Sacraments

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Charism

Question 2

the necessary ritual words and signs that accompany a sacrament

Answer 2

Form

Question 3

an infused gift of the Holy Spirit by which a person receives the divine life of God in one’s soul. This grace is also called “sanctifying” grace and through it a person receives the three theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity. Habitual grace enables one to live as a true disciple of Christ.

Answer 3

Habitual Grace

Question 4

the image of God, present in all humans by virtue of their creation by Almighty God, is made even more explicit through the Sacrament of Baptism, whereby one is “baptized into” Christ and made “a new creation.” That image of Christ is enhanced through living a life of grace or marred by the commission of sin.

Answer 4

Image of God (Imago Dei)

Question 5

the material or physical sign of a sacrament. Examples include water (Baptism) and bread and wine (the Eucharist.)

Answer 5

Matter

Question 6

Hebrew for “anointed.” This is used in reference to Jesus because he accomplished perfectly the divine mission of priest, prophet, and King, signified by his being anointed as Christ.

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Messiah

Question 7

based on the teaching of St. Paul found in his First Letter to the Corinthians, this doctrine holds that believers are united to Christ as branches to a vine and, due to that union, United to one another

Answer 7

Mystical Body of Christ

Question 8

from the Greek proto meaning “first” and evaggelos meaning “bringing good news.” The first message of Good News- the first Gospel- is Genesis 3:15 in which the promise of the Messiah and Redeemer is foretold.

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Protoevangelium

Question 9

Literally meaning “being bought back” the act by which Jesus Christ, through his sacrificial Death on the Cross, set us free from the slavery of sin, this redeeming or “buying us back” from the power of the Devil

Answer 9

Redemption

Question 10

The bodily rising of Jesus from the dead, as he had foretold, on the third day after his Death on the Cross and burial in the tomb. By virtue of his Ressurection, Christians have the hope of Ressurection with Christ on the last day (cf. CCC 997)

Answer 10

Ressurection

Question 11

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. There are seven sacraments.

Answer 11

Sacrament

Question 12

profaning the sacraments or other liturgical actions, or things consecrated to God in a special way, such as priests, religious women and men, churches, shrines, convents or monasteries, icons, statues, etc. Extreme irreverence by word or deed.

Answer 12

Sacrilege

Question 13

the free and unmerited favor of God given through the sacraments. This heals human nature wounded by sin by giving man a share in the divine life infused into the soul by the Holy Spiritto heal from sin and sanctify

Answer 13

Sanctifying Grace

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Actual grace