Vocab 2

Roman Catholic Church-

the Christian church of which the pope, or bishop of Rome, is the supreme head.

Pope-

the Christian church of which the pope, or bishop of Rome, is the supreme head.

Cardinal-

a high ecclesiastic appointed by the pope to the College of Cardinals and ranking above every other ecclesiastic but the pope.

Archbishop-

a bishop of the highest rank who presides over an archbishopric or archdiocese.

Bishop-

a person who supervises a number of local churches or a diocese, being in the Greek, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and other churches a member of the highest order of the ministry.

Priest-

a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.

Monk-

a man who has withdrawn from the world for religious reasons, especially as a member of an order of cenobites living according to a particular rule and under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

Nun-

a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

Clergy-

the group or body of ordained persons in a religion, as distinguished from the laity.

Cathedral-

the group or body of ordained persons in a religion, as distinguished from the laity.

Church-

a building for public Christian worship.

Monastery-

a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.

Mendicant-

begging; practicing begging; living on alms.

Friar-

Roman Catholic Church. a member of a religious order, especially the mendicant orders of Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinians.

Abbey-

a monastery under the supervision of an abbot or a convent under the supervision of an abbess.

Abbot-

a man who is the head or superior, usually elected, of a monastery.

Abbess-

a woman who is the superior of a convent of nuns.

Nunnery-

a building or group of buildings for nuns; convent.

Sacraments-

a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.

Baptism-

a ceremonial immersion in water, or application of water, as an initiatory rite or sacrament of the Christian church.

Eucharist-

the sacrament of Holy Communion; the sacrifice of the Mass; the Lord's Supper.

Confirmation-

the act of confirming.

Matrimony-

the rite, ceremony, or sacrament of marriage

Holy Orders-

 the rite or sacrament of ordination.

Penance-

a punishment undergone in token of penitence for sin.

Extreme Unction-

anointing of the sick.

New Testament-

the collection of the books of the Bible that were produced by the early Christian church, comprising the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles, and the Revelation of St. John the Divine.

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