Religion And Society 3/4 Glossary

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Adherents

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A person or group of people following a certain set of ideas or are members of a religious tradition

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Ultimate Reality

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The Ultimate Reality is the cosmic force beyond human undestanding that describes the nature and origin of existence, the source of wisdom and morality and the ultimate purpose of existence.

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Beatific Vision

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The union with God after this life in direct communion with God.

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Co-equal

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Equal with.

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Co-eternal

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Together without origin and without end.

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Co-substantial

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Equal with. With the same substance. Divinity is not shared between all the persons of the Trinity.

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Consubstantial

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Shared substances or essences like God in the Trinity Father, Son and Holy Spirit

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Creator

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God the father almighty is "creator of heaven and Earth." (DV 9)

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Descriptive

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Beliefs which explain the way the world is

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Distinctive Belief

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A belief that is in the center of a religious tradition giving identity to it and stems out to the 8 aspects. FUN

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Divine

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A non-mortal being that is the source of all.

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Ethics

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Moral principles that govern a person's behaviour or the way they live out their lives

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Evil

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The force which drives us away from God, causing pain and suffering.

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Existential Questions

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Questions about the nature of our existence in the temporal world

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Fundamental Belief

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Forming a necessary base or core that is of central importance from which other beliefs draw their basis of truth

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Hypostatic Union

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The union of human and divine natures in the one divine Person of the Son of God, Jesus Christ. It is underneath the foundation of his existence.

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Incarnation

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The Incarnation is the event of God the Son coming down to Earth as both "...true God and true man." (CCC 464). It's through the Incarnation that Catholics come to know God to fully.

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Infinite

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Not finite. This is possible as God is infinite and cannot be fully explained due to the fact that we are finite.

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Kenosis

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Self-emptying love. In essence the ability to die for another.

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Love

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"His sheer gratuitous love" God revealed himself to us to show love "God Is Love" (1 John 4:8)

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Magisterium

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The teaching authority of the Church.

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Monotheism

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There is only one God. Monotheism can also describe a religious tradition that only believes in one divine being.

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Morality

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The principles concerning the distinction between either right or wrong or good and bad behaviours

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Mystery

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Not fully knowable

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Nature

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The fundamental essences and qualities of existence, e.g. human nature, nature of the universe.

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Omniscient

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To be all knowing

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Omni-Benevolent

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Universe witness to his almighty love and wisdom.

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Omnipotent

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To be all powerful

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Omnipresent

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To be present everywhere all the time

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Prescriptive Beliefs

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Beliefs which guide adherents in the way to live their life

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Purpose

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The reasons for existence. e.g. the purpose of life, the purpose of a hammer.

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Redeemer

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Someone who redeems or restores something from a lower status. I.e. Christ

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Religious Experiences

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The structured ways(through thought and action) in which believers enter into a relationship with(or awareness of) other than mundane realities within the context of aparticular religious tradition.

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Revelation

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The disclosure of the divine in the human world.

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Rituals

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A traditional and orderedsequence of communal or individual actions in which a sacred purpose isachieved by means of an interplay between the mundane and the sacred worlds.

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Scared text

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Authorised script, document or book which derives its basic authority from its divine or supernatural source and mediates truth necessary to life or salvation.

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Scripture

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The inspired word of God

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Social Structure

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The institutionalised andvisible forms (sacred space, sacred people, sacred time), which express andmaintain the religious life of the religious community and with the widersociety.

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Stewards

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To look after creation. As creation was made for the greater good of humankind.

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Stories and myth

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traditional narratives toldin a religious context where they reveal a sacred reality or moment of truththrough the components, structure and setting of the story, of a mystery abouthuman nature, human existence, the natural world and ultimate reality.

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Supernatural World

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The world outside of our ability, it is not bound the constraints of the temporal world, constraints such as time, space, time and physical laws.

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Sustainer

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Someone who maintains the qualities and status of another. I.e. Holy Spirit

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Symbols

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A traditional mark, object,gesture, word, character or event which mediates some sacred reality, ormeaning, which the symbol, at a purely natural level, does not possess. Eachsymbol is part of a much wider symbol system/ E

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Temporal World

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The world we are in is only temporary for we are to be united with God at death

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Original Sin

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That we are born with original sin because of Adam and Eve, in which we are cleared of original sin by baptism into the church

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Ultimate Reality

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The Ultimate Reality is the cosmic force beyond human understanding that describes the nature and origin of existence, the source of wisdom and morality and the ultimate purpose of existence.

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Will(Free)

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The ability to choose between good and evil. Without being pre-programmed to do so.