Religion VocabularyReligion Vocabulary

almsgivingalmsgiving

•The sharing of our The sharing of our resources to help resources to help those who are poor those who are poor or in needor in need

angelangel

•The being created by The being created by God as a pure spirit, God as a pure spirit, without a physical body. without a physical body. Angels serve God as Angels serve God as messengers.messengers.

AnnunciationAnnunciation

•The announcement to The announcement to Mary that she would be the Mary that she would be the mother of the Son of God.mother of the Son of God.

apostasyapostasy

The total The total abandonment of abandonment of one’s faithone’s faith

ApostlesApostles

•Twelve of Jesus’ Twelve of Jesus’ disciples who disciples who shared his mission shared his mission in a special wayin a special way

AscensionAscension

•Jesus return in all Jesus return in all his glory to his his glory to his father in heavenfather in heaven

AssumptionAssumption

•The truth that at the The truth that at the end of her earthly end of her earthly work God brought work God brought Mary to heaven, Mary to heaven, body and soulbody and soul

BeatitudesBeatitudes

•Teachings that Teachings that describe the way to describe the way to live as Jesus’ discipleslive as Jesus’ disciples

•The word means The word means blessedblessed

BishopBishop

•A man who has A man who has received the fullness of received the fullness of the Sacrament of Holy the Sacrament of Holy Orders and continues Orders and continues the Apostles’ mission of the Apostles’ mission of leadership and service.leadership and service.

BlessBless

•To dedicate To dedicate someone or someone or something to God’s something to God’s namename

Blessed TrinityBlessed Trinity

The three Divine The three Divine Persons in one God: Persons in one God:

•God the Father,God the Father,•God the SonGod the Son•God the Holy SpiritGod the Holy Spirit

CandidatesCandidates

•Those preparing Those preparing for a sacramentfor a sacrament

Canon LawCanon Law

•The name that we The name that we give to the body of give to the body of laws that govern laws that govern the Churchthe Church

catechumenatecatechumenate

•A process of formation for A process of formation for the Sacraments of Christian the Sacraments of Christian Initiation that includes Initiation that includes prayer and liturgy, religious prayer and liturgy, religious instruction, and service to instruction, and service to others.others.

catechumenscatechumens

•Adults and older children Adults and older children of catechetical age who of catechetical age who entered the entered the catechumenate and are catechumenate and are participating in the Rite of participating in the Rite of Christian Intiation of AdultsChristian Intiation of Adults

Catholic social Catholic social teachingteaching

•The teaching of the The teaching of the Church that calls all Church that calls all members to work for members to work for justice and peace as justice and peace as Jesus didJesus did

celebrantcelebrant

•The bishop, priest, or The bishop, priest, or deacon who deacon who celebrates a celebrates a sacrament for and sacrament for and with the communitywith the community

celibacycelibacy

•The state of those who The state of those who have chosen to remain have chosen to remain single, promising to devote single, promising to devote themselves to work of God themselves to work of God and the Church for the and the Church for the sake of the Kingdomsake of the Kingdom

charitycharity

•A gift from God A gift from God that enables us to that enables us to love him and love love him and love our neighborour neighbor

ChrismChrism

•Perfumed oil Perfumed oil blessed by a bishopblessed by a bishop

ChurchChurch

•The community of The community of people who believe in people who believe in Jesus Christ, have been Jesus Christ, have been baptized in him and baptized in him and follow his teachingsfollow his teachings

Common goodCommon good

•The well-being of The well-being of every individual person every individual person and of the whole and of the whole society to which society to which everyone belongseveryone belongs

Common vocationCommon vocation

•Our call from God Our call from God to holiness and to holiness and evangelizationevangelization

Communion of saintsCommunion of saints

•The union of all The union of all baptized members of baptized members of the Church on earth, in the Church on earth, in heaven and heaven and

in purgatoryin purgatory

conscienceconscience

•Our ability to know Our ability to know the difference the difference between good and between good and evil, right and wrongevil, right and wrong

consecrateconsecrate

•To make sacred for To make sacred for GodGod

conversionconversion

•Turning back Turning back toward God with all toward God with all one’s heartone’s heart

CovenantCovenant

•In the bible the In the bible the solemn agreement solemn agreement between God and between God and his peoplehis people

creedcreed

•A statement of A statement of beliefbelief

deacondeacon

•The man ordained to The man ordained to share in Christ’s mission share in Christ’s mission by assisting bishops by assisting bishops and priests in the and priests in the service of the churchservice of the church

Deposit of faithDeposit of faith

•All the truth contained in All the truth contained in Scripture and Tradition Scripture and Tradition that Christ revealed and that Christ revealed and entrusted to the apostles entrusted to the apostles and thus usand thus us

DioceseDiocese

•A local area of a A local area of a church led by a church led by a bishopbishop

Divine inspirationDivine inspiration

•The special guidance The special guidance the Holy Spirit gave the Holy Spirit gave to the human to the human authors of the Bibleauthors of the Bible

Divine RevelationDivine Revelation

•God’s making God’s making himself known to ushimself known to us

ecumenismecumenism

•The work to The work to promote the unity promote the unity of all Christiansof all Christians

EpistlesEpistles

•Letters found in the New Letters found in the New Testament to the early Testament to the early Christian communities Christian communities about God’s Revelation in about God’s Revelation in JesusJesus

Eternal lifeEternal life

•A life of happiness A life of happiness with God foreverwith God forever

Evangelical Evangelical counselscounsels•Poverty, chastity, Poverty, chastity, and obedienceand obedience

evangelizationevangelization

•The sharing of the good The sharing of the good news of Jesus Christ news of Jesus Christ and the love of God and the love of God with all people, in every with all people, in every circumstance of lifecircumstance of life

faithfaith

•The gift from God that The gift from God that enables us to believe in enables us to believe in God, to accept all that God, to accept all that he has revealed, and to he has revealed, and to respond with love for respond with love for God and othersGod and others

Free willFree will

•God’s gift to human God’s gift to human beings of the freedom beings of the freedom and the ability to and the ability to choose what to dochoose what to do

GentileGentile

•Non-JewishNon-Jewish

GospelGospel

•The accounts of The accounts of God’s Revelation God’s Revelation through Jesus Christthrough Jesus Christ

gracegrace

•A participation or a A participation or a sharing, in God’s sharing, in God’s life and friendshiplife and friendship

heresyheresy

•A denial after A denial after Baptism of a truth Baptism of a truth of the faithof the faith

Human dignityHuman dignity

•The value and worth The value and worth that we share that we share because God created because God created us in his image and us in his image and likenesslikeness

humilityhumility

•The virtue that The virtue that enables us to enables us to acknowledge that acknowledge that God is the source of God is the source of all goodall good

Immaculate Immaculate ConceptionConception•The truth that God made The truth that God made Mary free from original Mary free from original sin and from all sin from sin and from all sin from the very moment she the very moment she was conceivedwas conceived

IncarnationIncarnation

•The truth that the son The truth that the son of God, the second of God, the second Person of the Blessed Person of the Blessed Trinity, became man Trinity, became man and lived among usand lived among us

Infancy narrativesInfancy narratives

•The accounts of Jesus’ The accounts of Jesus’ birth and childhood birth and childhood found in the first two found in the first two chapters of the Gospels chapters of the Gospels of Luke and Matthewof Luke and Matthew

intercessionintercession

•A type of petition in A type of petition in which we ask for which we ask for something on behalf something on behalf of another person or of another person or a group of peoplea group of people

Kingdom of GodKingdom of God

•The power of God’s The power of God’s love active in our love active in our lives and our worldlives and our world

Last judgmentLast judgment

•Jesu Christ coming Jesu Christ coming at the end of time at the end of time to judge all peopleto judge all people

liturgyliturgy

•The official public The official public prayer of the prayer of the churchchurch

Liturgy of the Liturgy of the HoursHours•The official public The official public prayer of the church prayer of the church celebrated at specific celebrated at specific times, or hours, times, or hours, throughout the daythroughout the day

magisteriummagisterium

•The living teachings The living teachings office of the Church, office of the Church, consisting of the consisting of the pope and the bishopspope and the bishops

Marks of the Marks of the ChurchChurch•The four The four characteristics of the characteristics of the church: one, holy church: one, holy Catholic, and Catholic, and apostolicapostolic

MassMass

•The celebration of The celebration of the Eucharistthe Eucharist

mercymercy

•God’s forgiveness God’s forgiveness and loveand love

MessiahMessiah

•The person God The person God planned to send to save planned to send to save the people from their the people from their sins. The word Messiah sins. The word Messiah means ‘annointed one’ means ‘annointed one’ in Hebrew.in Hebrew.

Mortal sinMortal sin

•Very serious sin that Very serious sin that does turn us completely does turn us completely away from God because away from God because it is a choice we freely it is a choice we freely make to do something we make to do something we know is seriously wrongknow is seriously wrong

Original sinOriginal sin

•The first sin The first sin committed by the committed by the first human beingsfirst human beings

parableparable

•A short story with a A short story with a messagemessage

Paschal MysteryPaschal Mystery

•The suffering, The suffering, death, resurrection death, resurrection and ascension of and ascension of our Lord Jesusour Lord Jesus

PentecostPentecost

•The day on which the The day on which the Holy Spirit came to the Holy Spirit came to the first disciples as Jesus first disciples as Jesus promised. It marks the promised. It marks the beginning of the Churchbeginning of the Church

PetitionPetition

•Prayer in which we Prayer in which we ask God for ask God for somethingsomething

praisepraise

•Prayer in which we Prayer in which we give glory to God give glory to God for being Godfor being God

priestpriest

•A man who is ordained A man who is ordained to preach the Gospel to preach the Gospel and serve the faithful, and serve the faithful, especially by celebrating especially by celebrating the Eucharist and the the Eucharist and the other sacramentsother sacraments

prophetprophet

•Someone who speaks Someone who speaks on behalf of God, on behalf of God, defends the truth, defends the truth, and works for justiceand works for justice

providenceprovidence

•God’s plan for and God’s plan for and protection of all protection of all creationcreation

Real PresenceReal Presence

•The true presence The true presence of Jesus Christ in of Jesus Christ in the Eucharistthe Eucharist

resurrectionresurrection

•The mystery of The mystery of Jesus’ rising from Jesus’ rising from death to new lifedeath to new life

righteousnessrighteousness

•Conduct and Conduct and conformity with conformity with God’s willGod’s will

SabbathSabbath

•A day set apart to A day set apart to rest and honor Godrest and honor God

sacramentsacrament

•An effective sign An effective sign given to us by Jesus given to us by Jesus Christ through which Christ through which we share in God’s lifewe share in God’s life

salvationsalvation

•The forgiveness of The forgiveness of sins and restoration sins and restoration of humanity’s of humanity’s friendship with Godfriendship with God

sanctifysanctify

•To make holyTo make holy

Sanctifying graceSanctifying grace

•The grace that we The grace that we receive in the receive in the sacramentssacraments

schismschism

•Refusal to submit to the Refusal to submit to the leadership of Peter’s leadership of Peter’s successor, the pope, or successor, the pope, or a lack of unity with the a lack of unity with the members of the Churchmembers of the Church

sinsin

•A thought , word, A thought , word, omossion,or deed omossion,or deed against God’s law that against God’s law that harms us and our harms us and our relationship with God relationship with God and othersand others

Social justiceSocial justice

•Opposing every Opposing every form of injustice in form of injustice in soceity and working soceity and working to promote justice to promote justice for all peoplefor all people

Theological Theological virtuesvirtues•The virtues of faith, The virtues of faith, hope, and charity, hope, and charity, which have God as which have God as a source, motive, a source, motive, and objectand object

Venial sinVenial sin

•Less serious sin Less serious sin that weakens our that weakens our friendship with God friendship with God but does not turn but does not turn us completely awayus completely away

virtuevirtue

•A good habit that A good habit that helps us act helps us act according to God’s according to God’s love for uslove for us

vocationvocation

•A call to a way of A call to a way of lifelife

vowsvows

•Deliberate and free Deliberate and free promises made to promises made to GodGod

Word of GodWord of God

•Jesus Christ, the Son Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the most of God, the most complete expression complete expression of God’s wordof God’s word

Works of MercyWorks of Mercy

•Acts of love by which Acts of love by which we care for the bodily we care for the bodily and spiritual needs of and spiritual needs of othersothers

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