Glossary
Converts drown in vocabulary. These are working definitions — what a term means, what it does not, and how you actually meet it in Catholic life. 47 entries and growing.
Hierarchy
- Doctor of the Church
A saint whose teaching the Church has formally recognized as outstanding in doctrine and holiness of life.
- Magisterium
The Church's teaching authority, exercised by the Pope and bishops in communion with him, guarding and handing on the deposit of faith.