Chapter 4 Flashcards
Conscience
A persons inner awareness of the moral aspects of a humans actions; thus it is a persons internal judgement of wether a specific action is right or wrong. Christians are bound to follow this- to do good and to avoid evil.
Sin
A deliberate thought, word, deed, or failure to act that offends God and hurts our relationships with other people.
Ark
A place of security or refuge; while traditionally thought as a boat, an ark can be a container that houses something of great importance.
Herdsman
One who tends a herd, usually of cattle.
Reconciliation
Healing of the separation between self and God and self and others.
Ziggurat
A tower, similar in shape to a pyramid, built by the pagans to honor their Gods.
Consequence
Something that happens following an action or a decision.
Conversion
Refers to a personal change from an unbelief to a belief; as a turning point from a life of sin to a commitment to follow Christ, it is an essential aspect of Christianity.
Faith
Can be understood as a specific act or human response to revelation and also it can be considered as a God given theological virtue
Grace
Refers to a free and undeserved supernatural gift or help that God gives to persons that they may respond to the divine call to salvation.
Hope
Refers to the theological virtue by which Christians desire and expect from God both eternal life and the means of grace necessary to attain it.
Love
A synonym for the theological virtues of charity; a way of identifying the Devine; God is love.
Reconciliation
Refers to the process whereby a sinful person returns to the grace of God and love of neighbor. The sacrament of Penance reconciles a sinner with God and the Church.
Sin
Refers to an offense against reason, truth, and right conscience and thus against God. Sin is considered venial, when it is less serious and mortal or capital, when it is a serious transgression of a person’s relationship with God and neighbor.
