This event refers to Jesus’s passage from this world into divine glory in God’s heavenly domain forty days his Resurrection

This term comes from the Latin ekklesia which means “to call out of”

This term refers to the entire People of God throughout the world

This term refers to the assembly of believers gathered for the celebration of the liturgy

In the Nicene Creed, this is recognized as One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic

Practice of an ever-increasing acquisition and consumption of goods

An open-ended contract of love between God and human beings

The life of following Jesus Christ. The root word of this term comes from from the Latin word that means “learner”

Theological study of the Christian Church that focuses on the origins of Christianity, its relationship to Jesus, its role in salvation, its governance and leadership as well as its discipline

A gathering of the Church’s bishops from around the world convened by the Pope or approved by him to address pressing issues in the Church

In the scriptures, these were uncircumcised people who did not honor the God of the Torah. In the New Testament, St. Paul and other evangelists evangelized to them, baptizing them into the family of God

This refers to the instruction given to the Apostles by Jesus in Matthew 28:16-20 to spread the Gospel to the world and to baptize all nations in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spririt

Of or relating to Greek history, culture, or art after Alexander the Great

Hebrew word used to describe the special relationship that God had with Israel

Social theory favoring freedom of action for individuals over collective or state control

Greek word for “proclamation”, the core teaching about Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord

It is the basic Christian message the Jesus of Nazareth died and was raised from the dead by God the Father for the forgiveness of sins

The reign of God proclaimed by Jesus and begun in His life, Death, and Resurrection. It refers to the process of God’s reconciling and renewing all things through His Son and His will being done on earth as it is in Heaven.

Greek word meaing “communion” or “fellowship” that describes the early life of the Church

The bishops, in communion with the pope (the sucessor of St. Peter), who are the living and teaching office of the Church

This is entrusted with guarding and handing on the Deposit of Faith and with authenticially interpreting God’s Revelation, in the forms of both Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition

These are characteristics or essential features that enable people to recognize the Church. Although theologians have proposed different marks of the Church, particular attention is given to the four mentioned in the Nicene Creed: one, holy, catholic, and apostolic

Someone who has been killed becasue of his or her faith

The formal statement or profession of Christian belief originally formulated at the Council of Nicaea in 325 and amplified at the Council of Constantinople in 381

Christ’s work of redemption, accomplished principally by his Passion, Death, Resurrection and glorious Ascension. This is commemorated and made present through the sacraments, especially the Eucharist

This event occured fifty days after Easter when the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles and gave them the power to preach with conviction the message that Jesus is Risen and is Lord of the universe

The Church celebrates this event every year as the beginning of the new “age of the Church,” when Christ lives and acts in and with his Church through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit

A term that means “the first gospel”, which is found in Genesis #;15, when God revealed that he would send a Savior to redeem the world from its sins. This is the first announcement of the Good News and promise of God’s redemptive love hrough the person of Jesus Christ