Key Concepts-Catholic Social Teaching Flashcards
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Transcendence
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The idea that God exists above and beyond the physical world.
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Stewardship
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Protect and preserve the environment. Looking after something so it can be passed down onto the next generation.
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Inspiration
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Means ‘God breathed’ The belief that the writers of the bible were guided by the Holy Spirit .
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Omnipotence
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The idea that God is all-powerful
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Revelation
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The way in which God makes himself known in the world. the Bible is an example of this.
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Creation ex-nihilo
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A Latin phrase meaning creation by God from nothing.
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Evolution
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The gradual development of something. Earth developed over time from simple life forms.
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Imago Dei
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Translated from Latin as ‘the image of God’. Humans are created in the image of God.
