| A | B |
| apostasy | total abandonment of the Church/Catholic faith |
| diakonia | Greek="service" |
| ecumenism | movement: seeks Christian unity & eventually unity of all peoples of the world |
| heresy | false teaching=denies essential teachings of Church |
| kerygma | Greek="proclamation" of religious truths about JC |
| leitourgia | Latin="Liturgy"/work of the public |
| Magesterium | teaching authority of Church/Pope is leader |
| mystery | God's hidden plan for mankind |
| schism | break in Christian unity when a group separates itself from the Church |
| church | "People of God" who come together from the ends of the earth |
| Ecumenical Council | worldwide, official assembly of bishops |
| effacacious symbol | description of a sacrament-sign of grace |
| heirarchy | Church-Pope>Bishop>Priests>Deacons |
| koinonia | Greek: "fellowship" |
| Lumen Gentium | Vatican II document:everyone in Church is called to holiness |
| marks of the church | ONE-HOLY-CATHOLIC-APOSTOLIC (traditional signs of the church) |
| sacrament | invisible sign of invisible grace |