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Religious Studies
9th Grade
12/16/2007

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Term
Apostles' Creed.
Definition
Statement of belief dating from the first decades of the church.
Term
faith
Definition
our freely chosen habit of responding positivly to god.
Term
New Testament
Definition
  • 27 books.
  • deals with:
  1. life
  2. death
  3. Resurrection of Jesus
  4. & the beginnings of the Church
Term
Old Testament.
Definition
  • Forty Six books
  • Deals with:
  1. the time from the beginning of creation to shortly before the coming of Jesus
  • approximately two thousand years ago
Term
Revelation
Definition
all the ways God makes himself known to us.
Term
belief
Definition
an intellectual concep- something we regard as true.
Term
free will
Definition

the human ability to make choices.
Term
Nicene Creed
Definition
statement of belief formulated by church leaders at a concil in A.D. 325
Term
Soul.
Definition
the spiritual reality within us.
Term
Bible
Definition
God's word-A collection of 73 inspired books
Term
Tradition
Definition
centuries-old teachings of the Church, based on the Bible.
Term
covenant
Definition
solemn promise or agreement between two parties.
Term
prayer
Definition
conversation or dialogue with God
Term
vocation
Definition
a calling out or a calling forward.
Term
dignity
Definition
the respect we owe to all humans because they are made in God's image
Term
God
Definition
the one and only supreme being.
Term
Religion
Definition
the particular way we choose to express our beliefs
Term
Thomas Merton
Definition
a twentieth-century trappiest priest who wrote about faith and prayer
Term
St. Augustine
Definition
early african bishop who wrote about faith
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