Religion Chapter 5
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 heaven | a perfect life of supreme happiness with God and the communion of saints for all eternity |
| communion of saints | the unity in Christ of all those he has redeemed-- the Church on earth, in heaven, and in purgatory |
| eschatology | study of the last things |
| examples of the last things | death, judgement, heaven, hell, purgatory, the Second Coming of Christ, and the resurrection of the body. |
| purgatory | state of purification that takes place after death for those who need to be made clean and holy before meeting God. |
| St. Martin De Porres | racial harmony |
| St. francis of assisi | animals |
| St. isidore of seville | the internet |
| St. lucy | blind people |
| St. Brigit of ireland | scholars |
| St. maria goretti | teenagers(girls) |
| St. sebastian | athletes |
| St. mary magdalene | repentant sinners |
| St. joseph cupertino | air travelers |
| St. Cecilia | musicians |
| Immaculate Conception | when mary was concieved and was without original sin |
| Assumption | Mary and her body were taken directly to heaven when she died (celebrated on August 15) |
| sin | an offense against God through a violation of truth, reason, and conscience. |
| venial sin | actual sin that weakens and wounds our relationship with God but doesn't destroy devine life in our souls |
| vices | bad habits or dispositions (like pride) that turn us from the good and incline us to commit evil. |
| mortal sin | a serious violation of God's law of love that results in the loss of God's life in the soul of the sinner. |
| to commit mortal sin, there must be... | grave matter, full knowledge of the evil done, and full consent of the will |
| hell | eternal separation from God that results from a person dying after freely chosing to act against God's will |
| resurrection | the Christian belief that when Christ comes again he will reunite the bodies of every human with their soul |
| beatific vision | seeing God face-to-face in heaven |
| particular judgement | the individual judgement immediatley after death, when Christ will rule on one's eternal destiny to be spent in heaven ro hell |
| last (general) judgement | Jesus' judgement of the living and the dead on the last day when he comes to establish God's kingdom fully |
| Amen | hebrew meaning for "truely" or "it is so" signifying agreement with what has been said. |
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