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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Constantine | Roman emperor who signed the edict of Milan. |
| The Nicene Creed | Was written in 325 A.D. in the city of Nicaea, Turkey. |
| Arius | A heretic who did not believe that the Holy Trinity was consubstantial. |
| Holy Bible | Sacred Scripture |
| Theocracy | Government run by clerics claiming divine authority. |
| Temporal | Temporary, of this world, not eternal. |
| Pilgrimage | Journey to a shrine or sacred place |
| Lay person | Laity, person who is not a member of the clergy. |
| Pax vobiscum | Peace be with you |
| The nativity of Mary | When Mary was born |
| Moral law | Do good and avoid evil |
| Material world | The body, animal,s plants, inanimate creation |
| Spiritual world | God, angels, the soul |
| Diligence | To persevere in our spiritual life |
| Humility | Seeing ourselves as we truly are |
| Temperance | Using created goods well, with proper limits. |
| Patience | Putting God and others before ourselves, acting with gentleness. |
| Liberality | Generosity with our goods and talents |
| Chastity | Generosity with ourselves and temperance with our desires |
| Avarice | Greed, excessive desire for things. Capital sin. |
| Charity | Love, allows us to love God and our neighbor out of love of God. Theological virtue |
| Envy | Jealousy over the good fortune of another. Capital sin |
| Faith | Believing in God through accepting the message of Jesus. Theological virtue |
| Fortitude | Bravery or courage in the face of fear. Cardinal virtue |
| Gluttony | Excessive desire for the pleasurable experience of good or drink. Capital sin |
| Hope | Enables one to trust in eternal life because God wills it. Theological virtue |
| Justice | giving each person what is rightfully his. Cardinal virtue |
| Love | To act with God and others in mind. Theological virtue |
| Lust | Desire that does not respect the gift of the body or sexuality. Capital sin |
| Meekness | Appropriate self-control |
| Pride | Unhealthy love of self. Capital sin |
| Prudence | Choosing the correct behavior. Capital virtue |
| Sloth | Lack of desire to do one's duties, spiritual laziness. Capital sin |
| Wrath | Excessive desire for revenge. Capital sin |
| Corpus Christi | Feast in honor of the Institution of the Eucharist. Body of Christ. |
| Theological virtues | Faith, hope, and charity deal directly with our relationship with God. |
| Cardinal virtues | Prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude are the virtues of good actions. |
| Creed | Latin- credo, I believe. Our belief as Christians. |
| Gospel | Good News |
| Intelligent designer | Everything directed by an intelligent being. |
| Ash Wednesday | the first day of lent |
| Holy Thursday good Friday and holy Saturday are the | Triduum |
| Covenant | Promise |
| Dogma | Belief |
| Pagan | Heathen, a follower of polytheistic religion (as in ancient Rome) |
| Dignity | Self respect, rights from God, worthiness |
| Piety | A virtue that can mean religious devotion, spirituality, or a combination of both |
| Divine | Of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God or a god. |
| The old testament | Was written in Hebrew |
| The new testament | Was written in Greek |
| Sacred tradition | A Holy story that is passed on Orally. |
| Sacred Scripture | Can be the Gospels |
| The magisterium | The teaching authority that is made up of the Pope and Bishops |
| The Holy Trinity | The Father the Son and the Holy Spirit |
| Gabriel | The angels name that told Mary she was going to have Jesus |
| The edict of Milan | Contract in 313 A.D. to stop the persecution of Christians |
| Nicene Creed | States the belief of Christians |
| The city of Nicaea and the city of Constantinople | Are both in the country of Turkey. |
| Secular | Non-religious |
| Providence | God's all wise plan for the universe. |
| Faith | Believe in God |
| Apostolic succession | the bishops stretching back to the apostles. |
| Heretic | A dissenter from established religious dogma |
| Revelation | Revealed through the Bible's teaching |
| Free will | The ability to choose between right or wrong, good or evil |
| Conscience | The ability to judge between right or wrong, good or evil. |
| Deity | Holy, divine, or sacred, held in high regard, a God, or supreme being. |
| Begotten | Came from the father |
| Jesus | The Savior, the messiah. |
| The Christ | The Savior, the messiah. |
| Reason | The power to understand feel emotions and have relationships. |
| Soul | Gives us reason (intellect) and free well. |
| The soul | Can be made by God alone. |
| Assumption | When Mary ascended into heaven body and soul |
| Ascension | Jesus ascends to heaven body and soul. |
| The 10 Commandments | Some of the rules and regulations of the Bible |
| Rabbi | Teacher |
| Original sin | Separation between God and man passed to all people. |
| Atonement | Become one with God |
| Ethical | Moral principals |
| Consubstantial | Of the same substance, essence. |
| Validate | To recognize, establish, or illustrate worthiness. |
| Christmastide | Christmas eve to the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord |
| Lent | Begins on Ash Wednesday and Ends on Holy Thursday |
| Gentile | Not-Jewish |
| Pharisee | Member of a Jewish sect -100 BC to 100 A.D. |
| Minister | A person authorized to conduct religious worship, clergy, Pastor. |
| Servitude | Slavery or bondage of any kind |
| Gratitude | Thankful |
| Ingratitude | Thanklessness |
| Anointing | Consecrate or make sacred in a ceremony that includes the applying of holy oil chrism |
| Chrism | Holy oil |
| Confer | To present or bestow upon as a gift, give. |
| Blessing | A favor or gift bestowed by God. |
| Blasphemy | Impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things |
| Impius | Not pious, irreverent, lacking in reverence, or proper respect |
| Decalogue | The 10 Commandments |
| Reverence | Attitude of deep respect, veneration. |
| Reverent | Deeply respectful |
| Irreverent | deficient in veneration or respect. |
| Liturgy | A particular form of Eucharistic service. |
| Holy Eucharist | Sacrament of Holy Communion, sacrifice of the mass, giving of thanks, thanksgiving. |
| Consecrate | To make or declare sacred. |
| Sacred | Dedicated to a deity, consecrated, holy. |
| Homily | A sermon |
| Sermon | A discourse for the purpose of religious instruction. |
| Holy week | The week preceding Easter Sunday |
| Ascension Thursday | 40 days after Jesus rose from the dead. Jesus ascended body and soul into heaven. |
| Pentecost | 50 days after Jesus rose from the dead. The descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. |
| Idolatry | Religious worship of idols, reverence, devotion. |
| Sacrilege | The violation of anything sacred. |
| Sin | Deliberate violation of some religious,moral principle. |
| Virtue | Moral excellence, goodness, righteousness. |
| Grace | God showing his love for you even though you don't deserve it |
| Ignorant | Lacking in knowledge or information. |
| Salvation | Deliverance from the power and penalty of sin, redemption. |
| Redemption | Deliverance from sin, salvation |
| Temptation | Acting contrary to the right reason and the Commandments of God |
| Evil | The opposite or absence of good. Morally wrong or bad. |
| Solemnity | Principal day in the church's liturgical calendar. |
| Dispensation | Exemption from a church law. |
| Doctrine | Truths or dogmas, taught or advocated, as of a religion. |
| Eternity | Infinite time, duration without beginning or end. |
| Ethical | Moral, honest, virtuous, righteous. |
| Oath | Vow, pledge, invocation to God to witness the truth of a statement. |
| Invocation | Appeal, request to a higher power for assistance. |
| Infallible | Inability to err in matters of faith and morals. Incapable of error. |
| Fallible | Capable of making errors. |
| Ecclesiastical | Pertaining to or of the church. |
| Incarnate | A God taking on human form. |
| Heaven | The dwelling of God. The communion of life and love with God. |
| Hell | The dwelling of the devil. The self- exclusion from communion with God. |
| Consubstantial | Identical in substance or essence though different in aspect. |
| Immaculate conception of Mary | When Mary was conceived without original sin and she was full of Grace. |
| Annunciation | The angel Gabriel told Mary she would be conceived with Jesus. |
| Conception of Jesus | Mary became the mother of Jesus by the power of the holy spirits who came from the father. |
| Holy Communion | The reception of the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist. |
| Confirmation | This sacrament confers special graces of the Holy Spirit. |
| Pope John Paul II | The first and only Polish pope. |
| Pope Benedict XVI | The current Pope, who is of German heritage. |
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