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vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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virtue | a good spiritual habit; helps us to make good decisions based on reason and faith |
cardinal virtues | prudence, justice, faith, fortitude, and temperance |
theological virtues | gifts from God infused in our souls; faith, hope, and love/ charity; received at Baptism |
revelation | way in which God reveals himself through his actions and words and by sending his son, jesus christ |
religion | a result in faith; binds us into a relationship with God |
ecuminical council | an assembly of the bishops under the direction of the Pope |
faith | a virtue; allows us to commit ourselves to God and accept Jesus as Lord; allows us to partake of the life of teh HS is a gift; leads us to eternal life |
magisterium | the teaching authority of the church; allows the pope and bishops to teach with God |
catechism of the catholic church | contains essential beliefs and teachings of the catholic faith |
agnostic | does not know if there is a god |
atheist | belief that there is no god |
deist | believe that god created the world but left it after (he is not present anymore) |
theist | god of the onmies, omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, and omnibenevolent |
monotheism | belief in 1 god |
polytheism | belief in many gods |
covenant | commitment between god and his people where god commits himself to us |
divine revelation | god makes known his divine plan through the prophets; he speaks to us and reveals himself to us through others |
dogma | a central truth of revelation that catholics are obligated to believe |
sacred scripture | god reveals himself through a deposit of faith. christ entrusts this to the apostles |
sacred traditions | the living transmission of the church's gospel message found in the church's teachings, life, and worship |
trinity | one god in 3 persons; God the father, god the son, and god the holy spirit |
apostles | chosen people of god; handpicked; diciples of christ |
inerrant | contains no error |
abba | term meaning "daddy"; God is a loving father |
original sin | the sin that was given to us at birth |
concupiscence | the desire to do wrong as a result of Original Sin |
incarnation | when God became man through Jesus Christ |
gospel | the good news that teaches the good news about Jesus |
annunciation | when the angel Gabriel came to Mary; she would give birth to Jesus |
messiah | the second coming of Christ; the judging of the living and the dead |
parousia | the second coming of Christ; the judging of the living and the dead |
paraclete | the Holy Spirit; advocate, counselor |
grace | God's gift of friendship and life that allows us to share his love and his life |
justification | the Holy Spirit's grace that cleanses us from our sins |
evangelization | to convert someone to christianity |
church | the body of christ that serve and love others under the guidance of the HS |
mystery | a reality filled with God's invisible presence |
sacrament | an efficacious symbol that causes what it points to |
laity | baptized who have not made vows and do not belong to a church approved religious state |
liturgy | the official public worshipers of the church |
hierarchy | the official and sacred leadership in the church made up of the church's ordained ministers. is teh symbol of unity and authority |
pope | the head of the living church on earth |
bishop | successor to the apostles who governs the local church |
infallibility | a gift of the spirit |
priest ministries | serving together |
prophet ministries | igniting purpose |
king's ministries | serving the poor |
marks of the church | a term describing four adjectives of the church (one, holy, catholic, apostolic) |
one | we are one with the trinity |
holy | sacred |
catholic | the church is universal and accepts everyone |
apostolic | we teach what the apostles taught |
initiation | the act of admitting someone |
penance | voluntary self punishment |
prayer | a psalm request for help |
blessing | the infusion if something with holiness |
praise | an expression of warm approval |
adoration | deep love and respect |
petition | a prayer to God asking for forgiveness or help for ourselves or others |
intercession | a prayer of petition for others |
eschatology | a study of death and what happens after |
heaven | eternal life with God and all of the Saints |
hell | separation from God. To get there you have to act against God |
purgatory | you are in a state of purification that takes place after death that makes you clean |
saints | holy one who lives in union with god and through the grace of Jesus Christ |
particular judgement | individual judgment right after death |
last/ general judgement | the last day of the earth when he comes to establish God's kingdom fully |
conscience | the judgment of reason where a human will know when an act they perform is of the right moral values |
means | the last part of the sources of morality (the circumstances) |
end | after an action when you look at the overall picture and decide if the action was moral or not |
source of morality | three parts of every action someone makes. moral objects is what we do, intention which is why we do it, and circumstances are the consequences of the actions that we perform. all three elements must be good for a proposed action to be good. |
moral object | the first part of every action; it is what we do |
intention | our motivation of the actions we perform |
circumstances | context and consequences of our actions |
society | the aggregate of people living together in more or less ordered community |
subsidiarity | a principal of social doctrine that all social bodies exist for the sake of the individual so that what individuals are able to do |
common good | the entirety of all social conditions that let us achieve our self- realization more easily and completely |
social justice doctrine | the magisterial teachings about how it is possible for societies to promote the common good |
solidarity | a value of christianity that allows is to share material and spiritual possessions with others; charity and friendship |
christian morality | a responsible life in Christ that comes from our dignity as the children of God who were made in His image and Christ's call for us to love all |
priestly | offering yourself with christ in his sacrifice to the father |