Religious Studies TMA2 Flashcards
evangelism
the spreading of the Christian gospel by public preaching or personal witness.
Apostolic Tradition
is the tradition that stems from Jesus’ Apostles. Jesus commanded them to preach the Gospel to all men.
Apostolic Succession
the teaching that bishops represent a direct, uninterrupted line of continuity from the Apostles of Jesus Christ.
Magisterium
is the catholic church’s claimed authority or office to give authentic interpretation of the Word of God.
Gentile
person who is not Jewish.
denomination
A recognised, independent branch of the Christian Church.
canon
A collection of books that a religious group regards as inspired by God.
monotheism
The belief that there is only one God
pantheon (pan·thee·uhn)
All of the gods within any particular religious system.
Yahweh (yaa·way)
The most commonly used name of God in the Old Testament.
ex Deo
Latin, meaning ‘out of God’, as in creation ‘out of God’s own being’.
ex nihilo
Latin, meaning ‘from nothing’, as in the doctrine of creation ‘out of nothing’.
theological determinism
is the view that God determines every event that occurs in the history of the world, therefore humans do not have free will.
Trinitarian
God exists as three persons, (the father, the son, and the holy spirit) but is one being, having a single divine nature.
incarnate
of a deity or spirit embodied in human form.
perichoresis
Greek for ‘rotation’, used in Trinitarian theology to describe the relationship between the three persons of the Godhead.
immanent
as in God permanently pervading and sustaining the universe.
panentheism
is the belief that the divine intersects every part of the universe and extends beyond space and time.
martyr (maa·tuh)
a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to abandon a religion.
objective immortality
The belief that every living thing exists forever in the mind of God because they are literally objects ‘in’ God.
venial sin (vee·nee·all)
A ‘forgivable’ sin that does not result in separation from God and eternal damnation to hell
subjective immortality
the belief that after death the thinking self continues as the same subject of consciousness
atonement
the reconciliation of God and mankind through Jesus Christ.
sanctity (sangk·tuh·tee)
the state or quality of being holy, sacred, or saintly.
