Across
- 2. A gathering of the world’s cardinals in Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome for the purpose of electing a new Pope
- 4. A consecrated successor to the Apostles
- 5. of Faith The definitive Revelation of Christ given to the Apostles and, through them, to the entire Church as Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition
- 7. College The assembly of the world’s bishops
- 14. Council A meeting of Church leaders
- 15. The teaching authority in the Church, from the Greek word hierarchia, meaning “sacred order”
- 16. The definitive list of the books of the Bible
- 17. A bishop or archbishop who has been selected by a Pope
- 19. Immunity from error and any possibility of error
- 23. Life A permanent state of life recognized by the Church
- 24. Cathedra A definitive teaching by the Pope when he speaks as a pastor of the Universal Church on matters of faith and morals, Latin for “from the chair”
- 25. A man who is ordained to assist the mission of the Church
- 26. Orders The Sacrament by which men are ordained to the episcopacy, priesthood, or diaconate
- 27. The office of Pope in the Catholic Church
Down
- 1. The territory and the churches under a bishop’s authority
- 3. Succession The truth that the Catholic bishops today can trace their authority in a direct line back to the Apostles and ultimately from Christ himself
- 6. The faithful of the Church who have received the Sacrament of Holy Orders
- 8. The official church of the local bishop
- 9. An action or sign that confers the grace it signifies
- 10. The principle that all the bishops of the Church with the Pope at their head form a single “college”
- 11. The mission given to the Apostles by Christ to preach the Gospel to the whole world and make converts of every nation
- 12. A large diocese
- 13. The office of priest in the Catholic Church, the priesthood
- 17. A name given to the assembly of the People of God called together from the ends of the earth
- 18. Council Known as a synod, a meeting of the bishop and representatives of the clergy, religious, and laity in which matters of diocesan Church discipline and procedure of discussed
- 20. The office of bishop in the Catholic Church, from the Greek word episkopos, meaning “overseer”
- 21. A bishop of the highest rank
- 22. of Saints The unity in Christ of all the redeemed, those on earth and those who have died
- 28. A defined territorial district within a diocese, with its own church and congregation, which is placed in the care of a priest