Classical Catechism Ii: L. 6

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What is the Sacrament of Holy Orders?

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Holy Orders is a Sacrament by which bishops, priests, and other ministers of the Church are ordained and receive the power and grace to perform their sacred duties.

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What is necessary to receive Holy Orders worthily?

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To receive Holy Orders worthily it is necessary to be in the state of grace, to have the necessary knowledge, and a divine call to this sacred office.

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How should Christians look upon the priests of the Church?

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Christians should look upon the priests of the Church as the messengers of God and the dispensers of His mysteries.

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Who can confer the Sacrament of Holy Orders?

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Bishops can confer the Sacrament of Holy Orders.

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Master of Ceremonies

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one who directs the whole ceremony, and gives signs to the others when to stand, sit down, or kneel

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Low Mass

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~the Mass the priest says every day and at the early hours on Sundays

~no display in ceremony about it

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High Mass

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Mass at which the priest and choir sing in turn

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celebrant

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priest standing on the platform of the altar and celebrating Mass

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Missa Cantata

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High Mass

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Solemn High Mass

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Mass at which we have three ministers or priests, and singing by both ministers and choir, as well as all the ceremonies prescribed by the Church

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Requiem Masses

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~Masses that are said in black vestments

~the priest offers them for the rest or happy repose of the soul of some dead person or persons

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requiem

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rest

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Vespers

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~portion of the Divine Office of the Church

~sung generally on Sunday afternoon or evening in the church

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deacon

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~wear more of the priestly vestments

~baptize solemnly

~preach

~give Holy Communion.

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Hierarch of Church Offices

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~tonsure

~Minor Orders

~subdeaconship

~deaconship

~priesthood

~Bishop

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Dispensers

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those who administer the Sacraments.

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Confer

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give or administer

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cardinals

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Men selected by the Pope to be his advisers; he consults them on all important matters, and assigns to them various duties. They are raised in dignity in the Church, but he does not receive any greater spiritual power. Their greatest privilege is to take part in the election of a new Pope when the reigning Pope dies.

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Sacred College of Cardinals

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The seventy cardinals, to whom the Pope assigns various works in helping him to govern the Church.

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The Pope dresses in ____, the cardinals in ____, the bishops in ____, and the priests and other ministers in _____.

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The Pope dresses in white, the cardinals in red, the bishops in purple, and the priests and other ministers in black.

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Monsignor

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~a title of dignity granted by our Holy Father to some worthy priests

~gives them certain privileges, and the right to wear purple like a bishop

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Vicar General

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The "Vicar General" is one who is appointed by the bishop in the diocese, and shares his power. In the bishop's absence he acts as bishop in all temporal and worldly matters and also in some spiritual things, concerning the diocese.

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diocese

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A diocese is the extent of country over which a bishop is appointed to rule.

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parish

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A parish is the extent over which a pastor is appointed to administer the Sacraments and rule under the direction of the bishop.

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rectors

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"pastor"

means a ruler

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pastor

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means a shepherd

head of a parish

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archbishop

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An archbishop is higher than a bishop, though he has no more spiritual power than a bishop. The district over which an archbishop rules contains several dioceses with their bishops.

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ecclesiastical province

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the district over which an archbishop rules

contains several diocese and their bishops

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suffragan bishops,

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bishops in the ecclesiastical province

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pallium

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a garment worn by the Pope and can be worn by archbishops, primates, and patriarchs.

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How is a new Pope named by the Catholic Church?

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he is elected by the Cardinals

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Who can wear purple?

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A bishop and a monsignor

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What does the pallium symbolize?

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the good shepherd carrying his sheep