CHAPTER 7 FOCUS AND REFLECTION
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
2025-2026
What are the three sources that make the Church one? - correct answer-
The three sourcesZthat make the Church one is its source, God the Father, its founder, God the Son, and it
s soul, God the Holy Spirit.
How does the individual not vanish in the collective communion of the Church? - correct answer-
The individual does not vanish because Christianity is not a religion of loosing ones self into some sort of
spiritual or communal whole in which there are no individuals. Rather, God calls each of us to communio
n with Him and with each other, and through that communion we become more fully and truly ourselves.
WhatZis the relationship of the Eastern Catholic Churches to the Roman Catholic Church? How are the Eas
tern Catholic Churches different from the Roman Catholic Church? - correct answer-
The relationship is that the Eastern Churches are in communion with each other and with the Western Ch
urch. The difference between the Roman and Eastern Churches isZthat those who are with the Roman Ch
urch, their liturgical worship is based on the Latin Rite. Those who are with the Eastern Churches, their w
orships according to liturgical traditions developed in the East.
How is the Church united in her diversity? - correct answer-
The Church is united in her diversity because the unity of the Church is not rooted sameness, but in love.
Father, son, and Holy Spirit.
What is the biggest reason for disunity in the Church? - correct answer-
The biggest reason for disunity in the Church isZhuman sin and others mistaken understandings of the Go
spel.
What is heresy and whoZcan commit it? - correct answer-
Heresy is the obstinate denial after Baptism of a truth which must be believed with Divine and Catholic fai
th. Heresy can only be committed by someone who is a baptized Christian.
Name six of the heresies that created this unity in the Church. - correct answer-
Six heresies thatZcreated disunity in the Church were Gnosticism, Arianism, Nestorianism, Monophysitism
, Apollinarianism, and Pelogianism.
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
2025-2026
What are the three sources that make the Church one? - correct answer-
The three sourcesZthat make the Church one is its source, God the Father, its founder, God the Son, and it
s soul, God the Holy Spirit.
How does the individual not vanish in the collective communion of the Church? - correct answer-
The individual does not vanish because Christianity is not a religion of loosing ones self into some sort of
spiritual or communal whole in which there are no individuals. Rather, God calls each of us to communio
n with Him and with each other, and through that communion we become more fully and truly ourselves.
WhatZis the relationship of the Eastern Catholic Churches to the Roman Catholic Church? How are the Eas
tern Catholic Churches different from the Roman Catholic Church? - correct answer-
The relationship is that the Eastern Churches are in communion with each other and with the Western Ch
urch. The difference between the Roman and Eastern Churches isZthat those who are with the Roman Ch
urch, their liturgical worship is based on the Latin Rite. Those who are with the Eastern Churches, their w
orships according to liturgical traditions developed in the East.
How is the Church united in her diversity? - correct answer-
The Church is united in her diversity because the unity of the Church is not rooted sameness, but in love.
Father, son, and Holy Spirit.
What is the biggest reason for disunity in the Church? - correct answer-
The biggest reason for disunity in the Church isZhuman sin and others mistaken understandings of the Go
spel.
What is heresy and whoZcan commit it? - correct answer-
Heresy is the obstinate denial after Baptism of a truth which must be believed with Divine and Catholic fai
th. Heresy can only be committed by someone who is a baptized Christian.
Name six of the heresies that created this unity in the Church. - correct answer-
Six heresies thatZcreated disunity in the Church were Gnosticism, Arianism, Nestorianism, Monophysitism
, Apollinarianism, and Pelogianism.
