10A Study Questions for FOC, pt 2, ch 5-8
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  1. Study questions
    for Fundamentals of Catholicism, Vol 3, part II

    Chapter 5

    1. What three offices of priesthood has the Church received from Christ himself?
    2. Based on the Church mission, why is it logical to conclude that Jesus willed the Apostles to have successors? Who are these ‘successors’?
    3. What three authoritative roles do these successors perform in the Church?
    4. What does the term ‘hierarchical’ mean in relation to the successors of the Apostles?
    5. What are the hierarchical powers of these successors? Relate each power to an office held by our Lord himself/
    6. What did the Council of Trent say about those who denied that Christ instituted the hierarchy?
    7. What theory about the hierarchy did the 18th century Gallicans develop? Which Pope condemned their theory?
    8. Describe the internal and external dimensions of the Mystical Body of Christ, the Church.
    9. What extensive spiritual powers did Christ confer on the Apostles and their successors?
    10. What did the Apostles demand from their followers?

    Chapter 6
    1. Why did the Apostles appoint bishops, presbyters (elders), and deacons?
    2. What is the ‘three-fold office’ of the Apostles to which the bishops, priests, and deacons succeeded?
    3. What is the ‘episcopate’? the presbyterate? the diaconate?
    4. Of the three offices--bishop, priest, deacon--which was appointed to fully succeed the Apostles?
    5. Outside the NT, what is the earliest document that attests to the bishops as successors of the Apostles?
    6. What did St. Ignatius of Antioch affirm about the authority of the bishop?

    Study Questions: ch 7, FOC

    1. What is the meaning of the word ‘primacy’ in relation to St. Peter and the Church?
    2. What is the etymology of the word ‘primacy’?
    3. What two kinds of primacy have been debated across the centuries?
    4. Define ‘primacy of jurisdiction’.
    5. Which religious groups deny the pope’s primacy of jurisdiction?
    6. Who is the visible head of the Church while Christ remains in heaven?
    7. Who is the ‘Vicar of Christ’? What is a vicar?
    8. Give three evidences from the NT supporting the Church’s doctrine that Peter is the visible head of the Church.
    9. What does the Peter’s title, ‘rock,’ mean?
    10. What is the power to ‘bind and loose’?
    11. In ancient and biblical language, what does the expression ‘feed my sheep’ mean?
    12. What acts of Peter, recorded in the Acts of the Apostles, indicate his role as the authorized leader of Christ’s Church?
    Chapter 8
    1. What did Vatican I declare about the primacy of Peter as a continuing institution in the Church?
    2. What Scriptural evidence is there for the institution of the primacy?
    3. What does the constant tradition say about the bishops of Rome?
    4. Why are the bishops of Rome--and not other bishops--considered the successors to St. Peter?
    5. Why is important to show that Peter went to Rome?
    6. To whom did Jesus give the full power to feed, rule, and govern the whole Church?
    7. Outside the Bible, what is the earliest documentary proof of the Bishop of Rome’s primacy?
    8. What rational argument did the scholastic theologians develop in support of the primacy of the pope?
    9. From early Church history, give three examples which show the bishops of Rome exercising authority beyond the limits of the diocese of Rome.










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