Chapter 4 Vocabulary Flashcards
A place of security or refuge; while traditionally thought of as a boat, an ark can be a container that houses something of great importance
Ark
One who tends a herd, usually of cattle
Herdsman
A tower, similar in shape to a pyramid, built by the pagans to honor their gods
Ziggurat
Something that happens following an action or decision
Consequence
A person’s inner awareness of the moral aspects of human actions; thus it is a person’s internal judgement of whether a specific action is right or wrong. Christians are bound to follow this- to do good and to avoid evil.
Conscience
Refiners to a personal change from unbelief to belief
Conversion
Can be understood as a specific act to revelation and also it can be considered as a God given theological virtue or habit of belief
Faith
Refers to a free and undeserved supernatural gift or help that God gives to persons that they may respond to the Devine call to salvation
Grace
Refers to the theological virtue by which Christians desire and expect form God both eternal life and the means of grace necessary to attain it.
Hope
A synonym for the theological virtues of charity
Love
Refers to the process whereby a sinful person returns to the grace of God and live of God
Reconciliation
Refers to an offense against reason, truth, and right conscience and thus against God.
Sin