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Apostolic succession requires that...

Highest office of teaching and governance in the Catholic Church

A letter written by the Pope to the entire Church

Why was it appealing to think of the early Church as a 'choice vineyard?'

The sacrament that reunites a sinner with the communionof Christ and the Church:

Poverty, Chastity and Obedience 

An “episkopos” is a Greek word meaning “overseer” andis a role filled by a man we now call a...

a representative body of bishops assembled by the pope to advise himon Church concerns

The story of God's saving action in history; events through which God brings world to Kingdom

Moral situations...

The practice of worshiping something besides God

one of the earliest Christian heresies that denied the goodness of the material world 

Which was not a sect of Judaism during Christianity's early years?

The primary concern of this Jewish sect was the violent overthrow of theoccupying Roman gov't

Attempt to reconcile or blend the beliefs and practices of variousreligions into one

Contact with the mystery of God which begins as a freely given gift from God

Activities which seek to promote religious unity amongst Christians and all around the world

Why was Christianity appealing to Roman Citizens?

The official statement of the Church's beliefs issued at the first Ecumenical Council

The process of blending religious beliefs or traditions

The Nicene Creed professes that the Son and the Father are of the same...

The teaching authority of the Church

Jews who were more open to Greek and Roman cultural influence in mattersof faith praxis

We are priests, prophets and kings by virtue of which Sacrament?

Total denial of Christ and a disavowal of the Christian faith

The formal, permanent declaration of religious tolerancethroughout the Roman Empire

To be holy means to ...

The sacred, unbreakable pacts in Scripture.

Vows taken by priests or nuns, but are also recommended for everyone

To say that the Church is “catholic” is to say…

"One who is sent"

Catholics are united by a common...

Which one is not one of the 4 "Marks of the Church?" 

By our faith and baptism, we are a nation of...