Brophy Freshman Ucc Douglas Final

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Faith

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Knowledgeable and constructive dependence/trust

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Gullibility

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Ignorant and irresponsible dependence/trust. “Don’t let the small head do the thinking for the big head.”

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Salvation History

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The story of God’s saving actions throughout the biblical period into the story of Jesus.

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Abraham

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The “Father of Faith” “The original “rock””  no more human sacrifice, story of Isaac  Mark of the Covenant = circumcision

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Moses

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#1 Prophet of Israel, writer, “wrote” the first five books of the bible  leads Israelites from slavery to freedom, the metaphor for the themes of salvation.  Gods name is YHWH Ten Commandments.

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Pentateuch

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: literally the “five scrolls,” first Five Books of the Old Testament, in Judaism its call “The Torah”

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Yahweh

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The Sacred Name of God, so sacred it is never written down [oops] in scripture… “Lord” is usually what is used...

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Martyr

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Gives one’s life over for a cause/religion.

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Exile

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Slavery in Egypt

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Exodus

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Period of time in the desert for the Israelite/Hebrews, a time of great formation of the essentials of Jewish faith.

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King David

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The great messiah and great king of Israel that united the 12 Tribes of Israel…etc. ”wrote” the Psalms.

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Paul of Tarsus

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“Apostle to the Gentiles” Wrote the Epistles  visited a crap load of churches,  theology focuses a lot on “being saved.” We are c

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Epistles

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Latin for ‘letters.'

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Incarnation

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In the flesh, ”If God truly sought to be fully united with human kind, how could he not become one with his creation?

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Immaculate Conception

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Mary was conceived without the stain of original sin  Temple was the holiest or most “immaculate” places of God presence. Temple destroyed in 70 A.D.

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Creed

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Statement of Belief  Niacene Creed, Apostles Creed  early Christian creedal statement in code

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Paschal Mystery

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Life, death, and resurrection. a summation of all the redemptive effects of the Jesus story.

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Beatitudes

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literally blessings turn the values of the world upside down. Jesus’ challenges us to the values of compassion.  Mathew Chapter Five. Corporal Works of Mercy

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Corporal Works of Mercy

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Feed the poor, clothe the naked, visit the sick and the infirmed, imprisoned, etc.  “Only question will be asked at the Pearly Gates.”

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Informed Conscience

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Catholics are called to follow their conscience AND to properly inform it also.  thus follow Church Magisterial teachings.

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Sin

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Destruction of life/relationship ”hatta-t” missing the mark

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Sin of Commission vs. Sin of Omission

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[something we did] vs. (something we should do].

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Objectify

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To make someone an object or thing…  “I don’t really know how to define what’s pornography, but I know it when I see it!” Fifth Commandment: though shall not kill, includes “spiritual” killing also. “A single death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic”

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Contrition

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Sincere sorrow

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Scruples

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excessive attention to small sins…
- Our greatest sin “not allowing ourselves to be loved” =pride

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Catholic Moral Teaching

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Catholicism has a history of teachings on faith and morals… Catholic moral teaching can be summarize in three themes 1) Dignity and Worth of all Human Life 2) Necessity of Social Justice 3) Sacredness of Human Sexuality and its expression.

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Common Good

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well being of the greater society [v. individual good]

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Consumerism

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acquiring material possessions as a key to happiness/fulfillment.

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Immediate Gratification

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expectation that our needs must be met right now. ”Patience is a virtue”

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Effective Criticism

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Intellectually evaluating question the justice or the inhumanity of something.

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Jesus’ New Law

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Golden Rule)  Do unto others, “Love one another as I have loved you”  “love your neighbor as yourself”

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10 Commandments

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AKA “Decalogue” First 3 are about relationship with God, the next 7 are about relationship with humanity. “don’t mess with the big 10”

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Letter of the Law vs. Spirit of the law

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[fundamentalism] vs. [interpretation and understanding]

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AMDG

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for the greater glory of God tradition to put on top.

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St. Ignatius

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know his biography and the canon ball thing! Stuck in his castle he read: Books on Saints and the “Life of Christ” 1491/ Noble family

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St. Francis Xavier

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S. J. Greatest missionary since Paul the Apostle.

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Spiritual Exercises

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written journal of St. Ignatius directing one through “exercises” or reflection to help one discerns Gods love and calling [vocation] for us.

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Trinity

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Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. “One God in Three Persons.” A person is an awkward translation of “mask” or “persona” from the original Greek language.

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The Assumption

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Mary was “assumed” into Heaven and her body didn’t corrupt

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The Ascension

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Jesus ascended into Heaven fully human and divine.  God always retains a human side in the person of Jesus.

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Doctrine of the Resurrection of the Body

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Both our physical and spiritual realities are equal.  Jesus appeared to the apostle in a “Resurrected Body” our destiny too!

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Doctrine of the Incarnation

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Jesus is fully human and fully divine  how Jesus retains these two realities in equilibrium is ultimately a Sacred Mystery.

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Revelation

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God’s self disclosure  “God in the Box”

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Sacred Mystery

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an invitation to infinite discovery  points to the essence of God and human interaction is relational like the Trinity ultimately is an insight on the eternal relationship in God very self. remember the cup and the ocean example out by the Jesus statue?

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Puzzle

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God is not a puzzle to be “figured out” like a puzzle solved and then dismissed.

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Imago Dei

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Image of God we’re made in the image of God not necessarily physically but in creativity, loving, compassion, intellect etc.

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Capax Dei

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Capacity for God: God has made us with capacity to receive God We all “Wonder” “We have a God size hole in all of us.”

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Deism

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in a impersonal God ”The Divine Watch Maker”

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Agnosticism vs. Indifferentism

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[without knowledge, but open] vs.[don’t care, closed]

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Myth

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story conveying an eternal truth or insight about our own experience of life. ”All stories are true; some are based in actual events.”

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Immanence

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Expresses God’s very closeness to us and creation (“with-in-ness of God’

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Transcendence

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Description of God that demonstrates God’s vastness or “other-ness”

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World View

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the way you “see” the world, ie: hopeful, cynical, faithful, doubtful.

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Teleos

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purpose or trajectory  end in mind

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Marcionism

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Marcion a Heretic in the 2nd century who debate that the God of O.T. was not the same God of N.T.

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Pentecost

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Birthday of Church/ Judaism=giving of the Law in the desert…for Christians it “written in their hearts”

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Epiphany

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showing/manifest of God’s presence /Wise Men of East/

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Doctrine of Incarnation

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/Fully Human and Fully Divine

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Liturgy of the Word

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[story time/ Gospels/ Epistles/ Psalms/ Homily

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Liturgy of the Eucharist

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[eating time/Holy Sacrificial Offering/anamnesis/epiclesis/communion]

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Anamnesis or Zicaron

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recall to mind  at Mass we “make the saving past into the present” “Do this in memory of me.”

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Baptism

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removes” Original Sin [fallen condition of humanity “concupiscence” ], and one receives Membership in the Church [part of the “Body of Christ”] use of water = dying to old self/cleansing

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Grace

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God life and love poured out to us [redemption] / its unearned

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Parish

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Area overseen by a pastor

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Diocese

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Area overseen by a Bishop Pope = Diocese of Rome = Peter

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Province

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Area overseen by a Provincial [encompasses many Diocesse]

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Liturgical Seasons

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Advent, Lent, Ordinary Time, Christmas, Easter Color White for Easter and Christmas

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Triduum

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Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter

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Sacraments

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snapshots of meaning, intensified moments of Grace/ part of human cycles of living/ military pledge/ Symbol/Sign ”Most important sign in a Catholic Church? EXIT Sign!”

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Seven Sacraments

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Know them by heart

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Efficacious Sign

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Actually become what it signifies

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Contrition or “Act of Contrition”

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Expression of sincere sorrow

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Absolution

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God’s forgiveness given by the priest

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Vatican II

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most recent world wide gathering of Bishops

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Great Ecumenical Councils

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help to clarify understanding of relationships of the Triune God/ Christians were monotheists but with “a twist.” to big heresy were Gnosticism and Arianism

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Heresy

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a truth to the exception of other truths.

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Tradition

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Handed on
Big “T” traditions  things like Eucharist, Sacraments, Trinity, Real Presence, Doctrine on Mary that are Essential to the Faith of being Catholic

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Devotions

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Special prayers connected to the intercession of specific Saints.

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Encyclical

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A letter or teaching given by The Pope. example: Evangelium Vitae, Humane Vitae, Deus Caritas Est….etc.

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Magisterium

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Teaching Authority vested to Bishop including the Pope.

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Suffering and Christianity

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We may not have all the answers to why tradgedies occur but we do know that because of the “Pascal Mystery” that Death is ultimately overcome by Life.

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Communion of Saints

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Christians believe that Church extends beyond the earthly realm but also to “Heaven.” “the saints are praying for us just as much in heaven as they did on earth”

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Honoring Saints

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In Catholicism it is heretical to “worship” a saint. God alone is to be “worshiped” / latria vs. dulia

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Original Sin

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Condition of all humanity reflecting our inherent weakness.  good news of O.S. is God seeks to redeem us!

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Church Architecture Periods

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Ancient, Romanesque, Byzantine, Gothic, Modern etc.)

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Crucifix

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image of Jesus on Cross  Sign of God’s Love and Compassion  Humility  Redemption/salvation  “humans would go so far as kill even “God” so as to not change” INRI

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Purgatory

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State of transition before ones ultimate union of entire bliss in God [which is Heaven] “purgatory has a one way door opening toward heaven”

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Hell

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Separation from God God’s choice is to be in union with God, Free Will dictates that one can always turn away from this union. “If you want to be alone, go to hell.”

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Marks of the Church

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One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic apostolic refers to historical lineage all the way back to the apostles

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Orthodox Church

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Part of the original “Catholic” church that is no longer in union with the Roman Catholic Church.  “Rites” are right!”

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Gospel

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Good News  “Elicit faith in Jesus from a variety of perspective”  Mathew, Mark, Luke and John

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Ecumenism

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Dialogue between religions seeking understanding and perhaps unity. Catholics “rejects nothing of what is true and holy in other non-Christian religions.”

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Stained Glass Windows

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power points for the illiterate

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Sanctuary Lamp

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signifies the Eucharistic Presence of Jesus in the Tabernacle.

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Dome

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symbolic of Heaven

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Icons

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Eastern Church equivalent to Statues in the Western Church. full of theological meaning and spiritual insight.

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Ambo-Podium

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Where the Scripture are read

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Transcepts

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arms of a cruciform shaped church.

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Nave

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Central portion of a Church  Hull of a ship

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Baldachino

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Canopy over the altar Bagdad

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East

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direction Christian traditionally prayed toward  many church’s faced east

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Narthex

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entrance are of a Church

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Sanctuary

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The altar area of the church

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Table/Altar

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Altar emphasizes the sacrificial nature of the Mass, and the Table emphasizes the communion or meal nature of the Mass.

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Church

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church is an action according to the Greek word “ek klesia”: called out of…

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Resurrection

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God raising Jesus up from death /Triumphant victory over death. “resurrection faith”

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‘Christian’

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little followers of a Christ

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The Religious

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Vowed women or men to the work of the Church Jesuits, Carmelites, Dominicans

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Evangelical Virtues

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(vows made by all Religious) Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience  Poverty = ownership in common  Chastity = forgoing the marital life.

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Sunday

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a Minnie Easter where we celebrate the Resurrection

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Canon

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meeting an accepted criteria a straight measuring stick used in the ancient world. Canon of scripture, Canonized saint.

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Thomas Aquinas’ Arguments for the existence of God

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“Argument by Cause [cosmological]” ”million monkeys pounding of typwriters…” and “Argument by Design [teleos]” “ finding a watch in the middle of the Sahara Desert..”

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Lord’s Prayer or Our Father

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Jesus prayer for those on a journey. “Travel light” “The best hike ever!” manna = power bar = perseverance

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The Examen

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Transformative Jesuit prayer recalling the days events and asserting a change.

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Forms of prayer

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Praise, Adoration, Contrition, Thanksgiving. P.A.C.T. Key: be yourself; Jesus called God “Abba” or daddy