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Lesson 2

The Holy Spirit and the Church

The Holy Spirit lives within the Church, directing her mission and providing the gifts she needs to carry it out.

Catechism Connections

Lesson Topics
Church History Conscience Grace Sin Virtue
Essential Lessons

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Lesson Vocabulary

  • Upper Room
    :
    (n.): The room in Jerusalem where Jesus and His Apostles gathered to celebrate the Last Supper. It is also the place where the Apostles hid after the Crucifixion, where Jesus first appeared to them after His Resurrection, and where the Holy Spirit descended upon them at Pentecost.
  • Pentecost
    :
    (n.): The day when Jesus sent the Holy Spirit upon Mary and the Apostles and the Church was born. Fifty days after Jesus’ Resurrection (10 days after His Ascension into Heaven), Mary and the Apostles gathered in the Upper Room and were filled with the Holy Spirit, who came in a rush of wind and appeared as tongues of fire over their heads.
  • Passover
    :
    (n.): The central event of the Exodus. The final plague God sent upon Egypt was the plague of the death of the first born of every family in Egypt. By sacrificing a lamb, spreading its blood on their doorposts, and eating its roasted flesh in a sacred meal of bread and wine, the Israelite homes would be passed over by the plague of death. God also commanded that the Israelites remember this original Passover event every year with a memorial meal. The original Passover foreshadows Christ’s own sacrifice on the Cross.
  • New Law
    :
    (n.): The law of the New Covenant established by Jesus, found especially in the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount and the two great commandments. It is the perfection here on earth of the Divine Law, natural and revealed.
  • Hierarchic Gifts
    :
    (n.): The hierarchical organization of the Catholic Church that is understood to be a gift of the Holy Spirit. This leadership structure acknowledges the varied roles of each member of the Church: the leadership of the pope as the vicar of Christ, the bishops as leaders of their particular Churches, priests as co- workers with the bishops they are obedient to, and deacons as helpers of priests and bishops. Each rank is granted different gifts by the Holy Spirit as to their station so they may serve the Church more fully.
  • Canon Law
    :
    (n.): The body of universal rules and regulations that govern the Roman Catholic Church.
  • Charismatic GIfts
    :
    (n.): Graces of the Holy Spirit granted to the members of the Church which build up the Church for the good of her members and the world.
  • Pope
    :
    (n.): The successor of St. Peter as bishop of Rome and Supreme Pontiff of the universal Catholic Church. The pope exercises a primacy of authority as the vicar of Christ on earth and the shepherd of the whole Church.
  • Infallibility
    :
    (n.): The Charism of being infallible (incapable of error) in matters of faith and morals.
  • Gentile
    :
    (n.): A person of non-Jewish descent.

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    Pentecost (Polyptych San Pier Maggiore, detail) (ca. 1370-1371)
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