Terms for BT for Finals Ch. 1-7
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 pope | successor of St. Peter; bishop of Rome; supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church |
| revelation | God'd communication of himself by which he makes known the mystery of his divine plan |
| scripture | books of the bible containing the truth of God's revelation |
| tradition | the word of God entrusted to the Apostles and their successors by Christ and the Holy Spirit, transmitted by preaching and teaching to each generation of Christians |
| reason | the intellectual power or faculty that is ordinarily employed by man adapting thought or action to some end |
| sacrament | an efficacious sign of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church by which divine life is dispensed to a Christian through the work of the Holy Spirit |
| infallible | immune from error |
| heresy | the obstinate denial by a baptized person of some truth that must be believed with divine faith |
| nature | the essence of a being considered as he principle of activity and defining its particular characteristics |
| omnibenevolent | the quality of being perfectly good, an attribute that belongs only to God |
| omnipotent | the quality of being all-powerful, an attribute that belongs only to God |
| omniscient | the quality of having perfect knowledge, an attribute that only belongs to God |
| omnipresent | the quality of being present everywhere, an attribute that only belongs to God |
| substance | the essence of what someone or something actually is, rather than what it appears to be to the senses |
| theotokos | greek for "God-bearer"; often translated as "Mother of God" |
| concupiscence | the disordered state of human appetites or desires due to the temporal consequences if Original Sin |
| holiness | spiritual perfection or purity arising from a likeness unto God, who is perfectly holy |
| matter | the part of a sacrament with which or to which something is done in order to confer grace. |
| preservation | God's work in sustaining creation as part of the same act as creation itself |
| stewardship | God'd entrusting of the earth's natural resources to mankind in order to care for the world |
| keys to the kingdom | the power to bind and loose given by Christ to St. Peter |
| lamb of God | the Passover sacrifice at the Exodus |
| lent | a 40-day season of preparation leading up to the commemoration of the Crucifixion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus during Holy Week |
| parable | a fictitious narrative or allegory used to illistrate and explain moral or spiritual principles |
| redemption | the saving act of Jesus Christ, made possible through his Incarnation, Death and Resurrection |
| resurrection | the rising of the dead to new life, and, specifically, the bodily rising of Jesus, as he had foretold, on the 3rd day after his Death on the Cross and burial in the tomb |
| rock | the name given by Jesus to St. Peter, when Jesus appointed him the visible head of his Church on earth |
| sermon on the mount | one of Jesus' 1st and most famous proclamations of the Gospel |
| transfiguration | the story in Scripture in which Jesus was transfigured- seen in his brilliant, glorified state- along with Moses and Elijah |
| divinity | of, or pertaining to, God |
| hypostatic union | theological term that describes Christ as one Person with two natures, divine and human |
| new covenant | the new "dispensation" or order, established by God in Jesus Christ to succeed and perfect the Old Covenant |
| paschal sacrifice | Christ's work of redemption accomplished principally by his Passion, death, Resurrection, and glorious Ascension, whereby dying he destroyed our death, rising he restored our life |
| pentecost | a Jewish festival, 50 days after Passover, celebrating the giving of the Law to Moses at Sinai |
| person | an individual substance of a rational nature, complete in itself, incommunicable, and possessing responsibilities and rights as well as the essential elements of distinctiveness, uniqueness, intelligence, and will |
| ascension | the entry of Jesus into Heaven 40 days after his Resurrection |
| confirmation | one of the sacraments of initiation that completes and confirms the sanctifying grace first received in Baptism by a special outpouring of the gifts and seal of the Holy Spirit |
| simony | the sin of buying or selling of ecclesiastical offices, sacraments, grace, benefices, or other sacred things |
| ark of the covenant | an ornate box that held the tablets of the Law (ten commandments), the rod of Aaron, and some manna |
| immaculate conception | in light of God's free choice of the Blessed Virgin Mary from all eternity to be the Mother of his Son, it was ordained that from the 1st moment of her conception |
| intercessor | a "go-between" or someone who mediates on one's behalf |
| dogma | the revealed teachings of Christ defined to their fullest extent by the authority of the Church's Magisterium |
| co-redeptrix | title given to Mary because of her special role in salvation |
| assumption | the dogma that recognizes the Blessed Virgin Mary's singular participation in her Son's Resurrection by which she was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory when the course of her earthly life was finished |
| epiphany | from the Greek for "manifestation" |
| magnificat | the inspired prayer or canticle of Mary as she greeted her cousin Elizabeth |
| virgin birth | describes the act by which Mary, without the sexual intimacy with a man, conceived by the Holy Spirit and gave birth to Jesus, the Son of God |
| perpetual virginity | doctrine of the Catholic Church affirming that Mary remained a virgin all her life, even after the birth of Christ |
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