Religion Final Vocabulary
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- Abba
- Father in Aramaic
- Abraham
- Father of God's Chosen people
- Ark of the Covenant
- The special box that contained the tablets with the Ten Commandments
- Ascension
- The feast that celebrates the time when Jesus was taken into heaven
- Beatitudes
- Eight ways God wants us to live our life, given to us by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount
- Canon Law
- the law of the Catholic Church
- Canonization
- the process by which a person is officially recognized as a saint by the Church
- Capital Sins
- The seven deadly or most feared sins-pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth
- Cardinal Virtues
- Spiritual habits that support us in our relationships with others-prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude
- Catacombs
- Underground sacred place of Christians
- Catechumenate
- Period of preparation for those desiring to receive the Sacrament of Baptism
- Catholic
- A baptized follower of Jesus who belongs to the Catholic Church
- Central Christian Mystery
- refer to "trinity"
- Chosen People
- God's special people, descendants of the ancient Hebrews
- Christ
- Name derived from a Greek word meaning "anointed one"
- Christian Scriptures/New Testament
- The second part of the Bible that focuses on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus
- Communion of Saints
- The union of believers, living and dead, who form one body of Christ
- Conclave
- The closed room or hall specially set aside and prepared for the cardinals when electing a pope; also the assembly of the cardinals for the canonical execution of this purpose.
- Concordat
- An agreement between the Church and a government allowing the Church to exist in a country.
- Confirmation
- The sacrament in which we receive the gift of grace and guidance of the Holy Spirit in a special way. It is one of the three sacraments that welcome us into the Catholic Church.
- Conscience
- The ability to choose between right and wrong.
- Corporal Works of Mercy
- Seven way identified by Jesus to care for physical needs: 1) feed the hungry 2) give drink to the thirsty 3) shelter the homeless;4) clothe the naked; 5) visit the sick; 6)visit the imprisoned; 7)bury the dead
- Covenant
- The promise of God made with Moses and His People in the Old Testament
- Crusade
- The attempts to free Palestine from the Muslims by force
- Doctrine
- An official statement of belief by the Church.
- Ecumenical Coucnils
- Legally convened assemblies of church dignitaries and theological experts to discuss and regulate church doctrine and discipline
- Ecumenism
- The movement toward unity among all Christians
- Epistles
- Letters written to communities in the early church explaining Christian beliefs
- Evangelists
- The writers of the Gospels:Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
- Evangelize
- To preach the good news of Jesus
- Exodus
- The Hebrews escape from slavery in Egypt which is recorded in the Old Testament, in the book of Exodus
- Genesis
- The first book of the Bible which contains an account of creation
- Gentile
- A non-Jewish person
- Grace
- Sharing in the Divine life
- Hebrew
- Ancient people who were selected by God to be the "chosen people"
- Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament
- The first part of the Bible that tells about God's relationship with the Hebrews.
- Heresy
- A denial or contradiction of a truth of the Catholic Church
- Incarnation
- The miracle of God becoming human in Jesus
- Inspiration
- The guidance of the Holy Spirit that the writers of scripture received
- Israelites
- The name given to the Hebrew people descended from Jacob
- Jew
- Descendant of hte ancient Hebrews
- Laity
- All baptized Catholics other than those who have been ordained
- Last Supper
- Jesus' last meal before He died. At the Last Supper, Jesus gave us His Body and Blood for the first time
- Life Everlasting
- Life without end
- Magisterium
- The official teaching office of the Church
- Marks of the Church
- The four identifying characteristics of the Church-one, holy, Cahollic, and apostolic
- Martyr
- A person who dies for his/her faith
- Meditation
- Prayerful Reflection
- Messiah
- Anointed by God, Jesus was the Messiah promised in the Old Testament
- Ministry
- A way to serve others
- Miracle
- Something that seems to defy the laws of natureand suggests divine intervention
- Morality
- The rightness or wrongness of an action
- Mystical Body
- An image to describe all those who are part of Christ's Church
- Myth
- A story used to explain some mystery or custom
- Occassion of Sin
- Any person, place, or thing that could lead you to sin
- Parable
- A story used to teach a spiritual lesson
- Paschal Mystery
- Jesus' suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension
- Passover
- A special Jewish feast that marks God's deliverance of hte Jewish people from Egypt
- Pentateuch
- The first five books of the Bible
- Pentecost
- The birthday of the Church, the day on which we celebrate the Holy Spirit coming to the disciples
- Prayer
- Communication with God
- Prophet
- Someone called by God to speak in His name
- Psalms
- Collection of songs/prayers found in the Old Testament, Cook of Psalms
- Resurrection
- Jesus rising from death to new life
- Revelation
- God making himself known to man
- Ritual
- A formal religious ceremony
- Sacrament
- Supernatural sign of God's grace and love for us
- Sacramentals
- Objects, actions, and blessings that help us grow in holiness
- Sacraments of Initiation
- Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist, the three sacraments which fully welcome us into the Church
- Schism
- A split or seperation in the Church coming from a refusal to bey lawful authority
- Scripture
- The word of God
- Seder Meal
- The meal celebrating the Passover
- Sin
- Choosing to turn from God and do what we know is wrong; words, utterances, actions, kor desires contrary to God's law
- Spiritual Works of Mercy
- 1) Help the sinner; 2) Teach the ignorant; 3) Counsel the doubtful; 4) Comfort the sorrowful; 5) Bear wrongs patiently; 6) forgice injuries; 7) Pray for the living and the dead
- Spirituality
- Growing, loving relationship with God
- Stewardship
- Show a deeper respect for our environment as stewards of the earth
- Temptation
- Feeling or desire to do something we know is wrong
- Theological Virtues
- The three virtues that will strengthen our relationship with God-faith, hope, and charity
- Theology
- The study of God
- Thomas Aquinas
- Saint in the 1200s whose scholastic work, Summa Theologie, organized and clarified thinking on many religion topics
- Tradition
- Beliefs and practices in the Church that are passed down from one generation to the next under the guidance of the Holy Spirit
- Transfiguration
- The occasion when Jesus took Peter, James, and john to the mountain and they experienced a miraculous change in His appearance
- Transubstantiation
- The mystery of the changing of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ
- Trinity
- The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one God; central mystery of Christian life
- Virtue
- Habit of doing good
- Way of the Cross
- Traditional Christian practice of reflecting on the sufferin and death of Jesus
- Worship
- Adoration of God expressed publlicly in word, action, and sign
- Yahweh
- "I am who am", the name of God from the Old Testament