| Term | Definition |
|---|
| CHURCH | BODY OF CHRIST, THE PEOPLE GOD THE FATHER HAS CALLED TOGETHER IN JESUS CHRIST THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT |
| CENTRAL WORK OF THE CHURCH | TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL, OR GOOD NEWS, OF JESUS CHRIST AND TO INVITE ALL PEOPLE TO COME TO KNOW AND BELIEVE IN HIM |
| BODY OF CHRIST | IMAGE FOR THE CHURCH; TEACHES THAT ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH ARE ONE IN CHRIST |
| PEOPLE OF GOD | THOSE THE FATHER HAS CHOSEN AND GATHERED IN CHRIST |
| TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT | NEW TESTAMENT IMAGE USED TO DESCRIBE THE INDWELLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT |
| COMMUNION OF SAINTS | COMMUNION OF HOLY THINGS AND HOLY PEOPLE THAT MAKE UP THE CHURCH; COMMUNION, UNITY, FAITHFUL, THOSE LLIVING ON EARTH, THOSE BEING PUREIFIED AFTER DEATH, THOSE ENJOYING LIFE EVERLASTING AND ETERNAL HAPPINESS |
| MARKS OF THE CHURCH | THE FOUR ATTRIBUTES; ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC, AND APOSTOLIC |
| APOSTLES | DISCIPLES CHOSEN; SENT BY JESUS TO PREACH THE GOSPEL |
| "TWELVE" | PETER, ANDREW, JAMES THE GREATER, JOHN, PHILIP, BARTHOLOMEW, THOMAS, MATTHEW, JAMES THE LESS, THADDAEUS, SIMON THE CANANEAN, JUDAS |
| PENTECOST | COMMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT UPON THE CHURCH; MARKS THE BEGING OF THE WORKS OF THE CHURCH |
| ORDAINED MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH | BAPTIZED MEN; THE SACREMENT OF HOLY ORDERS TO SEREVE THE WHOLE CHURCH. BISHOPS, PRIESTS, AND DEACONS |
| POPE AND OTHER BISHOPS GUIDE THE CHURCH | CHRIST THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH. THE POPE IS THE BISHOP OF ROME AND THE SUCCESSOR OF SAINT PETER THE APOSTLE. OTHE BISHOPS ARE THE SUCCESSORS OF THE OTHER APOSTLES. HOLY SPIRIT GUIDES THE PEOPLE ALONG |
| CONSECRATED LIFE | STATE OF LIFE FOR THOSE BAPTIZED WHO PROMISE OR VOW TO LIVE THE GOSPEL BY MEANS, PROVERTY, CHASITY, AND OBEDIENCE |
| LAITY | ALL THE BAPTIZED WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE SACREMENT OF HOLY ORDERS NOR HAVE PROMISED OR VOWED TO LIVE THE CONSECRATED LIFE |
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