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Ch 2 Rel II
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| solidarity | a Christian virtue of charity and friendship whereby members of the human family share material and spiritual goods |
| three ways the Church's unity is guaranteed | profession of faith (creed); sacraments; apostolic succession |
| ecumenism | the movement, inspired and led by the Holy Spirit, that seeks the union of all Christian religions and eventually the unity of all peoples throughout the world within the Catholic Church |
| agape | greek word for the type of love between God and humans |
| date Council of Nicaea | 325 AD |
| CCC | Catechism of the Catholic Church |
| apostasy | the denial of Christ and the repudiation of the Christian faith by a baptized Christian |
| dogmas | central truths of the Catholic faith, defined by the Magisterium, that Catholics are obliged to believe |
| heresy | an obstinate denial after Baptism to believe a truth that must be believed with divine and Catholic faith, or an obstinate doubt about such truth |
| ecumenical councils | gatherings of all the Catholic bishops of the world. Ecumenical councils determine those things which all the local churches will hold in common (the word ecumenical pertains to a theological recognition and willingness to learn from different faiths |
| schism | a break in Christian unity that takes place when a group of Christians separates itself from the Church. This happens historically when the group breaks in union with the pope |
| idolatry | worshiping something or someone other than the true God |
| date Eastern Schism | 1054 AD |
| Sacred Tradition | the living transmission of the Church's Gospel message found in the Church's teaching, life and worship |
| hypostatic union | a Greek term employed to describe the union of the human and divine natures of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, in the one divine person |
| Gnosticism | heresy that denied Jesus' divinity; said material reality is evil |
| Arianism | heresy taught by priest from Alexandria said Jesus was God's greatest creature |
| apollinarianism | 4th century bishop taught this heresy said Jesus had a human body but not a human soul |
| Nestorianism | Nestorius claimed Mary was the mother of only Jesus' human self and should not be called Theotokos or Mother of God |
| Monophysitism | heresy preached by Eastern monks said Christ had only a divine nature |
| Donatism | denied Old Testament |
| Protestant Reformation | an effort to reform the Catholic Church in the 16th Century, which led to the separation of large numbers of Christians from communion with Rome. |
| Deposit of Faith | "The heritage of faith contained in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition , handed down in the Church from the time of the Apostles, from which the Magisterium draws all that it proposes for belief as being divinely revealed." |
| predestination | a false doctrine taught by John Calvin that God determines people for Salvation or damnation before they are born and that no human effort can merit Salvation or entrance into the elect |
| date Council of Trent started | 1545 |
| apologist | "defender of the faith" |
| evangelization | to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ to others |
| episcopal synod | a representative body of bishops assembled periodically by the pope to advise him on important Church concerns. It is not a legislative body. |
| pontiff | a term that literally means "bridge-builder." It refers to the Bishop of Rome, or pope. |
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