Across
- 6. local church within a diocese
- 8. The office of pope
- 11. a meeting of the regional bishops of the Church on their individual countries
- 13. Latin for “from the chair”
- 15. The Church’s teachings that have been passed down through the ages through the successors of the apostles
- 17. Faithful who have received the sacrament of holy orders
- 20. Curia The administrative or governing body of the Catholic Church
- 22. sacrament of becoming a priest
- 25. The Bible, canonical writings validated by the church
- 26. the common language of the people
- 28. This person is infallible by virtue of his office
- 29. legalized Christianity
- 30. The church is a ________ society.
Down
- 1. Derived from the Greek word Kyriake
- 2. Christ guaranteed that Peter and His successors would be _________.
- 3. first ecumenical council held in 325 AD
- 4. successors of the apostles
- 5. a local bishops official church
- 7. The most recent of the Ecumenical Councils
- 9. The faithfull obligation to accept the magisterium
- 10. the study of the church
- 12. Greek for elder
- 14. from the Greek for helper
- 16. Law of the Church
- 18. Oldest profession of faith
- 19. gathering of cardinals to elect a pope
- 21. The territory and the churches under a bishop’s authority
- 23. found in sacred scripture and sacred tradition
- 24. a "sign of a sacred reality and the visible expression of invisible grace”
- 27. successor of Peter
