Vocab Flashcards
A meeting of bishops to define doctrine, apply church teachings and regulate Christian life
Council
A prolonged metaphor
Allegory
A word that refers to another by a comparison without using like or as
Metaphor
Part of the Deposit of Faith, it is the Word of God entrusted by Christ and apostles under the Holy Spirit, who preserves it free of error
Tradition
Describes the succession of catholic bishops, thru ages by which each holds office by virtue of authority handed down to them thru the Twelve Apostles
Apostolic
A story told to illustrate a spiritual truth
Parable
The belief that the pope cannot err when speaking EX CATHEDRAL and defining a doctrine concerning faith and morals
Infallibility
From Greek for last, meaning the study of the end of time
Eschatology
Without mistake or error, always teaching truth never falsehood
Inerrancy
A way to read literature without regard to the particular literary forms being used, recognizes neither symbolic nor analogy
Literalistic
A phrase that refers to another by using like or as
Simile
The spiritual interpretation of Scripture that portrays the heroes as a pattern for Christians of every age
Tropological sense; moral sense
Refers to the number of Christian writers from the first to eighth centuries whose lives reflected the teachings of Christ and harmony with the church
Fathers of the church
Correctness in theological faith and beliefs
Orthodoxy
The interpretation of Scripture that sees not only literal meanings of text but also the people, things, and events as signs
Spiritual sense
