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Religion #4

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Confirmation
Sacrament of initiation and completes Baptism. Gifts of the Holy Spirit are increased to provide strength to live out God's call to serve the church
Sacred
Whatever is connected spiritually with God and is dedicated to the profound religious purpose Ex: Scriptures or Chrism
Existence of God
God is the first mover, the first efficient cause, the only non-contingentbeing, perfect goodness, and the intellect designer
Doctor of the Church
A man or woman whose intellectual and spiritual insight have made a significant contribution to the Church's treasury of wisdom
Natural Reason
Refers to the human power to figure something out
Baptism
The first sacrament of initiation cleanses us from Original Sin and marks our souls as belonging to God
Ritual
Ceremony performed to a plan
Sacred Scripture
73 books of the Bible we receive what God has revealed to us for our salvation
Tradition
Refers to the living transmission of the Word of God and the Teachings of the apostles
Magisterium
living authority of the Catholic Church, carried out by the pope in with the bishops to to teach on questions of faith and morals
St. Thomas Aquinas
-wrote 5 proofs of God's existence
-spent entire life trying to understand mysteries of God
-patron saint of universities and students
God
if you look at the universe you can assume there is a
why do 97% of people believe in god
makes perfect sense, attractive way to approach life, the one who made us is beautiful...ex) with a painting comes an artist and with a book comes an author
Why did God reveal himself?
he wanted intimacy and closeness
God revealed he is the...?
trinity
God revealed himself in Jesus
by becoming one of us ("word made flesh")
st. john said
"god is love"
WE are created in
God's image and likeness
God is ....?
pure goodness, pure beauty, pure truth, and pure love
God entrusted info to apostles, who passed it onto bishops, who pass it onto...
us. they did it orally and in writing
Sacred scripture and sacred tradition
thru what did bishops pass on information to us from apostles?
73 and himself
in the ____ books chosen to be part of bible, god is speaking for_____?
how did we get faith?
-studying scripture, traditions and Trinity
-NOT by blind faith but leap of faith (involves trust^)
-when we have faith, they joy and hope are born
Everything
All god wants
who was st. Josephine Bakhita?
a slave who was beaten and became a sister who was firmly planted in faith
who said "I am definitely loved and no matter what happens I am awaited by this love so my life is good."
st. Josephine Bakhatia says
how do we ask for the gift of faith?
pray, talk to God, read scripture, act with faith, talk to others
faith
a daily decision, a lifelong decision
Wall around your heart
sin interfers with faith and puts a ....
St. Thomas Aquinas says
sin "darkens the intellect"
Joseph Chiwatenhwa says....
now I begin to see....
god is the "first mover"
god is the thing that causes things to start (motion) ex: plants move
god is the "first efficient cause"
something that something comes from (not spontaneous)
god is the only "non-contingent"
has to be something 1st that becomes something else ex: chicken···egg
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