Religion Chapter 1&2
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23 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Revelation | god making himself and the divine plan of creation and salvation known over time. |
| sacred tradition | the passing on of the gospel in the church through the power and guidance of the holy Spirit |
| faith | the gift of gods invitation to us to know and believe in him and the power god gives us to freely respond to his invitation; a supernatural gift from god |
| apostles creed | one of the earliest creeds of the church |
| creed | a summary of the principle beliefs of the church |
| redemption | the saving activity of god through christ, delivering humantiy from sin |
| sanctification | the gift of sharing in gods life and love and live and growing in friendship with god with the help of the holy spirit |
| holy trinity | mystery of one god in three divine persons |
| nicene creed | the profession of faith we most often proclaim at mass |
| world youth days | gatherings of catholic young people from all over the world |
| bible | the inspired word of god |
| YHWH | the hebrew letters for the name that god shares with moses, the Israelites , and all people |
| inspiration of the bible | the holy spirit guiding the human writers of sacred scriptures so that they would faithfully and accurately communicate the word of god |
| covenant | the solemn commitment of fidelity that god and gods people freely made with one another. |
| pentateuch | the first five books of the bible that contains the basic laws revealed to the Israelites that would them in living the covenant |
| torah | the word which means guide or teaching another name for the pentateuch, the first five books of the bible. |
| canon | the word which means standard or official list |
| canon of sacred scripture | the books identified and named by the church as the inspired word of god that have been collected together in the bible, the churchs official list of books in the bible |
| epistles | letters written by St paul that help us understand our faith and how to follow Jesus. |
| book of revelation | last book of the bible that encourages christians to remain faithful to jesus |
| wisdom books | the old testament books that share advice with us on how to live our covenant with god. |
| prophetic books | the old testament books that remind gods people to be faithful to their covenant with god |
| historical books | the old testament books of the bible that tell the story of how gods people lived the covenant |
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