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Religion Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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blessed trinity | the three persons in one god: god the father god the son god the holy spirit |
Jesus mission | to share the life of god with all people and to save them from sin |
Kindom of God | the power of Gods love active in our lives and the world |
Apostles | men chosen by Jesus to share in his mission in a special way |
Church | all those who beleive in Jesus Christ have bee baptized in him and follow his teachings |
liturgy | the official public prayer of the Church |
evangelization | proclaming the Good News of Christ by what we say and do |
Paschal Mystery | Christs suffering, death, Ressurection from the dead, and Assention into Heaven |
Last Judgement | Jesus Christ coming at the end of time to judge all people |
Corporal Works of Mercy | Acts of love that help us care for the physical and material needs of others |
Spirital Works of mercy | acts of love that helps us care for the needs of peoples hearts, minds, and souls |
sacrament | an effective sign given to us by Jessus through which we share in Gods life |
sanctifying grace | the gift of sharing in Gods life that we recive in the sacrements |
Christian Initiation | the process of becoming a member of the Church through the sacraments of baptism confirmation and Eucharist |
Common Vocation | the call to holiness and evangelization that all Christians share |
holiness | sharing in Gods goodness and responding to his love by the way we live; our holiness comes through grace |
Baptism | the sacrament in whitch we are freed from sin, become children of God, and are welcomed into the Church |
Incarnation | the truth that the son of God became man |
Salvation | the forgivness of sins and the restoring of friendship with God |
Prophet | someone who speaks on the behalf of God, defends the truth, and works for justice |
eternal life | living with god forever |
saints | followers of Christ who lived lives of holiness on earth and now share in eternal life with god in heaven |
catechumenate | a period of formation of Christian initiation that includes prayer liturgy, religious instruction and service to othes |
Sacred Chrism | perfumed oil blessed by the bishop |
gifts of the Holy Spirit | wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord |
Passover | the feast on which Jewish People remember the miraculous way that God saved them from death and slavery in ancient Egypt |
Eucharist | the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ; Jesus is truly present under the appearances of bread and wine |
sacrifice | a gift offered to God by a priest in the name of all people |
Real Prescence | Jesus really and truly present in the Euchaist |
Introductory rites | the mass that unites us as a community; it prepares us to hear gods word and to celebrate the Euchaist |
Liturgy of the Word | the part of the mass in which we listen and respond to Gods Word |
Liturgy of the Euchaist | the pat of mass in which the death and Resurrection of Christ are made pesent |
sacraments | blessings, actions, and objects that help us respond to Gods grace received in the sacaments |
conscience | our ability to know the difference between good and bad |