b 10A Study Questions for FOC v3, pt 2, ch 15-18
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  1. Study Questions: ch 15-18, FOC v3, pt 2

    1. What do we mean by a ‘property’ of the Church?
    2. What is the first property of the Church?
    3. What does the text mean by the word ‘indefectibility’?
    4. What two things guarantee the indefectibility of the Church?
    5. What two things in the Church are immutable?
    6. Down through the ages, what have illuminists and spiritualists promised about the Church?
    7. In the NT, to what does Jesus compare the Church?
    8. What is the basic reason for the indefectibility of the Church?

    Chapter 16
    1. What is the second property of the Church?
    2. In what two ways is the Church as a whole infallible?
    3. What did St. Irenaeus say about the relation between the Holy Spirit and the Church?
    4. What is the primary object of the infallibility which the Church possesses?
    5. Who is the final arbiter of the revelation contained in the Bible?
    6. What is the secondary object of the infallibility which the Church possesses?
    7. When does the whole body of bishops possess the gift of infallibility?
    8. How do they exercise this power in an extraordinary manner?
    9. How do they exercise the charism of infallibility in an ordinary manner?
    10. Give an example of the ordinary teaching of the bishops over a period of centuries?
    11. Give an example of the ordinary teaching of the bishops today?

    ch 17 The Visible Church
    1. What is the third property or quality of the Church?
    2. What factor in Church history has led many people to deny the visible nature of the Church?
    3. What denial led the Protestants to believe only in an invisible Church?
    4. Which two Councils of the Church taught that the Church is visible in her sacraments and her priesthood?
    5. What is the ‘triple bond’ that units Catholics?
    6. Which parables of Jesus clearly imply that the Church or kingdom of God is visible?
    7. How does the Incarnation of God the Son imply a visible Church?
    8. What are the invisible dimensions of the Church?

    ch 18 The Four Marks of the Church
    1. What is the difference between a ‘property’ of theChurch and a ‘mark’ of the Church?
    2. What two things do we mean by the unity of the Church?
    3. How are internal and external unity achieved in the Church?
    4. In what four ways is the Church holy?
    5. What do we mean by the internal catholicity of the Church?
    6. What do we mean by the external catholicity of the Church?
    7. What does the ‘apostolicity’ of the Church mean?
    8. In what three ways does the Church manifest her apostolicity?
    9. In what historical events is the apostolicity of the Church rooted?










Mrs. Moroles
Oratory Athenaeum
Pharr, TX