Chapter 4 Religion Vocab Flashcards
Mystery
cannot comprehend God
Blessed Trinity
father describing to us the The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit
Redemption
ransom
Genealogy
traces the line of descendant from an ancestor
Conception
how someone is impregnated
Annunciation
when the Blessed Virgin Mary was told she was going to be the mother of The Savior
Magi
first to recognize Jesus as a king when they present him the royal gifts
Epiphany
the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi
Massacre of the Innocents
King Herod, he ordered all the boys of the kingdom to be killed that were under the age of 2 in Bethlehem
Midrash
Hebrew term describing a literary form that relates past scriptural events to and helps explain present events
Visitation
an event in which God or another nonhuman being seems to appear to someone or contact them
Magnificat
the Blessed Virgin Mary’s song of praise to the Lord, also known as the Canticle of Mary
Benediction of Zechariah
song of thanksgiving on occasion to the circumcision of John the Baptist
Jewish Circumcision
after the 8th day you are circumcised to devote your faith
Presentation in the Temple
Jewish ceremony marking him as a firstborn son who belongs to God.
Creche
a model representing the birth of Jesus during Christmas
Criterion of Embarrassment
historical criticism concluding that Jesus must have been baptized since if the church made it up it would imply that Jesus might have had sins that needed cleansing
The Temptation of Jesus
the three synoptic Gospels report on Jesus; temptations in the desert after his Baptism
Kingdom of God (or of Heaven)
The process of the Father’s reconciling and renewing all things through his Son
The Paschal Mystery
Christ’s work of redemption, accomplished principally by his Passion, Death, Resurrection, and glorious Ascension.
Transfiguration
The mystery of Christ’s life in which God’s glory shone through and transformed Jesus’ physical appearance while he was in the company of the Old Testament prophets.
Apostolic succession
handing on of the teaching, preaching, and office of the Apostles to their successors, the bishops, through the laying on of hands.
Exorcism
Public and authoritative act of the Church, also performed by Jesus Christ, to protect a person or object from the power of the devil.
Miracle
A powerful sign of God’s Kingdom worked by Jesus
Sign of Contradiction
Jesus was a Sign of Contradiction because he threatened many of the religious and civil leaders of his day.
