Glossary of Terms – Pope John XXIII and Vatican II

Catholic Reference.net: Catholic Dictionary

Terms: Aggiornamento; Apostolate; Apostolic Nuncio; Catechetic; Catechism;

Church Law; Conclave; Diplomatic; Dogma; Ecumenical; Ecumenism; Encyclical;
Incarnation; Laity; Liturgy; Magisterium; Pastoral; Patriarch; Pilgrim; Pontifical;
Secretariat; Theology; Vatican; Vernacular.

TERM DEFINITION
Official public worship of the Church

Religious instruction e.g. faith/preparation for Baptism

Study of revealed truth

The authentic compilation of the laws of the catholic

Church (Canon Law)

Manual of instruction in Christian Doctrine

Union of divine nature of the Son of God with the human

nature in the person of Jesus Christ

Doctrine taught by the Church to be believed by all the

faithful as part of divine revelation

The Church’s teaching authority (Pope, Bishops)

The faithful who are not in holy orders or a religious state

Universal (striving for reunification)

Updating – internal spiritual renewal and external

adaptation of Church Laws and institutions to the times

Use of common spoken language of the people in Catholic

liturgy

A group of buildings in Rome, clustered around the palace

of the Pope

Official representatives of various countries at the court

of the Pope

Ruler or Father of a family e.g. the Pope

TERM DEFINITION
An official prelate (a dignitary having jurisdiction in an
external forum by right of his office) representing the
Pope at the capital of a foreign government. He watches
over the welfare of the Church in that country and
handles the affairs between the Apostolic See and the
civil government of the country to which he has been
assigned

Enclosure of the cardinals while electing a Pope

Shepherd/Priestly duties – looking after the flock/parish

A commission established by a pope e.g. Secretariat for

Christian Unity

A liturgical book containing prayers and ceremonies for

rites reserved to a Bishop. Note: the Pope is the Bishop of
Rome

A papal document treating matters relating to the general

welfare of the Church, sent by the Pope to the Bishops.
Used especially in modern times to express the mind of
the Pope to the people

One who is on a journey to a sacred place undertaken as

an act of religious devotion

The modern movement towards Christian Unity –

Catholic principles were formulated by the Second
Vatican Council in 1964 (Protestant origins from 1910 at
the Edinburgh World Missionary Conference)

The work of an apostle (of all the faithful – to bring

knowledge and the love of Christ to others)