Supplementary Vocabulary

The Western Church is now a tightly organized vast portion of the Catholic Church.  In its origins, it included the foundation of many, diverse local Churches­–Ambrosian, Irish, French (Gallican), Spanish, and Slavic (Cyril and Methodius […]

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is also the Sacrament of the Mass. The Church has a right to prescribe the ceremonies of the Mass, the sacred vessels to be used, the vesture of the priest in offering […]

The “species” are the appearances, especially those of bread and wine, after the Eucharistic Consecration. “The term ‘species’ is used by the Council of Trent to identify the accidents, i.e., the size, weight, color, resistance, […]

The Sacraments of Initiation are Baptism, Confirmation and the Holy Eucharist. Each one is a stage in the sacramental progress of Catholics. Baptism initiates the one baptized into the Catholic Church founded by Christ, conferring on the […]

The Sacraments of Character are Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Orders. Each of these Sacraments confers a special indelible mark on the soul. Because this mark, called the sacramental character, is permanent and remains even in a […]

Reordination is the repetition of an ordination ceremony for a Bishop, priest, or deacon because there are serious grounds for doubting the validity of a previous ordination. The term is inaccurate, since Sacred Orders, once […]

The “properties” or “accidents” of bread and wine are their size, shape, texture, color and taste. After Consecration, the accidents of the bread and wine (and therefore, of gluten and of alcohol) adhere in a […]

Laudetur Iesus Christus! I offer a counsel for Marian Catechists regarding the promotion of private revelations. Private revelations are those “supernatural manifestations by God of hidden truths made to private individuals for their own spiritual […]

The ordination of a Bishop requires a pontifical mandate, that is, the official approval of the Pope. This requirement is a way of securing the unity of the Bishops with and under the Pope. Without such […]

See Modern Catholic Dictionary: Accidents. See Supplemental Vocabulary: Accidents, material and spiritual physical properties; Properties; Species.

In Catholic theology we define a person as an individual intelligent being. We further identify three kinds of persons in existence: God, angels, and men. In all creation, they alone possess intellect and will. Angelic persons are individual intelligent […]

2020 For Basic Course lesson 12; for Advanced Course lesson 20. Is the Sacrament of Holy Communion, the Eucharist, necessary for salvation? Is that what Jesus meant when He said, “If you do not eat […]