What are the 4 pillars of the Catechism? Creed, Morality, Sacraments, and Prayer.
What is the veracity of Scripture? The truthfulness and reliability of Scripture in communicating God's truth.
Why do we believe Scripture is true? God inspired the human authors of Scripture. Since God is truth and cannot lie, Scripture teaches truth about what God wants us to know for our salvation.
What is the literal sense of Scripture? The meaning intended by the human author, considering the words and their historical and literary context.
What is the allegorical sense of Scripture? It shows how people, events, and things in Scripture point to Christ and the Church.
What is the moral sense of Scripture? It shows what Scripture teaches us about how we should live and behave.
What is the anagogical sense of Scripture? It shows how Scripture points us toward Heaven and eternal life.
What is the difference between the literal sense and a literalistic interpretation? The literal sense considers the author's intended meaning and historical and literary context. A literalistic interpretation takes every word, phrase, and sentence as literally true without considering context, genre, or figurative language.
When is the Pope infallible? When, as the universal shepherd of the Church, he definitively teaches on a matter of faith or morals.
What is the definition of the Church? The community of believers united in Christ through Baptism, common faith, and the sacraments, under the authority of the Pope and bishops.
Why is it important to have a teaching authority in the Church? To guide the Church, preserve and explain the teachings of Christ, and authentically interpret Scripture and Tradition.
Where does the Magisterium get its teaching authority? The Magisterium receives its teaching authority from Jesus Christ and is guided by the Holy Spirit.
How do we know that Jesus meant to start a Church? Jesus gave Peter the keys to the Kingdom in Matthew 16:18–19 and commanded the apostles to make disciples of all nations in Matthew 28:19–20.
Where can we find the Church's Tradition? In Apostolic Succession, the writings of the Church Fathers, the teachings of Ecumenical Councils, the Catechism and other Church documents, the liturgy, prayer, and the Sacraments.
What is Lectio Divina? A prayerful reading and meditation on Scripture in order to encounter God and grow closer to Him.
How does the Church help us understand the Bible? The Magisterium authentically interprets Scripture, using Scripture together with Sacred Tradition and the teachings of Christ and the apostles.
Church Penitent The members of the Church who are in Purgatory and are being purified.
Church Triumphant The members of the Church who are in Heaven.
Deposit of Faith The heritage of faith contained in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition that has been handed down from the Apostles.
Ecumenical Council A formal meeting of bishops from around the world to define doctrine, address important issues, or establish discipline in the Church.
Hierarchy The order of teaching authority in the Church, with the Pope at the head, followed by bishops, priests, and deacons.
Infallibility The protection from error when the Church definitively teaches on matters of faith and morals.
Inspiration The action of the Holy Spirit guiding the human authors of Scripture to write what God intended.
Literalistic Interpreting Scripture without considering symbolic language or analogy, and taking every word, phrase, and sentence as literally true.
Literal Sense The meaning intended by the human author, considering the words and their historical and literary context.
Magisterium The official teaching authority of the Pope and bishops in communion with him.
Moral Sense The sense of Scripture that shows what a passage teaches us about how we should live and behave.
Scripture The written Word of God, especially the Bible.
Tradition The handing down of the Deposit of Faith through the teaching, preaching, and life of the Church.
Veracity The truthfulness and reliability in communicating the truth.
Allegorical Sense The sense of Scripture that shows how people, events, and things point to Christ and the Church.
Anagogical Sense The sense of Scripture that shows how Scripture points toward Heaven and eternal life.
Apostle One of the Twelve chosen by Jesus to be His closest followers and witnesses.
Apostolic Succession The unbroken succession of bishops and the Pope through the ages, linked back to the Apostles.
Bishop A successor to the Apostles who usually serves as the leader of a diocese.
Church The community of believers united in Christ through Baptism, common faith, and the sacraments.
Church Militant The members of the Church who are living on Earth and striving to follow Christ.