faith-a single gift of God to the Church.

Answer 20

Sacred Tradition

Question 21

The Church may officially declare a member of the Church in Heaven by canonization, adding him or her to the calendar and promoting his or her public veneration to be this person.

Answer 21

Saint

Question 22

Term used for the Pope that emphasizes his role as a representative of Christ himself.

Answer 22

Vicar of Christ

Question 23

From the Latin vicarius, meaning
“in the person of.”

Answer 23

Vicar of Christ