Sacraments, Unit #4, Marriage/Holy Orders 2025

Holy Orders

Sacrament of Service

Laying on of Hands

Matter for Holy Orders

Prayer of the Bishop

Form for Holy Orders

The Bishop

Minster for Holy Orders

Transitional, Permanent

two types of deacons

Indelible

The "mark" of Holy Orders remains

Diocese

Community of faithful within a geographical area

Parish

A community of faithful within a diocese

Celibacy

the state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations

Seminary

School where candidates for priesthood study

Apostolic Succession

Unbroken chain of Bishops connected to apostles

Bishop of Rome

another name for the pope

Laicize

to dismiss a man under Holy Orders from the clerical state

conjugal

Term pertaining to joining of couple in marriage

Polygamy

having more than one spouse at a time

Complementarity

Husband/Wife's strengths complement the others' weaknesses

Covenant

What marriage is

Mutual Consent of the Couple

the "matter" of Marriage

Words of consent spoken by the couple

the "form" of Marriage

The couple themselves

the "ministers" of marriage

Witness

The actual role of a priest or deacon in marriage

Catholic View of love

Must include commitment

Contraception

Intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring

Humanae Vitae

Encyclical by Pope Paul VI teaching against contraception

Natural Family Planning

A Church-approved method for regulating births in a marriage

Sacramental Marriage

Marriage between two baptized Catholics

Mixed Marriage

Marriage between baptized Catholic and someone from another non-Catholic, but Christian Faith

Disparity of Cult

Marriage between a baptized Catholic and a non-Christian

Annulment

The declaration by the Church that a marriage is null and void, that is, it never existed as a sacramental union.