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 |