church

• Apostolic succession


  The belief that the Pope's authority is traced back to Peter and therefore to Jesus
• Papal infallibility


  The belief that the Pope has the authority to make infallible statements on matters of faith and morals The doctrine that the pope, under certain conditions, cannot be wrong when teaching on matters of faith or morals
• Apostolic succession


  The uninterrupted transmission of Spiritual Authority from the Apostle through successive popes and Bishops, taught by the Roman Catholic Church
• Apostolic succession is denied by most Protestants
• The Catholic Church says women cannot become priests because it was only men appointed by Jesus
• Saint Peter


  The first Bishop of Rome
• Pope


  The 266th successor to Saint Peter as Bishop of Rome, the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics
• Catechism's teaching


  It is in the church the fullness of the means of Salvation has been deposited
• There is no salvation outside the Catholic Church
• The church is the guardian of scripture and tradition, and the source of Salvation
• Protestant Reformation


  A religious Reform movement that swept through Europe in the 1500s, resulting in the creation of Protestantism
• Martin Luther


  The main man of the Protestant Reformation, who was excommunicated by the Catholic church