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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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