Across
- 2. serve as papal elector, lead archdiocese, others serve in the administration in the Vatican
- 4. the official church of the local bishop
- 7. Latin for "from the chair"
- 9. without error
- 10. priesthood
- 14. the heritage of faith handed on in the church from the times of the apostles
- 17. a council of involving all the bishops of a particular nation
- 19. council that decided whether Gentiles should abide by Jewish requirements of circumcision
- 22. year the Council of Jerusalem was held
- 23. polytheistic religions
- 24. a state of final repentance after death
- 25. The office of deacon in the Catholic Church
- 28. first pope of the church
- 29. the faithful of the church who have received Holy Orders
- 30. A territorial district within a diocese which is run by a priest
Down
- 1. From the Greek episkopos meaning "overseer"
- 3. a bishop of the highest rank
- 5. Successor of St. Peter
- 6. larger diocese, usually under rule by an archbishop
- 8. Indicates an action or sign that confers the grace it signifies
- 11. the assembly of the world's bishops
- 12. the obligation of the faithful to accept the teachings of the Magisterium
- 13. Office of the pope
- 15. the Bible
- 16. formula for the Catholic faith
- 18. a gathering of the world cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica to elect a new pope
- 20. pope that was killed by the huns
- 21. refers to an official law of the church
- 26. derived from the Greek ekklesia meaning "what belongs to the Lord"
- 27. leader of the huns