Vocabulary Flashcards
Blesses Trinity
The three persons in one God.
Divine Revelation
God making himself know to us
Bible
The written record of God’s revelation and his relationship with his people.
Divine inspiration
The special guidance that the Holy Spirit gave to the writers of the Bible.
Tradition
The Revelation of the Good News of Christ as he lived out in theChurch, past and present.
Covenant
An agreement between God and his people
Book of genesis
The first book of the bible
Human dignity
The value and worth that comes with being made in God’s image and likeness
Free will
The freedom and ability to choose
Conscience
The ability to know the difference between good and evil
Soul
The invisible spiritual reality that makes each opus human and will never die
Steward
A person who is given both the authority over what he or she cares for and the responsibility for seeing that it lives and grows
Sin
A thought, word, omission or deed against god’s law
Original Sin
The first sin that weakened human nature and brought ignorance, suffering and death into the world.
Gospel
The good news about god at work in Jesus Christ
Patriarch
A father or founder of a clan, a group of related families.
Canaan
An area in western Palestine
Faith
A gift from God that enables us to believe in him and accept all that has revealed.
Pharaoh
The king of Egypt
Providence
God’s plan for and protection of all creation
Exodus
The biblical word describing the Israelites departure from slavery to freedom
Passover
The event in which god passed over the whole Egypt, taking the lives of every firstborn Egyptian and sparing the Isrealites
Mount Sinai
A mountain peak in the rocky southern part of the Sinai peninsula
Miracle
An extraordinary event that is beyond human power and brought about by God
Manna
A sweet bread-like food that god provided for the Isrealites in the desert
Ten Commandments
The laws of God’s covenant given to Moses on Mount Sinai
Ark of the covenant
A wooden box in which the tablets of the Ten Commandments were kept.
Nazirite
A person consecrated to God who promised not to drink wine or strong drink, to touch anyone or anything that had died, or cut or shave his or her hair
