Faith & Life Grade 8 · Chapter 6 · The Visible Hierarchical Church
Three Degrees: What Each Can Do
Holy Orders is one sacrament with three degrees: bishop, priest, and deacon (CCC 1554). The bishop has the fullness of the sacrament. Priests and deacons share in his ministry in different ways.
Explore the idea
Read each action and decide which ordained ministers can carry it out. Discuss why the Church draws each line where she does.
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Discuss the connection
Why might Christ have arranged His ministers in degrees rather than giving every ordained man the same powers? How does this arrangement help the whole Church?
An original interactive exercise for Faith & Life Grade 8, Chapter 6 (“The Visible Hierarchical Church”). Grounded in Scripture and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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