Introduction

Question 1

Charism

Answer 1

A specific gift or grace of the Holy Spirit which directly or indirectly benefits he Church, given in order to help a person live out the Christian life, or to serve the common good in building up the Church

Question 2

Church

Answer 2

The name given the assembly of people whom God has called together from the ends of the Earth. This word has three meanings: the people that God gathers together, the local church. And the liturgical assembly

Question 3

Concupiscence

Answer 3

Human appetites or desires remain disordered due to Original Sin. The desires resulting from attachment to the material world

Question 4

Covenant

Answer 4

A solemn agreement between people or between God and ma involving mutual commitments and guarantees

Question 5

Ex opere operato

Answer 5

Meaning that sacraments are effective by means of the sacramental rites themselves, not the worthiness of the minister or recipient

Question 6

Form

Answer 6

The necessary ritual words and signs that accompany a sacrament

Question 7

Habitual grace

Answer 7

A infused gift of the Holy Spirit, in which one’s soul receives the divine life of God. Also called sanctifying grace and a person receives the three theological virtues- faith, hope, and charity

Question 8

Image of God (Imago Dei)

Answer 8

Present in all humans by God. Made evident in Baptism, as one is baptized into Christ and made a new creation.

Question 9

Matter

Answer 9

The material or physical sign of a sacrament. (Water in baptism)

Question 10

Messiah

Answer 10

Hebrew for anoited. Points to Jesus because he accomplished perfectly the divine mission of priest, prophet, and king

Question 11

Minster

Answer 11

The person who administers or celebrates a sacrament

Question 12

Mystical Body of christ

Answer 12

Based on St. Paul leader to the Corin. That all believers are united to Christ, therefore, united with one another

Question 13

Original Sin

Answer 13

Adam and Eve’s abuse of human freedom in disobeying God’s command. They lost the grace or original holiness and justice. Everyone is now born with it and now humans are inclined toward sin

Question 14

Protoevangelium

Answer 14

The first message of Good news mentioned in Genesis 3:15 in which the promise of Messiah and Redeemer is foretold

Question 15

Redemption

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The act by which Jesus, through his death on the Cross, set us free from the slavery of sin, thus redeeming us from the power of the devil

Question 16

Ressurection

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The bodily rising of Jesus from the dead. Now Christian have the hope of resurrecting with Christ on the last day

Question 17

Sacrament

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An efficacious sign of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed through the work of the Holy Spirit

Question 18

Sacramental Character

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An indelible spiritual quality, imprinted in Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders, that gives a Christian a share in the priesthood in Christ

Question 19

Sacrilege

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Profaning the sacraments or other liturgical actions, or things consecrated to God in a special way

Question 20

Sanctifying grace

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The free and unmerited favor of God given through the sacraments. This heals human from sin by giving man a share in divine life

Question 21

Actual grace

Answer 21

This supernatural, free, and undeserved help from God is given for specific circumstances to help us choose what is good and avoid what is evil