Our Daily Word
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- all knowing concept that God is in possession of all knowledge
- Omniscience
- Greek meaning world wide, Catholic meaning any movement which attempts to bring together different denominations
- Ecumenical
- Greek (a-not/ gnosis- to know) one who is skeptical of God’s existence (doubts)
- Agnostic
- Greek meaning presence, the second coming of Jesus
- Parousia
- Greek, the study of the end of the world from a religious perspective
- Eschatological
- Greek meaning follower, a lay person who performs minor duties at religious services
- Acolyte
- Greek (glosso- tongue/ lalia- babble) speaking in tongues
- Glossolalia
- a group of churches under a bishop
- Diocese
- Buddhist, one who is on the path to enlightenment
- Bodhisthlva
- Buddhist path that leads away from suffering and towards enlightenment
- Eightfold Path
- to gently explain one’s faith to another
- Evangelize
- to actively/forcefully attempt to convert someone to your faith
- Proselytize
- Greek, love
- Agape
- Greek meaning “knowledgeâ€, wisdom and insight
- Gnosis
- Greek (ana- to hide) to interpret scripture looking for a hidden meaning
- Anagogy
- belief that when a priest consecrates the bread and wine, they actually becomes Jesus’ body and blood through the Holy Spirit
- Transubstantiation
- profaning God’s name
- Blasphemy
- having to do with worldly, not religious matters
- Secular
- a minister or priest who leads a service with communion
- Celebrant
- beliefs that are forbidden by the Church
- Heresy
- an attempt to communicate with dead spirits
- Necromancy
- analyzing scripture to understand the author’s intent
- Exegesis
- Greek meaning decree, a received truth defined by a faith group
- Dogma
- a manual, in question and answer format, used to teach about the fundamentals of Christianity
- Catechism
- a type of knowledge known only by a select few
- Esoteric
- the 10 Commandments!
- Decalogue
- lowercase, universal
- catholic
- an early book describing Christian beliefs and principles
- Didache
- the enforced separation of an individual from the Church, done for the good of the person and the group, with the hope that the person will change and return to the Church
- Excommunication
- the study of the characteristics or attributes of Christ
- Christology
- a prayer to God on behalf of someone else
- Intercession
- a prohibition by the pope which denies a group the ability to receive the sacraments
- Interdict/interdiction
- the announcement to Mary and Joseph of Jesus’ future birth
- Annunciation
- a person who believes in a remote, a knowable God, who created the world and then left it alone
- Deist
- belief that all 4 Gospels are in harmony with each other
- Diatessaron