baptism vocab

Question 1

having the power to produce an effect

Answer 1

Efficacious

Question 2

the state of being holy or set apart by God. It’s the fullness of the Christian life and the perfection of charity. Holiness comes from God’s initiative

Answer 2

Holiness

Question 3

the Sacraments that bring us into the life of grace, help us grow and develop as disciples of Jesus Christ, sustain us throughout our life and serve as the source of our life in Christ (Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist)

Answer 3

Sacraments of initiation

Question 4

the cleansing and recreation of the world by God when the human race had become so sinful that only one righteous man, Noah, remained.

Answer 4

the Great Flood

Question 5

a sacred, permanent bond of family relationship

Answer 5

covenant

Question 6

one who is newly initiated into the sacred mysteries of Christ’s death and resurrection; a beginner at something. Greek for “newly planted”

Answer 6

neophyte

Question 7

one who is preparing for christian initiation

Answer 7

catechumen

Question 8

the theological virtues that is a gift from Gd and a human act by which a person comes to know God and conform their minds, hearts, and wills to Him and the truth he has revealed

Answer 8

faith

Question 9

the state of human nature deprived of the original holiness and Justice Adam and Eve enjoyed before the fall

Answer 9

original Sin

Question 10

the transformation of the sinner from a state of unrighteousness to a state of holiness with God

Answer 10

justification

Question 11

the theological virtues by which we desire the kingdom of God and eternal life and place our trust in all of God’s promises to us

Answer 11

hope

Question 12

the theological virtues by which we love God above all things for His own sake and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God

Answer 12

charity

Question 13

virtues that help us live a good, more fully human life. we acquire the moral virtues primarily through our own effort

Answer 13

moral virtues

Question 14

to take something in and make it part of the whole. Latin root “corpus” for “body”

Answer 14

incorporate

Question 15

the church’s conviction that a person who suffers martyrdom for the Christian faith without having received baptism is baptized by their death for and with Christ, which brings about the fruits of baptism without being a sacrament

Answer 15

baptism of blood

Question 16

the church’s conviction that catechumens who die before their baptism and who have expressed the explicit desire to be baptized, together with charity and repentance for their sins, are assured the salvation they were not able to receive through the sacrament

Answer 16

baptism of desire

Question 17

Greek for “Good News”, the essential Christian message that God so loved the world that he gave his only son so those who believed in him might not perish but have everlasting life with him

Answer 17

Gospel

Question 18

the inclination or tendency toward sin that is a result of our wounded human nature

Answer 18

concupiscence

Question 19

the process of being made holy and increasingly conformed to Christ

Answer 19

sanctification

Question 20

deliverance from the power and effects of sin

Answer 20

salvation

Question 21

the state of being after death in which those who “die” in God’s grace and friendship, but are still imperfectly purified, and indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of Heaven

Answer 21

Purgatory