| Term | Definition |
| divine revalation | god making himself known to us |
| salvation | the forgiveness of sins and restoration of humanitys friendship with god |
| faith | the gift from god that enable us to believe in god to accept all that he has reavealed and to respond with love for god in others |
| church | the community of people who believe in jesus christ have been baptized in him and follow his teachings |
| grace | the participation sharing in gods life and friendsip |
| scripture | the written account of gods revalation aka bible |
| divine inspiration | the special guidance the holy spirit gave the human authors of the bible |
| tradition | the revalation of the good news of jesus christ |