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Catholic Vocab #3
Vocabulary for Lesson 4 of Baltimore Catechism #3
Question | Answer |
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Making | ringing forth or forming out of some material already existing, as workmen do |
Creating | bringing forth out of nothing, as God alone can do |
angels | pure spirits without a body, created to adore and enjoy God in heaven |
Lucifer | light-bearer |
Satan | Devil |
were innocent | were in the state of original justice; that is, they were gifted with every virtue and free from every sin |
Garden of Paradise | a large and beautiful place prepared for man's habitation upon earth |
the tree of knowledge of good and evil | tree bearing the forbidden fruit |
tree of life | Its fruit kept the bodies of our first parents in a state of perfect health |
our nature was corrupted | our whole being, body and soul, was injured in all its parts and powers |
understanding was darkened | even with much learning we have not the clear knowledge, quick perception and retentive memory that Adam had before his fall from grace |
will was weakened | our free will was not entirely taken away by Adam's sin |
concupiscence | strong inclination to evil that is left in us consists in the continual efforts our senses and appetites make to lead our souls into sin |
original sin | sin which we inherit from our first parents |
Immaculate Conception | The privilege by which the Blessed Virgin Mary, through the merits of her Divine Son, was preserved free from the guilt of original sin |