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Lesson 3

The Fullness of the Means of Salvation and an Ecclesiology of Communion

The Church teaches that salvation is possible for those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or His Church.

Catechism Connections

Lesson Topics
Ecumenism Faith & Reason The Church
Essential Lessons

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Lesson Vocabulary

  • Communion
    :
    (n.): Intimate and mutual exchange in friendship, from the Latin communio, for “sharing in common.”
  • Diocese
    :
    (n.): A community of the faithful, usually within a geographic area but sometimes constituted as a group of people of the same rite or language, who are led by a bishop ordained in apostolic succession; A particular church.
  • Eparchy
    :
    (n.): A province of the Orthodox church, under the authority of a bishop.
  • Ecclesial Communities
    :
    (n.): The name for Protestant faith communities which are broken away from the Catholic Church and so cannot properly be called “churches.”
  • Rite
    :
    (n.): The tradition and practice surrounding the celebration of the Sacraments. Most of the world’s Catholics are of the Latin, or Roman rite, while others belong to Eastern rites such as Byzantine, Melkite, and others.
  • Eastern Orthodox Churches
    :
    (n.): Churches in the East which broke away from Rome following the Great Schism of 1054. Orthodox Churches have apostolic succession and valid Sacraments but are not in full communion with the Catholic Church because of an incomplete profession of faith and a rejection of the authority of the pope.
  • Ecumenical Movement
    :
    (n.): The term for the call from the Catholic Church to Catholics beginning with the Second Vatican Council for dialogue and activities aimed at seeking visible unity among the diversity of Christian Churches and ecclesiastical communities so that separated Christians might one day return to full communion with the Catholic Church. From the Greek words oikoumenē for “the inhabited world,” and oikos, for “house.” Not to be confused with Ecumenical Councils of the Catholic Church, which are meetings of the world’s bishops.
  • Invincible Ignorance
    :
    (n.): The state of a person who cannot be held responsible for lack of knowledge, such as those who have never heard the Gospel message.
  • Vincible Ignorance
    :
    (n.): The state of a person who is lacking knowledge they should have known. An individual displays vincible ignorance when he “takes little trouble to find out what is true and good, or when conscience is by degrees almost blinded through the habit of committing a sin” (CCC 1791; GS 16).

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