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Religion Ch 2 Vocab
Vocab for Ch 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adoration | worship and honor given to God as creator and Sustainer of all that is |
| angels | created beings who are pure spirits with intelligence and free will, but without bodies, who act as God's messengers |
| atheism | the belief that there is no God |
| Baptism | the sacrament of new life in God and of incorporation into the Church performed with water and the words |
| creationism | the theory that the Genesis story in the Bible is literally true, that God created the universe and everything in it in six days |
| evolution | a process of continuous change from a simple form to a more complex form |
| idolatry | worship of a false god |
| liturgy | the official public prayer of the Church through which Christ continues the work of redemption |
| Matrimony | a Sacrament at Service of Communion, the sacrament that celebrates the sacred covenant between a baptized man and woman |
| monotheism | the belief in one God only |
| original sin | the decision by humans to disobey God |
| polytheism | the belief in many gods |
| sacrement | an effective sign, established by Jesus and given to his Church by which God shares his life through the work of the Holy Spirit |
| salvation | God's action accomplished through Jesus of freeing people from sin and restoring them to friendship with God |
| stewardship | the responsibility God gave humans to take care of the earth and everything in it |
| Ten Commandments | the ten fundamental moral laws given by God to his people and recorded in the Old Testament |