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Religion Vocab Unit 3

Terms in this set (20)

apocryphal
Describes any book purporting to be inspired but ultimately not accepted by the Church as part of Sacred Scripture (the Bible).
Apocalypse
Another name for the Book of Revelation, the final book of the Bible, which is attributed to St. John and written during his exile on the island of Patmos.
Baptism
the first of the seven sacraments and the door that gives access to the other sacraments.
Canonization
The Church's official process by which she declares someone a saint.
Charism
a specific gift of grace of the holy spirit that directly or indirectly benefits the church.
Church
Generally, the entire assembly of the faithful People of God; more specifically, particularly when spelled with a capital C, it refers to the Catholic Church.
Ecumenical Council
From the Greek oikoumene, meaning "the whole world." A formal synod of bishops (sometimes with other ecclesiastics) from the whole inhabited world convened to define doctrine, regulate the Christian life, or apply discipline in the Church.
Eunuch
a castrated man
Gnostic
An ancient heretical sect that believed, among other things, that salvation came from obtaining secret experiential knowledge.
Great Commission
orders Christ gave to his Apostles to make disciples of all nations and to baptize them
Heaven
The eternal state of supreme and definitive happiness with God; communion of life and love with the Trinity and all the blessed.
Keys of the Kingdom
In the Old Testament, the sign of the office of prime minister, who is appointed by the king to have primacy over all his other servants;
Martyr
A person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs
Mass
the principal sacramental celebration and worship of the catholic church establishes by Jesus at the Last Supper.
People of God
All the faithful from among humanity who seek and desire to know and love God.
Primacy of St. Peter
The position of being first in rank or authority
rock
the literal meaning of the name Peter, taken from its Greek form Petros.
Sacred Scripture
the bible the canonical writings validated by the Church as inerrant inspired by the Holy Spirit.
Sacred Tradition
The Church's teachings that have been passed down through the ages through the successors of the Apostles
Saint
In its more specific sense, any individual who has died and been canonized by the Catholic Church, meaning that the person is known to be in Heaven.
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