Religion Vocabulary
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- revelation
- a sign from heaven; Greek word meaning to "unveil"
- redemption
- deliverance from sin;salvation
- prophecy
- a prediction of what is going to come
- martyrs
- someone who dies for his or her faith
- vestments
- special clothes worn by the priest
- annunciation
- when Mary told Elizabeth she was going to have Jesus
- oral tradition
- the revelation of jesus christ passed down by word of mouth
- creed
- an authorative, formulated statement of the chief articles of Christian belief
- emmanuel
- god with us
- inspiration
- a divine influence directly and immediately exerted upon the mind or soul
- providence
- gods plan for and protection of all creation
- almsgiving
- making voluntary contributions to aid the poor
- parable
- a short story with a message
- deposit of faith
- all the truth containted in scripture and tradition
- christ
- the son of god
- grace
- sharing in gods life and friendship
- sign of the cross
- a prayer in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit
- rabbi
- a jewish priest
- messiah
- the person God planned to send to save the people from their sins. The word Messiah comes from the Hebrew word meaning "anointed one"
- magisterium
- the offical teaching office of the church containing the pope and bishops
- vessels
- dishes used when celebrating the Mass
- bible
- a collection of 73 books written over a period of 1000 years
- evangelist
- a person who shares the good new of jesus christ with all people
- miracles
- an event that is unexplainable according to the laws of nature
- moral virtues
- a good habit of the will whose immediate object if one of the measn by which our final destiny is attained
- feast day
- a day to honor a saint
- synoptic
- a viewing together
- law
- a rule of conduct established by the competent authority for the common good
- 73
- number of books in the bible
- theology
- the study of God
- incarnation
- the truth that the son of god, the second person of the blessed trinity, became man and lived among us
- evangelization
- the sharing of the good news of christ with all people
- ecumenical council
- an assembly in the Catholic Church presided over by the pope composed of cardinals, bishops, and other certain prelates
- resurrection
- the mystery of jesus rising from the dead to new life
- communion of saints
- all baptized persons
- values
- that which makes a thing desirable or considered worthwhile