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| a person who denies the existence of God. |
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Religions that believe that there is only one God.
Christianity
Judaism
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Religions that believe that there are multiple gods and goddesses.
The ancient Greeks
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| The belief that God created the universe, but he doesn’t have interest in it anymore. |
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| People who claim that God’s existence cannot be known. |
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| A trait of God that refers to God’s total otherness and being infinitely beyond and independent of creation. |
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| A trait of God which refers to God’s intimate union with and total presence to his creation. |
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| A Church writer of great learning and holiness whose works the Church has highly recommended for studying and living the faith. |
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The open-ended contract of love between God and human beings.
Jesus’ death and resurrection sealed God’s new covenant of love for all time.
Testament translates to covenant. |
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The inspired word of God.
The written record of revelation. |
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The living transmission of the Church’s gospel message found in the Church’s teaching, life, and worship.
It is faithfully preserved, handed on, and interpreted by the Church’s Magisterium. |
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| A central truth of revelation that Catholics are obliged to believe. |
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| The sacred Hebrew name for God which means “I am who am,” “I am,” or “I am who I am.” |
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The central dogma of the Christian faith that there are three divine persons in one God.
Father
Son
Holy Spirit. |
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An Aramaic term of endearment meaning “daddy”.
Jesus used this work to teach that God is a loving Father. |
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| God’s longing and watchful guidance over his creatures on their way to their final goal perfection. |
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The fallen state of human nature into which all generations of people are born.
Christ Jesus came to save us from original sin. |
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| 1) Original holiness and justice |
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The state of man and woman before sin.
“From their friendship with God flowed the happiness of their existence in paradise.” |
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| An inclination to commit sin that can be found in human desires and appetites as a result of original sin. |
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| good news of Jesus Christ |
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| the dogma that God's son "became" human in Jesus to save us from our sins |
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| a title for Jesus meaning "the annointed one" |
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| God's forgiveness of sins |
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| a favorite teaching of Jesus in which he told a short story that taught a religious message. |
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| four; refers to Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John. (one who proclaims the good news of Jesus Christ) |
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| a process of "education in faith" for young people and adults with the view of making them disciples of Jesus Christ |
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| the feast that celebrates the mystery of Christ's manifestation as the Savior of the world |
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| a church dogma that teaches that Jesus was concieved through Virgin Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit without the cooperation of a human father. |
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| the saving love of God most fully revealed in the life and especially the passion, death, resurrection, and glorious ascension of his Son Jesus Christ. |
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| the reign of God proclaimed by Jesus and begun in his life, death, and resurrection. |
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| the second coming of Christ when the Lord will judge the living and the dead. |
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| an obstinate denial after baptism to believe a truth that must be believed with divine and Catholic faith, or an obstinate doubt about such truth. |
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| the Body of Christ, that is, the community of God’s people who profess faith in the risen Lord Jesus and love and serve others under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. |
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| to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to others. |
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| a reality filled with God's invisible presence. |
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| an outward sign of an invisible grace. |
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| all the members of the Church who have been initiates into the Church through Baptism and who are not ordained or in consecrated life. |
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| the official public worship of the Church. |
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| the official public worship of the Church. |
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| the official sacred leadership in the Church made up of the Church’s ordained ministers |
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| vows of personal poverty, chastity understood as lifelong celibacy and obedience to the demands of the community being joined which are professed by those entering the consecrated life. |
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| a gift of the Spirit whereby the pope and bishops are preserved from error when proclaiming a doctrine relater to Christian faith or morals. |
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| official body of rules that provides for good order in the Catholic Church. |
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| four essential sights or characteristics of Christ’s Church that mark it as his true church. |
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| from a Greek word meaning “universal” or “general” |
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| “one sent” to be Christ’s ambassador, to continue his work. |
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| the movement, inspired and led by the Holy Spirit, that seeks the union of all Christian religions and eventually the unity of all peoples throughout the world. |
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| : a baptized Christian who believes in Christ but who does not accept all the teaching of the Catholic Church. |
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| a major break between the churches of the West and the East. |
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| perfect life of supreme happiness with God and the communion of saints for all eternity. |
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| the unity in Christ of all those he has redeemed |
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| a study of and teaching about the “last things” |
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| the state of purification that takes place after death for those who need to be made clean and holy before meeting the all-holy God in heaven. |
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| the church dogma that holds that the Blessed Mother, by a special grace from God and by virtue of her Son’s merits, was preserved immune from all stain of original sin from the very first moment of her human existence. |
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| the church dogma that teaches that the Blessed Mother, because of her unique role in her Son’s Resurrection, was takes directly to heaven when her earthly life was over. |
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| an offense against God through a violation of truth, reason, and conscience. |
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| actual sin that weakens and wounds our relationship with God, but does not destroy divine life in our souls. |
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| bad habits or dispositions that turn us from the good and incline us to commit evil. |
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| sins that are the root of other sins and vices |
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| a serious violation of God's law of love that results in the loss of God's life in the soul of the sinner |
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| eternal separation from God that results from a person dying freely and deliberately choosing to act against God’s will. |
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| 5) Resurrection of the body |
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| the Christian belief that when Christ comes again he will reunite the bodies of every human with their souls. |
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| seeing God “face-to-face” in heaven, the source of out eternal happiness: final union with the Triune God for all eternity. |
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| the individual’s judgment immediately after death, when Christ will rule on one’s eternal destiny to be spent in heaven or in hell. |
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| 5) Last (general) Judgement |
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| Jesus Christ’s judgment of the living and the dead on the last day when he comes to establish God’s kingdom fully. |
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| a Hebrew word for “truly” or “it is so” thus signifying agreement with what has been said. |
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| a season of intensified prayer, fasting, and almsgiving in preparation of Chris’s resurrection and out redemption at Easter |
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| those newly received into the Church through the sacraments of initiation at the Easter vigil. |
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| that portion of the liturgical celebration of a sacrament that is strictly necessary in order for the sacrament to be valid |
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| blessed by the bishop, this perfumed oil is used for anointing in the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders. |
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| the term used to describe what happens at the consecration of the bread and wine at Mass when their entire substance is turned into the entire substance of the Body and Blood of Christ, even through the appearances of bread and wine remain. |
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| the four-week season in the liturgical year that prepares for the coming of our Savior at Christmas. |
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| the three- day long liturgy that is Church’s most solemn celebration of the Paschal Mystery. It begins with the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Saturday with the conclusion of the Easter vigil. |
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| sacred signs that resemble the sacraments. |
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| religious images or paintings that are tradtional among many Eastern Christians |
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| a successor to the apostles who governs the local Church in a given diocese and governs the worldwide Church in union with the pope and the college of bishops. |
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| 7) Annointing of the sick |
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| a sacrament of healing, administered by a priest to a baptized person, in which the Lord extends his loving, healing touch through the Church to those who are seriously ill. |
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| 7) Sacrament of Holy Orders |
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| the sacrament of apostolic ministry at the service of communion whereby Christ, through the Church, ordains men through the laying on of hands. |
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| 7) Sacrament of Matrimony |
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| a sacrament of the Service of Communion in which Christ blinds and man and woman into a permanent covenant of love and life and bestows his graves on them to help them live as a community and as a loving family, if he blesses them with children |
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| a sacrament of Healing, also known as reconciliation or confession, through which Christ extends his forgiveness to sinners, bringing about reconciliation with God and the Church. |
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| the prayer by which a priest, by the power given to the Church by Christ Jesus, pardons a repentant sinner in the sacrament of Penance. |
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| heartfelt sorrow and aversion for sins committed along with the intention of sinning no more. |
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| Holy Communion recieved by dying persons to help them pass over to God in the afterlife |
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| the third degree in the hierarchy of Holy Orders |
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| priests or members of the order of priesthood who are coworkers with the bishop and servants to God’s people. |
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| the state of being unmarried that priests and other religious choose in order to dedicate their lives totally to Jesus Christ and God’s people. |
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| Having more than one wife at the same time |
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| an official Church declaration that what appeared to be a Christian marriage never existed in the first place |
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| An appearance or manifestation of God to humans. |
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| Another name for the Holy Spirit that means advocate, defender, or consoler. |
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| God’s gift of friendship and life that enables us to share his life and love. |
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| A special gift of the Holy Spirit that helps us to build up the Church, Christ’s body. |
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| 3) Fruits of the Holy Spirit |
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| Perfections that result from living in union with the Holy Spirit. |
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| 3) Divine missions of the Blessed Trinity |
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| The special roles in salvation history attributed to each member of the Trinity |
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