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Term | Definition |
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Divine Revelation | God's making himself known to us |
Blessed Trinity | The Three Persons in One God: God the Father,God the Son,and God the Holy Spirit |
Bible | the written record of God's Revelation and his relationship with his people |
Tradition | the Revelation of the Good new of Jesus Christ as lived out in the Church,past and present |
Divine Inspiration | the special guidance that the Holy Spirit gave to the human writers of the Bible |
covenant | an agreement between God and his people |
Book of Genesis | the first book in the Bible |
Human dignity | the value and worth that comes from being made in God's image and likeness |
free will | the freedom and ability to choose |
conscience | the ability to know the difference between good and evil,right and wrong |
soul | the invisible spiritual reality that makes each of us human and that will never die |
steward | a person who is given both the authority over what he or she cares for and the responsibility for seeing that it lives and grows |
sin | a thought,word,deed,or omission against God's law |
Original Sin | the first sin that weakened human nature and brought ignorance,suffering,and death into the world;we all suffer from its effects |
Patriarch | a father,or founder,of a clan,a group of related families |
canaan | an area in western Palestine that icluded most of present-day Isreal |
faith | a gift from God that enables us to believe in himm and accept all that he has revealed |
providence | God's plan for and protection of all creation |
pharaoh | the king of Egypt |
exodus | the biblical word describing the Israelitres' departure from slavery to freedom |
passover | the event in which God passed oer the whole of Egypt, taking the lives of every firstborn Egyptian and sparing the Isrealites |
mount sinai | a mountain peak in the rocky southern part of the Sinai peninsula |
miracle | and extrodinary event that is beyond human power and brought about by God |
manna | a sweet bread-like food that God provided for the Israelites in the desert |
ten commandments | the laws of God's covenant given to Moses on Mount Sinai |
ark of covenant | a wooden box in which the tablets of the Ten Commandments were kept |
nazirite | a person consecrated to God who promised not to drink wine or strong drink, touch anyone or anything that gad died, or cut or shave his or her hair |
prophet | someone who speaks on behalf of God, defends the truth, and works for justice |
monarchy | a kingdom or empire ruled by one person,either a king or a queen |