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Book III - The Teaching Function of the Church (cc. 747-755)

• What does the Church do with the deposit of faith entrusted to it by Christ and with the assistance of the Holy Spirit (c. 747 §1)?
• What things that flow from the deposit of faith does the Church have the duty and the right to announce (c. 747 §2)?
• Who possesses infallibility in teaching (c. 749)?
• Under what conditions is a specific teaching understood to be infallible (c. 749)?
• What is the solemn magisterium?   The ordinary and universal magisterium (c. 750 §1)?
• What things must be believed with divine and Catholic faith (c. 750 §1)?
• What is the consequence of rejecting something that is to be believed with divine and Catholic faith (c. 750 §1)?
• What things are to be firmly embraced and retrained (c. 750 §2)?
• What is the consequence of rejecting something that is to be firmly embraced and retained (see also cc. 750 §2 and 1371)?
• What things must be given the religious submission of intellect and will though not the assent of faith (c. 752)?
• What things are to be adhered to with religious submission of mind (c. 753)?
• What is heresy?   Apostasy?   Schism (c. 751)?
• Who are authentic teachers and instructors of the faith (c. 753)?

  Title I - The Ministry of the Divine Word (cc. 756-780)

• Who has a duty to proclaim or witness to the divine word (cc. 756-759)?
• The ministry of the divine word is divided into what two means of proclaiming Christian doctrine, indicated by the two chapters within this title?
• Who has the right to preach everywhere?   Who has the presumed faculty to preach everywhere unless this faculty is restricted (cc. 763-765)?
• Who can be permitted to preach and who is permitted to give a homily (c. 767)?
• In what ways must the proclamation of Christian doctrine be adapted to those who receive it (e.g. cc. 769 and 771)?
• Who has a special duty to see that catechetical instruction is imparted (cc. 773 and 774)?
• Who has the authority to issue a catechism (c. 775)?

  Title II - The Missionary Action of the Church (cc. 781-792)

• What obligations does a diocesan bishop have in promoting the missionary action of the Church (cc. 782 §2, 790, 791, and 792)?
• What stages does a person pass through who wants to enter into full communion in the Church (cc. 788 and 789)?

  Title III - Catholic Education (cc. 793-821)

• Who has the obligation and the right of educating children (cc. 793 and 794)?
• What is a Catholic school in the eyes of the code (c. 800 §§1 and 3)?
• What rights does a local ordinary have in exercising vigilance over teachers of religion (c. 805)?
• Over what schools does a diocesan bishop have the right of visitation (c. 806 §1)?
• What is an ecclesiastical university versus an ecclesiastical faculty (c. 815)?
• Who must have a mandate from the competent ecclesiastical authority (c. 812)?
• Who establishes an ecclesiastical university or ecclesiastical faculty (c. 816)?

  Title IV - Instruments of Social Communication and Books in Particular (cc. 822-832)

• What kind of books can the competent ecclesiastical authority demand be submitted to his judgment (c. 823)?
• Who can approve books of Sacred Scripture (c. 825)?
• Who can permit the publishing of books of prayers (c. 826 §3)?
• In what cases must a book be submitted for ecclesiastical approval?   In what cases is it recommended that a book be submitted for ecclesiastical approval (c. 827)?

  Title V - The Profession of Faith (c. 833)

• Give some examples of persons who must make a profession of faith.