Understanding the Scriptures Chapter 3 Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Adam | the first man and our first father. He committed the first sin. |
| creation | the act by which God brought the universe and all its inhabitance into being out of nothing. |
| Doctors of the Church | Christian men and women whose teachings are expecially valuable |
| Eden (Garden of) | The name of the garden in which God placed Adam and Eve. |
| Elohim | the hebrew word for God as Creator |
| Eve | the first woman and our mother. She commited the first sin. |
| Evolution | the scientific theory that species came to be as they are by a gradual process of change and development. God created all matter, and the creation of human beings is a special act of creation. |
| Fathers of the Church | The great theologians of the early Church after the apostles. |
| Image | a likeness or picture. Each person os made un the _____ of God. |
| Protoevangelium | the announcement of a future Redeemer to Adam and Eve after their fall. |
| Sabbath | the day of rest in imitation of God resting on the seventh day of creation. |
| Serpent | the form taken by Satan in the Garden of Eden. |
| Void | Empty. Without form. the state of the world before God gave it form and created beings to fill it. |
| Yahweh | God's personal Name, often traslated as 'Lord' in English |
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