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54 Cards in this Set
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Absolute Monarchy
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Kings and queens of Europe in the 1600s-1700s who had complete, or absolute power over all aspects of the lives of their people, even the religion the people where to practice.
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Actual Graces
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Urgings or promptings from the Holy Spirit that helps us to do good and to deepen our relationship with Christ.
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Adultery
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Infidelity in marriage, unfaithfulness to one's husband or wife.
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Anti pope
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Not the true pope.
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Blasphemy
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Thought, word, or act that makes fun of or shows contempt or hatred for God, the church and the saints, or sacred objects.
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Chastity
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Virtue by which we use our human sexuality in a responsible and faithful way.
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Church
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Community of people who believe in Jesus Christ, have been baptized in him, and follow his teachings.
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Common Vocation
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Our call from God to holiness and evangelization.
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Conclave
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The secret meeting in which the cardinals elect a new pope.
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Conscience
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Ability to know the difference between good and evil, right and wrong.
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Conversion
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Turning back to God with all ones heart.
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Cursing
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Calling on God to do harm to someone.
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Decalogue
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The 10 commandments.
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Eternal Life
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Life of happiness with God forever.
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Evangelical Counsels
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Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience.
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Evangelize
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To proclaim the good news of Christ to people everywhere.
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Excommunication
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Severe penalty imposed by the church for serious sins against Catholic religion.
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Free Will
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God's gift to human beings of the freedom and ability to choose what to do.
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Gentile
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Non-Jewish.
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Grace
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Participation, or sharing in God's life and friendship.
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Great Commandment
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You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
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Great Schism of the West
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Split in the Catholic Church that developed in the late 1300's when competing cardinals elected 2 new popes, each one claiming to be the real pope.
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Greed
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Excessive desire to have or own things.
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Holiness
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Participation in God's goodness and a response to God's love by the way we live.
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Human Dignity
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Value of worth that we share because God created us in his image and likeness.
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Indulgence
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Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins already forgiven by God.
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Moral Decision-Making
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Process by which we make choices between right and wrong, good and evil, eternal life and sin.
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Natural Law
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Law of God within us, which is known by human reason.
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New Commandment
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Jesus' teaching that we are to love one another as he loves us.
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Original Sin
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1st sin committed by the first human beings.
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Papal Infallibility
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Divine guarantee that the pope's official statements of doctrine regarding faith and morals are free from error.
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Papal States
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Section of central Italy governed by the Pope.
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Parable
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Short Story with a message.
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Paschal Mystery
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Suffering, death, and Resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ.
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Perjury
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Act of making a false oath.
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Pilgrimage
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Journey to a shrine or other holy place for spiritual and devotional reasons.
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Plenary Council
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Council to be attended by all the bishops of a specific country or region.
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Poor in Spirit
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Depending on God and making God more important than anyone or anything else.
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Prayer
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Raising of our minds and hearts to God.
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Pure of Heart
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Living in the love of God, our Father, just as his son, Jesus Christ, calls us to do, and allowing the Holy Spirit to fill us with goodness and love.
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Reverence
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Honor, love and respect.
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Sabbath
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Day set apart to rest and honor God.
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Sacrament
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Effective sign given to us by Jesus Christ through which we share God's life.
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Sacred
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Holy.
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Sanctifying Grace
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Grace that we receive in the sacraments.
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Scribes
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Scholars of the law during the time of Jesus.
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Simony
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Buying and selling of Spiritual things, Spiritual Services, or church offices.
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Social Sin
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Unjust situations and conditions that negatively impact society and its institutions.
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Solidarity
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Virtue calling us to recognize that we are all 1 human family and that our decisions have consequences that reach around the world.
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Stealing
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Any action that unjustly takes away the property or rights of others.
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Temple
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Holy place in Jerusalem where Jewish people gathered to worship God.
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Temptation
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Attraction to chose sin.
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Torah
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Sacred law of faith given by God to Moses.
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Transubstantiation
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Changing of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ that takes place during the consecration of the mass.
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