The Marks of the Church (2025)

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false belief, incorrect teaching, disagreement over essential doctrine.

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Heresy

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A major break that causes division, centered on disagreement over authority.

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Schism

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A severe penalty that results from grave sin against Church law. To come back, one goes to reconciliation.

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Excommunication

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A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of multiple new Christian denominations.

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Protestant Reformation

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free and undeserved gift of God's loving and active presence in the universe and in our lives.

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Grace

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The name for the doctrine that states is made up of those here on earth, those in purgatory, and those in heaven

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Communion of Saints

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A state of final purification or cleansing, which one may need to enter following death and before entering heaven

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Purgatory

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The 4 Marks of the Church

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One, Holy, Catholic, & Apostolic

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The source of the Church's unity

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The Trinity

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Official presentation of the faith

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Creed