lesson 12: on the attributes and marks of the church

ACTIVITY PACK

LESSON 12: ON THE ATTRIBUTES AND MARKS OF THE CHURCH

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Activity 1: Verbal repetition

Repeat orally the questions and answers from the Baltimore Catechism.

The questions below appear in the order in which they are taught in Our Lady of the Rosary Family Catechism.

However, they retain the same numbering as found in Baltimore Catechism 4.

128. Q. Has the Church any marks by which it may be known? A. The Church has four marks by which it may

be known: it is One; it is Holy; it is Catholic; it is Apostolic.

129. Q. How is the Church One? A. The Church is One because all its members agree in one faith, are all in one

communion, and are all under one head.

130. Q. How is the Church Holy? A. The Church is Holy because its founder, Jesus Christ, is holy; because it

teaches a holy doctrine, invites all to a holy life, and because of the eminent holiness of so many thousands of

its children.

131. Q. How is the Church Catholic or universal? A. The Church is Catholic or universal because it subsists in

all ages, teaches all nations, and maintains all truth.

132. Q. How is the Church Apostolic? A. The Church is Apostolic because it was founded by Christ on His

Apostles and is governed by their lawful successors, and because it has never ceased, and never will cease, to

teach their doctrine.

122. Q. Which are the attributes of the Church? A. The attributes of the Church are three: authority, infallibility,

and indefectibility.

123. Q. What do you mean by the authority of the Church? A. By the authority of the Church I mean the right

and power which the Pope and the bishops, as the successors of the Apostles, have to teach and to govern the

faithful.

124. Q. What do you mean by the infallibility of the Church? A. By the infallibility of the Church I mean that

the Church cannot err when it teaches a doctrine of faith or morals.

126. Q. What do you mean by the indefectibility of the Church? A. By the indefectibility of the Church I mean

that the Church, as Christ founded it, will last till the end of time.

125. Q. When does the Church teach infallibly? A. The Church teaches infallibly when it speaks through the

Pope and the bishops, united in general council, or through the Pope alone when he proclaims to all the faithful

a doctrine of faith or morals.

Lesson 12: On the Attributes and Marks of the Church

O Jesus, [I choose to live this day] for love of Thee, for the conversion of sinners

and in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Amen.

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127. Q. In whom are these attributes found in their fullness? A. These attributes are found in their fullness in

the Pope, the visible Head of the Church, whose infallible authority to teach bishops, priests, and people in

matters of faith or morals will last till the end of the world.

133. Q. In which Church are these attributes and marks found? A. These attributes and marks are found in the

Holy Roman Catholic Church alone.

134. Q. From whom does the Church derive its undying life and infallible authority? A. The Church derives its

undying life and infallible authority from the Holy Ghost, the spirit of truth, who abides with it forever.

135. Q. By whom is the Church made and kept One, Holy, and Catholic? A. The Church is made and kept One,

Holy, and Catholic by the Holy Ghost, the spirit of love and holiness, who unites and sanctifies its members

throughout the world.

Activity 2: Prayer

St. Joseph, Protector of Holy Church, Pray for us.

Pope Pius IX proclaimed St. Joseph ‘Patron of the Catholic Church’ on 8th December 1870, Feast of the

Immaculate Conception of Our Lady, his spouse. The Litany of St. Joseph invokes him under the title

‘Protector of Holy Church’. As a family, pray the prayer to St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church,

imploring St. Joseph’s powerful protection.

Prayer to St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church

Composed by Pope Leo XIII

Most powerful patriarch St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church, which has always invoked thee in

anxiety and trouble, from the exalted seat of thy glory cast a loving glance upon the whole Catholic

world. Let thy fatherly heart be touched at the sight of the mystical spouse and the Vicar of Christ

overwhelmed with sorrow and persecuted by powerful enemies.

Oh! by the bitter anguish thou didst experience upon earth, dry the tears of the venerable Pontiff,

defend him, liberate him, intercede for him with the Giver of peace and charity, that, all adversity being

removed, and all error dissipated, the entire Church may serve God in perfect liberty: Ut destructis

adversitatibus et erroribus universis Ecclesia secura Deo serviat libertate. Amen.

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Activity 3: Colouring

The term Boat or Barque of St. Peter is used as a symbol for the Roman Catholic Church.

It refers to St. Peter who was a fisherman and who became the first Pope.




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MARKS

ATTRIBUTES

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HOLY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

Activity 4: Assignment

Fill in the boxes below with the correct marks and attributes. Can you do this from memory?

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Activity 5: Fill in the gaps to the questions and answers from Activity 1. Can you do this from memory?

128. Q. Has the Church any marks by which it may be known? A. The Church has

____________________________________ marks by which it may be known: it is ______________________________; it is ________________________________;

it is ___________________________________________________; it is ______________________________________________________.

129. Q. How is the Church One? A. The Church is One because all its members agree in one

________________________________, are all in one communion, and are all under one ________________________________.

130. Q. How is the Church Holy? A. The Church is Holy because its ________________________________________, Jesus

Christ, is holy; because it teaches a holy _____________________________________, invites all to a holy __________________________,

and because of the eminent holiness of so many thousands of its __________________________________________.

131. Q. How is the Church Catholic or universal? A. The Church is Catholic or universal because

it subsists in all _________________________, teaches all__________________________________, and maintains all ____________________________.

132. Q. How is the Church Apostolic? A. The Church is Apostolic because it was

________________________________________ by Christ on His Apostles and is governed by their lawful

__________________________________________________, and because it has ___________________________________ ceased, and never will cease, to

teach their doctrine.

122. Q. Which are the attributes of the Church? A. The attributes of the Church are

______________________________ : ________________________________________________, infallibility, and indefectibility.

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123. Q. What do you mean by the authority of the Church? A. By the authority of the Church I

mean the __________________________________ and ________________________________________ which the Pope and the bishops, as the

successors of the Apostles, have to teach and to _____________________________________ the faithful.

124. Q. What do you mean by the infallibility of the Church? A. By the infallibility of the Church

I mean that the Church cannot ________________________ when it teaches a doctrine of _____________________________________ or

____________________________________.

126. Q. What do you mean by the indefectibility of the Church? A. By the indefectibility of the

Church I mean that the Church, as Christ founded it, will last till the end of ______________________________.

125. Q. When does the Church teach infallibly? A. The Church teaches infallibly when it speaks

through the Pope and the bishops, united in general _____________________________________, or through the Pope

alone when he ___________________________________________ to all the faithful a ________________________________________ of faith or morals.

127. Q. In whom are these attributes found in their fullness? A. These attributes are found in

their fullness in the __________________________________, the visible _______________________________ of the Church, whose infallible

authority to teach bishops, priests, and people in matters of faith or morals will last till the end

of the _______________________________________.

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133. Q. In which Church are these attributes and marks found? A. These attributes and marks

are found in the ______________________________ Roman _____________________________________ Church _____________________________.

134. Q. From whom does the Church derive its undying life and infallible authority?

A. The Church derives its undying life and infallible authority from the _____________________________

_____________________________________, the spirit of _______________________________, who abides with it ________________________________________________.

135. Q. By whom is the Church made and kept One, Holy, and Catholic? A. The Church is made

and kept One, Holy, and Catholic by the Holy Ghost, the spirit of love and __________________________________________,

who _____________________________________ and __________________________________________ its members throughout the world.

Activity 6: Word search

Words

1. MARKS

2. ONE

3. HOLY

4. CATHOLIC

5. APOSTOLIC

6. ATTRIBUTES

7. AUTHORITY

8. INFALLIBILITY

9. INDEFECTIBLITY

10. HOLY GHOST

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Activity 7: Match the questions and answers

Use an arrow to join up the questions with their corresponding answer.

Once you have done this, cut out the questions and answers and stick them together to make FLASH CARDS.

Alternatively, you may wish to use them to play MEMORY PAIRS.

128. Q. Has the

Church any marks

by which it may be

known?

A. The Church has four

marks by which it may be

known: it is One; it is Holy;

it is Catholic; it is Apostolic.

129 Q. How is the

Church One?

A. The Church is One

because all its members agree

in one faith, are all in one

communion, and are all

under one head.

130 Q. How is the

Church Holy?

A. The Church is Holy because its

founder, Jesus Christ, is holy;

because it teaches a holy doctrine,

invites all to a holy life, and

because of the eminent holiness of

so many thousands of its children.

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131 Q. How is the

Church Catholic or

universal?

132 Q. How is the

Church Apostolic?

A. The Church is Catholic

or universal because it

subsists in all ages,

teaches all nations, and

maintains all truth.

A. The Church is Apostolic because

it was founded by Christ on His

Apostles and is governed by their

lawful successors, and because it

has never ceased, and never will

cease, to teach their doctrine.

122. Q. Which are

the attributes of the

Church?

A. The attributes of the

Church are three:

authority, infallibility,

and indefectibility.

123. Q. What do you

mean by the authority

of the Church?

A. By the authority of the

Church I mean the right and

power which the Pope and the

bishops, as the successors of the

Apostles, have to teach and to

govern the faithful.

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124. Q. What do you

mean by the

infallibility of the

Church?

A. By the infallibility of the

Church I mean that the

Church cannot err when it

teaches a doctrine of faith

or morals.

126. Q. What do you

mean by the

indefectibility of the

Church?

A. By the indefectibility of

the Church I mean that the

Church, as Christ founded

it, will last till the end of

time.

125. Q. When does

the Church teach

infallibly?

127. Q. In whom are

these attributes found

in their fullness?

A. The Church teaches infallibly

when it speaks through the Pope

and the bishops, united in general

council, or through the Pope alone

when he proclaims to all the faithful

a doctrine of faith or morals.

A. These attributes are found in their

fullness in the Pope, the visible Head

of the Church, whose infallible

authority to teach bishops, priests,

and people in matters of faith or

morals will last till the end of the

world.

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A. The Church is made and

kept One, Holy, and Catholic by

the Holy Ghost, the spirit of

love and holiness, who unites

and sanctifies its members

throughout the world.

135. Q. By whom is the

Church made and

kept One, Holy, and

Catholic?

A. The Church derives its

undying life and infallible

authority from the Holy

Ghost, the spirit of truth, who

abides with it forever.

134. Q. From whom

does the Church

derive its undying life

and infallible

authority?

A. These attributes

and marks are found

in the Holy Roman

Catholic Church alone.

133. Q. In which

Church are these

attributes and marks

found?

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