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- 2. Local church within a diocese, usually under the direction of a priest
- 3. The office of deacon in the Catholic Church
- 5. Religious position that can have a wife
- 9. the office of priest in the Catholic Church
- 11. The Latin ______(“church”) is from the Greek ekklesia and means “assembly” or “called out.”
- 12. Latin for from the chair, this refers to a binding teaching by the pope as pastor of the universal Church
- 14. Administrative or governing body of the Church
- 15. Obligation of the faithful to accept the teachings of the Magisterium
- 17. Ability of a Catholic bishop to trace his episcopal lineage back to the Apostles
- 18. From the Greek for elder, such a man is ordained to assist his bishop by ministering to the faithful and celebrating many of the sacraments, including the Eucharist
- 20. Composed of both Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, this is what the Church proposes for belief
- 23. A bishop of the highest rank, generally bishop of an archdiocese
- 24. Teaching office of the Church
- 25. The Greek root of the word bishop is episkopos, which means
- 26. The official office of Pope in the Catholic Church
- 27. The ________of the Church are optional guidelines for Catholics, but the Church proposes them because they are very helpful
- 28. 1st Pope
- 30. Sacrament by which men are ordained to the episcopacy, priesthood, or diaconate
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- 1. After a pope dies or resigns, the cardinals of the Church meet in a conclave in the______Chapel to elect a new pope
- 4. The pope is _______ in all matters concerning the Church
- 6. A _____________ is the local bishop’s official church
- 7. The ____________________ oversees the political and diplomatic functions of the Church, handles the Pope’s everyday administrative functions and the Vatican’s diplomatic relations with civil governments
- 8. The English word for church derives from the Greek word ______ meaning “what belongs to the Lord”
- 10. Christian who, being born into a Protestant community or Orthodox Church, are not culpable for the sin schism
- 13. Ecclesiastical jurisdiction headed by a bishop
- 16. The assembly of the world’s bishops
- 19. Gathering of cardinals to elect a pope
- 21. sign of a sacred reality and the visible expression of invisible grace”
- 22. Successor to the Apostles; he is called to teach, sanctify, and govern the faithful of his diocese
- 29. Through the Sacrament of Holy Orders, bishops and priests act in persona ______—“in the Person of Christ.”