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Religion Unit 1 Test
Test: Friday, April 28th, 2012
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| divine revelation | god 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 |
| divine inspiration | the special guidence that the Holy Spirit have to the human authors of the bible |
| tradition | the revelation of the good news of Jesus Christ as lived out in the church, past and present |
| covenant | an agreemant between god and his people |
| book of genisis | 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 |
| consience | the ability to know the difference between good and evil, right and wrong |
| soul | the individual spiritual realiity that makes each of us human and that we never die |
| steward | a person who is given both the authority pver 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 ignorence, suffering, and deathinto the world; we all suffer from its affects |
| gospel | the good news about God at work in Jesus Christ |
| patriarch | a father or founder of a clan or group of related families |
| cannan | an area in Wester Palastine that induced most of present-day Isreal |
| faith | a gift from God that enables us to believe in him and accept all that he has revealed |
| providence | God's plan for and protection for all creation |
| pharaoh | the king of Egypt |