Catholic Flashcards
Primeval History
The time before the invention of writing and recording of historical data
Sacred Scripture
Writings of the old and new testaments, which contain the truth of God’s revelation
Literary Forms
Category of literary composition
Figurative Language
A literary form that uses symbolic stories and names to point a deeper meaning
Natural Revelation
The process by which God makes himself known to human reason through the created world
St. Thomas Aquinas
The creator of the 5 truths
Contingency
A future for unsable events
Deism
The belief that God exists and created the world but is not active in the universe or human life
Catechism
No real conflict between faith and reason: both are gifts from God
Ontology
The study of being
Necessary Being
Any being that has always existed and always will
Fallacy
A flaw in reasoning
Contingent Being
Any being that could not have existed
Covenant
A solemn agreement between human beings or between God and human being which commitments are made
Prophet
A person who God chooses to speak his message of salvation
Patriarch
The father or leader of a tribe, clan or tradition
Wisdom literature
Field that indentifies different resources
Original sin
The sin of Adam and Eve ( Eve ate an apple from the tree where God said not to take food from)
Ecological footprint
The impact a person or community as on the environment,expressed as the amount of land to sustain your lifestyle
Stewardship
Taking care of what belongs to God. A person who takes care of something that belongs to someone else
Environmental accounting
Incorporate both economic and environmental information
Contextual Approach
Interpret the bible based on a deeper understanding
What is unprovable
Faith
5 truths about creation stories
God is revealed as the one,true god who sustains the whole universe
He created the world out of love because he is love
He created the world to be good because he is goodness
He revealed the serpents words as lies because he is truth
Even after Adam and Eve’s sin, Gods love for humanity remains steadfast and faithful because he is faithfulness