Test 1 Flashcards
severe self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
Asceticism
the theological virtue by which we believe in God and believe all that he has said and revealed to us, and the Church proposes for our belief
faith
Greek and Latin for rule; the Church’s complete list of inspired books of the Bible
Canon
A declaration of the essential beliefs of the church
Creed
How the sacred Authors of scripture were guided by God the Holy Spirit
Inspired
Term applied to Scripture because it always teaches the truth, never falsehood
Inerrant
Immune from error through a special protection by God
Infallible
A third-century BC Greek translation of the Scriptures
Septuagint
beyond or above the range of normal or merely physical human experience
Transcendent
The heritage of belief contained in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, handed on in the Church since the time of the Apostles, from which the Magisterium draws all that it proposes for belief as being divinely revealed
Deposit of Faith
God’s communication of himself by which he makes known the mystery of his divine plan
Divine Revelation
the free and undeserved help that God gives us to respond to his call to become children of God, adoptive sons, partakers of the divine nature and eternal life
grace
The story of Gods plan to save man from the consequences of sin
salvation history
in the mass when bread and wine are consecrated and shared
Communion
the proclamation of the Good News (or “Gospel”) of Jesus life, death, and resurrection
kerygma