Costello Ch. 4
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AmyWindisch on November 21, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 judgment speeches | "bad news" |
| oracles of salvation | "good news" |
| Samuel | the seer and prophet |
| theocracy | a nation ruled by God |
| messiah | "anointed one" |
| Messianism | the belief in a messiah as the savior of the people |
| Christos | Greek for anointed one |
| King David | Saul's armor bearer, the two men had an on-again off-again relationship of jealousy and rivalry |
| chrism | oil used for anointing |
| hero-messiah | Jesus is the bomb |
| prophet messiah | Anointed one who says stuff |
| monarchy | establishing a religious and political unit |
| dynasty | a king's descendants who continue to rule in succession |
| Davidic Line | descendants of David |
| Hannah | the wife of Elkanah the Ephraimite; a devout woman |
| Saul | had a short and unsuccessful reign over Israel |
| Johnathan | Saul's son/David's friend |
| Michal | Saul's daughter |
| Solomon | Son of David, prayed to God for an understanding mind to govern his people and received one |
| Rehoboam | Solomon's son |
| Jesus | sent to save God's people and all people |
| Shofar | ram's horn that sounds the beginning of the new year |
| Shavu'ot | celebrates the gift of the Torah, AKA Pentecost |
| menorah | nine-branched candelabrum |
| virtues | good moral and spiritual habits that help us make good moral decisions and help us to avoid sin |
| theological virtues | pivotal virtues of faith, hope, and charity |
| cardinal virtues | principal moral virtues that help us lead a moral life by governing actions, controlling our passions and emotions, and keeping our conduct on the right track |
| faith | believing in God and all he has revealed to us and that the Church proposes for our belief |
| hope | trust in God and the desire to do his will |
| charity | loving all of our neighbors as ourselves |
| icons | stylized paintings of religious subjects |
| communion of saints | entire assembly of the church |
| saints | all faithful members of the Church |
| canonization | an official Church statement by which a person is declared a saint for having a holy life of heroic virtue |
| Thomas More | English statesman and scholar |
| Utopia | More's book; social satire with a proposal for a commonwealth |
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