Unit 3: Terms Flashcards
Define Anthropology
The science that studies the origins, developments and customs of human beings.
What is the science that studies the origins, developments an customs of human beings known as?
Anthropology
Define Temptation
The craving or desire for something understood to be wrong.
What is the craving or desire for something understood to be wrong known as?
Temptation
Define Golden Rule
“Do to others as you would have them do to you.” (Luke 6:31)
What is the phrase, “Do to others as you would have them do to you,” known as?
The Golden Rule
Define Mortal/Venial Sin
More severe sins, which, when committed, destroy the life of grace, and create the threat of eternal damnation unless absolved through the sacrament of confession, or through perfect contrition on the part of the offender.
What are more severe sins, which, when committed, destroy the life of grace known as?
Capital/Venial Sin
Define Soul
The deepest nature of a person. Spiritual part of a human being that is believed to continue to exist after the body dies.
What is the spiritual part of a person that is believed to continue to exist after the body dies known as?
Soul
Define Humanitarian
One who is committed to improving the lives of other people.
What is one who is committed to improving the lives of other people known as?
Humanitarian
Define Creationism
The belief that God created the heavens and the earth with wisdom and love.
What is the belief that God created the heavens and the earth with wisdom and love known as?
Creationism
Define Parable
A special form of storytelling, used by Jesus in the synoptic Gospels. Comes from the greek word “comparison”. A short story intended to illustrate a moral or religious lesson.
What is a special form of storytelling, used by Jesus in the synoptic Gospels known as? It comes from the greek word “comparison”. It is a short story intended to illustrate a moral or religious lesson.
Parable
Define Reciprocity
The expectation that if I do something for someone else, this person will at some point do something in return for me.
What is the expectation that if I do something for someone else, this person will at some point do something in return for me known as?
Reciprocity
Define Secular
Not controlled by a religious body or concerned with religious or spiritual matters.
What is not controlled by a religious body or concerned with religious or spiritual matters known as?
Secular
Define Venial Sin
Relatively minor sin, and could be forgiven through any sacrament of the Church. (ex. petty thievery, white lies)
What is a minor sin that can be forgiven through any sacrament of the Church known as?
Venial Sin
Define Affluenza
All the negative things (stress, debt, family problems) associated with consuming or wanting more.
What are all the negative things associated with consuming or wanting more known as?
Affluenza
Define Role Model
Any person who serves as an example of positive behaviour.
Who is any person who serves as an example of positive behaviour known as?
Role Model
Define Evolution
The process by which all living things develop from earlier, less complex organisms.
What is the process by which all living things develop from earlier, less complex organisms known as?
(The Theory Of) Evolution
Define Culture
The set of meanings, beliefs, values an rules for living shared by groups and societies as a source of their identity.
What is the set of meanings, beliefs, values an rules for living shared by groups and societies as a source of their identity known as?
Culture
Define Trust
Somebody who or something that people place confidence or faith in.
What is somebody who or something that people place confidence or faith in known as?
Trust
Define Virtue
The quality of being morally good or righteous.
What is the quality of being morally good or righteous known as?
Virtue
Define Sin
The breach of the relationship that God established with creation.
What is the breach of the relationship that God established with creation known as?
Sin
Define Materialism
Devotion to material wealth and possessions at the expense of spiritual or intellectual values.
What is the devotion to material wealth and possessions at the expense of spiritual or intellectual values known as?
Materialism
Define Atheist
Somebody who does not believe in any God.
What is somebody who does not believe in any God known as?
Atheist
Define Original Sin
The sin that every human person is born with, which has been passed on from the beginning of the human race because we choose to disobey God.
What is the sin that every human person is born with, which has been passed on from the beginning of the human race because we choose to disobey God known as?
Original Sin
