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RCIA set 10
Concepts and Vocabulary of Catholicism
30
Religious Studies
Not Applicable
07/12/2011

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Term
Vatican I
Definition
Ecumenical Council that defined papal infallibility
Term
Ecumenical conciliar decrees and ex cathedra papal pronouncements
Definition
What two things form the Extraordinary Magisterium?
Term
from the chair
Definition
What does ex cathedra mean?
Term
cathedra
Definition
What is the term for the bishop's chair?
Term
cathedral
Definition
church where the bishop's chair resides
Term
c
Definition

The bishop's chair is symbolic of authority, going back to:

a) St. Peter when he first governed the church

b) Jesus and his disciples

c) Roman days when Caesa or his governors sat on a chair to make public decisions

 

Term

False

 

The pope is the executive, legislative, and judicial branches rolled into one

Definition
T or F:  Like other governments, the Catholic church has separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches
Term
His executive, legislative, and judicial authority
Definition
What does the Pope's triple crown represent?
Term
tiara, triregnum
Definition
What are two names for the Pope's triple crown?
Term
True
Definition
T or F:  The pope's triple crown symbolizes that he has higher authority over a king or emperor
Term
Pope Paul VI
Definition
Last pope to wear a tiara
Term
Ordinary Magisterium
Definition
an infallible teaching taught to Catholics where the pope restates the consistent teachings of his predecessors
Term
papal
Definition
term that means anything that has to do with the pope
Term
Servant of the Servants of God
Definition
Title that popes use to refer to themselves Servus Servorum Dei, which means ___________.
Term
St. Gregory the Great
Definition
Who was the first pope to use the title Servus Servorum Dei?
Term
Holy Father, Your Holiness
Definition
What are two titles that people address the pope by?
Term
Vatican II
Definition
Another name for Second Vatican Council
Term
how much authority pope intended to exercise
Definition
Prior to Vatican II, the type of papal document determined what?
Term
Motu Proprio
Definition
lowest papal document that grants dispensation or modification applying to the whole world but on a discilinarymatter only--an issue that has nothing to do with the doctrine
Term
Motu Proprio
Definition
document where John Paul II granted permission to celebrate the Tridentine Mass
Term
of his own initiative
Definition
What does Motu Proprio mean?
Term
Papal Bulls
Definition
papal documents that represented the highest authority
Term
Pius IX
Definition
The Dogma of the ImmaculateConception by _____ in 1854 refers toMary being given a special grace from God that preserved her from original sin
Term
Dogma
Definition
Term meaning doctrine
Term
the content of the document
Definition
Since Vatican II, what determines the degree of authority?
Term
Church has no power to ordain women
Definition
The Ordinatio Sacerdotalis is an apostolic Letter written by John Paul II in 1994 that declared _________
Term

False

 

It is part of the Ordinary Magisterium

Definition
T or F:  Ordinatio Sacerdotalis was an ex cathedra papl statement
Term
Papal encyclicals
Definition
letters addressed to the world on contemporary issues and concerns
Term
are meant to circulate around the world
Definition
Encyclical comes from the Latin word for circular because these documents __________
Term
Latin
Definition
What language is every official document in when it comes from the Vatican?
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