CLE - LONG TEST 4.1

• Easter - the Lord's ressurection
• Paschal Candle - Easter Vigil
• What is the Paschal Candle made of? - pure beeswax to represent the sinless Christ
• Octave of Easter - 8 day period that begins on the 1st to the 2nd Sunday.
• Paschal Mystery - the acension of Jesus
• Pentecost - 50th day of Easter and concludes it.
• Age of church began - Pentecost
• Clergy - permanent leaders of worship
• Examples of Clergies are - bishop, deacons, priests
• Creed - Core belief
• 2nd Requirement to enter the Church - be baptized
• The church is - a community of believers
• Four Characteristics of the Church - One, Holy, Apostolic, Catholic
• Are all baptized persons apart of the church? - yes
• Ecumenism - striving to unify divided Christians
• Why the church apostolic? - founded by the 12 apostols
• Apostolic Succession - unbroken chain of successing bishops.
• Mission of the Church - establish among all people persons to the Kingdom of God
• Evangelization and Sacramentalization - mission of the church
• Lay Faithful - baptized people of the Church
• Laity - common state life in the church
• Vocation - mission
• Sin - failure of genuine love
• Thoughts - impure desires
• Words - lying or cursing
• Actions - killing, stealing, or committing adultery
• Omission - not doing what you are supposed to do
• Repentance - regret
• Resolution - resolve
• Eschatology - the study of death
• Death - the entry to eternal life
• Heaven - face to face with God
• Hell - the loss of God
• Purgatory - final purification