Sin Keywords Flashcards
Absolutism
The belief that there are certain actions which are always right or always wrong. The belief that moral laws exist eternally and are not just human inventions
Eucharist
Meaning ‘thanksgiving’. The name Catholics use to describe the rite where the bread and wine becomes the body and blood of Jesus and are received by the people. Also the name for the real presence of Jesus in the sacrament of holy communion
Evangelisation
Literally mean spreading the ‘good news’ which can be translated as ‘Gospel’. The sharing of the Gospel and life of Jesus with others
Forgiveness
The act of pardoning someone for the offences they have caused you. Overlooking a persons faults
Punishment
The consequences if a wrong decision and a penalty imposed by a person in authority on the person who had committed wrong doing
Relativism
The better that there is no moral law and that rules that govern what is right and wrong are human inventions and change from place to place and from age to age
Salvation
The belief that through Jesus death and resurrection humanity has achieved the possibility of life forever with God
Sin
Acting against the will or law of God