10B Study Questions for FOC, pt 2, ch 9-12
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  1. Study Questions, Ch 9-10, FOC
    1. What is the theological meaning of the word “jurisdiction”?
    2. What is “episcopalism”?
    3. What is “conciliarism”?
    4. What is “Caesaropapism”?
    5. What would happen if there was any real doubt about the source of divine authority in the Church?
    6. When did our Lord promise the primacy to St. Peter?
    7. When did he actually confer it on him?
    8. Name three of the evidences from the early history of the Church which clearly show the primacy of the bishop of Rome.
    9. How far does the the power of jurisdiction of the pope extend?
    10. What three words define the nature and the extent of the pope’s jurisdiction? What does each one mean?
    11. Is a living pope bound to obey the ecclesiastical laws of his predecessors?

    Chapter 10
    1. What is the term used to describe the teaching authority of the pope?
    2. Define the term “infallibility”.
    3. What does the Church teach about the infallibility of the pope? Which councils clearly taught this?
    4. What does the pope do when he speaks ex cathedra?
    5. Describe in some detail the four conditions which define and limit the infallibility of the pope?
    6. What is the nature of ex cathedra definitions made by the pope?
    7. Does the NT ever say explicitly that Peter (and his succesors) would be infallible? What are two NT evidences for the infallibility of Peter? Explain them.
    8. What was St. Thomas Aquinas’s argument in support of papal infallibility?

    Study Questions: ch 11-12, FOC
    1. Who assists the pope in ruling the entire Church?
    2. What is a bishop?
    3. Who instituted the office of bishop in the Church?
    4. In what 3 ways is the office of bishop limited in scope and authority?
    5. Is the institution of the episcopacy explicitly taught in the NT?
    6. How do we know that Christ intended for the apostles to have successors?
    7. What is the earliest historical documentation of the office of bishop?
    8. What is a ‘local ordinary’?
    9. In what areas of responsibility does the bishop remain subordinate to the pope?
    10. In what ways is the bishop independent of the pope?
    11. Who created the first bishops’ conferences?

    Chapter 12
    1. Define the word ‘college’ as used to refer to the bishops of the Catholic Church.
    2. Do all bishops belong to the college of bishops? Which ones do not?
    3. When does a bishop become a member of the college of bishops?
    4. What sacred powers does a bishop receive upon being consecrated?
    5. What biblical reference indicates the collegial nature of the office of bishop?
    6. When did the Church develop its fullest understanding of the doctrine of collegiality?
    7. What limits the power of the college of bishops?
    8. Is the pope limited by the actions of the college of bishops?
    9. Is the pope a member of the college of bishops?
    10. Who has the authority to convoke an ecumenical council like Vatican I or II and who has the power to validate a council’s actions?
    11. Does the college of bishops possess the gift of infallibility in its Magisterium










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Oratory Athenaeum
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