6th Grade Religion Terms
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- Means "father of many nations"; symbol of faithful obedience; 1st patriarch
- Abraham
- Their sin is called original sin; sinned by pride and disobedience
- Adam and Eve
- Using oil to dedicate a person or object to God
- anointing
- Housed the Ten Commandments in the Old Testament
- Ark of the Covenant
- Speaking against God in a hateful manner
- blasphemy
- Time the human soul is created by God and becomes immortal
- conception
- Power to judge how good or bad an action is
- conscience
- Solemn promise between God and His people; Jesus gave a new and eternal one; God's promised the Israelites would be His people; Isrealites promised they would do all the Lord said
- covenant
- Told as a poetic story in genesis; God made all out of nothing; human is the height of God's earthly creation; God created all people with a desire in their heart for Him; God has an active role in all creation
- creation
- Source of all evil
- devil
- Prophet taken to heaven in a fiery chariot
- Elijah
- Jesus' saving sacrifice and holy meal
- Eucharist
- Event in which Israelites were led out of Egypt to freedom; a book of the Bible
- Exodus
- Complete submission of one's mind, will and whole being to God
- faith
- Gift of being able to choose
- free will
- 1st book of the Old Testament; tells story of creation
- Genesis
- one of 4 books of the New Testament; brings to perfection the old law
- gospel
- God's life in us
- Grace (Sanctifying)
- Special days set aside to worship with the community at Mass
- holy days
- Worshipping false gods; sin of the Israelites
- idolatry
- God became man
- Incarnation
- God's guidance of the Bible's human authors
- inspiration
- Gift from God by which we think, judge, know
- intellect
- Sinned through idolatry right after covenant on Mt. Sinai; guided by column of cloud and column of fire
- Israelites
- Perfect revelation of God
- Jesus
- Last and greatest prophet
- John the Baptist
- Forgave his brothers for selling him into slavery and helped them
- Joseph (OT)
- Book with the readings for Mass
- lectionary
- Method of worship; retained and adapted many elements of worship found in the old covenant
- liturgy
- Something is seriously wrong, we know it is seriosly wrong, and we do it freely; must be confessed in Sacrament of Reconciliation
- mortal sin
- Site where God gave Mosses the Ten Commandments
- Mt. Sinai
- Built ark to save creation from flood; convenant w/God symbolized by rainbow
- Noah
- From 1st Sunday of Advent to the Feast of Christ the King; Church Year
- liturgical year
- God revealed Himself to Moses as, "I Am Who Am"; received the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai
- Mosses
- Has 46 books; has permanent value and is important to Catholics; is read every Sunday
- Old Testament
- Sin of Adam & Eve; weakened human nature
- Original sin
- First five books of the Bible
- Pentateuch
- Jewish feast celebrating God's freeing of Israelites from slavery
- Passover
- Last one "death of first born" excluded the Israelites by the blood of the lamb on the doorposts
- plague
- Visible leader of the church who represents Christ as chief guide on our journey to heaven
- pope
- Conversation with God; God calls us to this
- prayer
- Hint or foretell what would happen later to Jesus; old law prefigures Jesus' covenant
- prefigure
- Careless use of God's name
- profanity
- Those who speak for God; warned the kingdom would suffer if people continued to sin
- prophets
- Provide both personal and communal prayer; masterwork of prayer from Old Testament
- Psalms; Psalter
- Sign of God's covenant with Noah
- rainbow
- Returning to God after sinning; healing of the separation caused by sin
- reconciliation
- Support for our natural search for God
- religion
- God's telling about Himself; done gradually over time
- revelation
- The story of God's love, which shows how God entered into history and carried out plan to save all people. The church remembers the great events of salvation history at the Easter Vigil.
- Salvation History
- Meal that celebrates Israelites freedom from slavery/death
- Seder
- Caused suffering and death to come into the world
- sin
- Asked God for wisdom and an understanding heart
- Solomon
- God wants us to care for the earth
- stewards
- Housed in the Ark of the Covenant; description of the foundation for love of God and love of neighbor
- Ten Commandments
- Can be forgiven by the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Penance), an act of contrition, and act of love, or receiving Eucharist
- Venial sin
- Habit of doing good
- virtue
- Father of John the Baptist
- Zechariah