Vocabulary Flashcards

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What is ‘conception’?

A

The moment when a baby starts to form in its mothers womb

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2
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What is ‘image and likeness’?

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Resembling; looking or being alike

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3
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What are ‘material things’?

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Things that we gather around us; possessions

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4
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What is ‘stewardship’?

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The task of looking after/caring for things

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5
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What is a ‘sustainer’?

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God, who keeps creation in existence

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6
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What is a symbol?

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Something that is used to help people understand difficult ideas

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7
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What is ‘ symbolic’?

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Using a sign or story to explain something difficult

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8
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What is theological truths?

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Statements which cannot be proven scientifically, but which are nonetheless believed to be true

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9
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What is the tempter?

A

The devil or evil one

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10
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What is vision?

A

A Supernatural revelation

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11
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What is adultery?

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To be unfaithful to one’s husband or wife

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12
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What are bitter herbs?

A

Some of the ingredients of the Passover meal

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13
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What is Chametz?

A

Bread that contains yeast or grain

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14
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What is a covenant?

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A solemn promise between two people or groups of people

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15
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What is covet?

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To have an unhealthy desire for something; to be jealous of someone else’s possessions

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16
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What is Exodus?

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Many people setting out and leaving a place; the name of the second book of the Bible; exit

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17
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What is the sabbath?

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The day of rest; seventh day of the week (Saturday in the Jewish calendar, Sunday for Christians)

18
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What is the saviour?

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Someone who frees people from hardships or slavery

19
Q

What is Seder?

A

The special meal that are celebrated at the Passover

20
Q

What is spouse?

A

Husband or wife

21
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What is an altar?

A

A table for sacrifice

22
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What does ‘amen’ mean?

A

It is to say ‘I do believe’

23
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What is benediction?

A

A special time of prayer, adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

24
Q

What is the gospel?

A

An account of Jesus’s life or teachings

25
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What is the host?

A

The piece of unleavened bread that is used in the mass, to become the body of the Lord Jesus

26
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What is the last supper?

A

The Seder meal, which Jesus celebrated with his disciples in the upper room, the night before he died

27
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What is the liturgy?

A

The worship of God in public prayer

28
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What is mass and what is another word for it?

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Also called Eucharist, the celebration of the death and resurrection of Jesus

29
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What is the monstrance?

A

A vessel for which the Blessed Sacrament is placed for adoration

30
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What is a Rite?

A

The formal set of words and actions to be used in a liturgy

31
Q

What is Catholic social teaching?

A

What the church has taught over the years on the subject of justice and faithfulness

32
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What is compassionate?

A

Caring, consideration

33
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What is devotion?

A

Prayerfulness

34
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What is a prophecy?

A

A Message of divine truth revealing God’s will

35
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What is a prophet?

A

Someone who speaks to god and proclaims his message of divine truth

36
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What is a refugee?

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Someone who flees their home or their country, because it is unsafe to remain there

37
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What is repent?

A

To stop sinning, admit one’s fault, ask for forgiveness from God and resolve not to sin again

38
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What are soft lies?

A

What people want to hear?

39
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What is a synagogue?

A

A place for Jewish prayer and learning

40
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What is woe?

A

Intense grief, affliction, misfortune

41
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What is a Chalos?

A

The cup for holding wine in mass