Chapter 1 Vocab Flashcards
(16 cards)
Church
“The name given the “convocation” or “assembly” of the People God has called together from “the ends of the earth”
Covenant
“A covenant is a solemn agreement made between human beings or between God and a human being involving mutual commitments or guarantees”
Deposit of Faith
“The heritage of faith contained in Sacred Scripture and Tradition, handed on in the Church from the time of the Apostles, from which the Magisterium draws all that it proposes for belief as divinely revealed”
Divine Providence
“God’s loving care and concern for all he has made; he continues to watch over creation, sustaining its existence and presiding over its development and destiny”
Divine Revelation
“God’s communication of himself and his loving plan to save us. This is a gift of self-communication, which is realized by deeds and words over time and most fully by his sending us his own divine Son, Jesus Christ”
ecclesial communions
“This term is used in reference to non-Catholic denominations of baptized people “who are honored by the name of Christian, but do not profess the faith in its entirety or have not preserved unity of communion under the successor of Peter”
Ecumenism
“The efforts among all Christians to bring about the fulfillment of Christ’s will for the unity of his followers”
Evangelism
“This is the ministry and mission of proclaiming and witnessing Christ and his Gospel with the intention of deepening the faith of believers and inviting others to be baptized and initiated into the Church”
Exodus
“God’s saving intervention in history by which he liberated the Hebrew people from slavery in Egypt, made a covenant with them, and brought them into the Promised Land. The Book of Exodus, the second of the Old Testament, narrates this saving history”
Excerpt From: Joseph F. McCann & Cynthia Cameron. “Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue.” Veritas Publications. iBooks.
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interreligious dialogue
“Interreligious dialogue is a dimension of the Church’s work of the New Evangelization”
Magisterium
“The living, teaching office of the Church, whose task it is to give authentic interpretation to the word of God, whether in its written form (Sacred Scripture) or in the form of Tradition”
Religion
“A set of beliefs and practices followed by those committed to the service and worship of God. The first commandment requires us to believe in God, to worship and serve him, as the first duty of the virtue of religion”
Sacred Scripture
“The inspired written Word of God. “The books that contain the truth of God’s revelation and that were composed by human authors, inspired by the Holy Spirit, and recognized by the Church”
Sacred Tradition
“The living transmission of the message of the Gospel in the Church, flowing from the oral preaching of the Apostles and the written message of salvation under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit (Scripture). Tradition is preserved and handed on as the Deposit of Faith under the guidance of the bishops, successors to the Apostles”
Salvation
“The forgiveness of sins and restoration of friendship with God, which can be done by God alone”
Trinity
“One God in three Persons—Father, Son, Holy Spirit
