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72 Cards in this Set
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What is the day/event that marks the beginning of the Christian Church? Also the Jewish Feast of Weeks.
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Pentecost
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early Christian communities. Means: “Call out of”
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Ecclesia
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Christ is the head of the body, church community lives with the life of Christ.
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Church as the body of Christ
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Community orientated image
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Church as the people of God
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based on the idea of the secular state. Major functions to teach, govern, and sanctify.
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Church as institution
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Primary sacrament is Jesus, church is a tangible sign of Jesus’ presence to the world.
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Church as sacrament
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Maintains that the principle mark of the church should be service to the world.
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Church as servant to the world
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Jesus is the word of God
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Church as herald
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Church as a group of believers who follow examples, teachings, values, and principles of Jesus
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Church as community of disciples
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Latin “Docere” – to teach. Teaching which has received the official approval of the church coming from the pope or general council
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Doctrine
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Latin “Dogma” – decision or ordinance. A Doctrine that is officially taught by the church as explicitly revealed by God and which must be believed with religious faith
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Dogma
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Latin “In” and “Fallere” – to deceive. Means that the teaching is free from error and therefore must be accepted and believed with religious faith by the whole church.
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Infallibility
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Latin “Magister” – teacher. The official teaching office of the Roman catholic church.
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Magisterium
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interference of civil authorities in church affairs
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Caesaropapism
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Removing of oneself from the distractions of life in order to seek communion with God.
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Monasticism
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When the popes ruled from Avignon, instead of Rome because of political turmoil.
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Babylonian captivity
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Time when the Vatican had 3 popes. Pope Urban alienated the cardinals
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Papal Schism
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organized program of interrogation into the spread of heresies in the church. Church and state worked together to punish heretics.
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Inquisition
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Movement which called for a return to Greek and Roman culture. Rebirth, Focus was to get back to original meaning intended by scripture
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Renaissance
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philosophical and literary movement in which man and his capabilities are of central concern. Emphasis on classical studies, humanities, and return to classical ideals and forms.
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Humanism
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Scientific and intellectual developmental movement. Rational and scientific approach to religious, social, political, and economic issues
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Enlightenment
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basic concern with the material world instead of with eternal and spiritual matters. Finds an explanation of everything and a final act of human beings within the limits of what the senses can discover.
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Secularism
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Lack, limitation, or distortion of the good.
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Evil
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Suffering seen as necessary for some evil you did.
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Justified Evil
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Missing the mark. Disrupts the relationship between ourselves and God, or between ourselves and others.
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Sin
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I should have done but failed to do.
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Sin of Ommision
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What I specifically have done/committed
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Sin of Commission
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What I have personally done.
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Personal Sin
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Injustice perpetuated by sinful social structures. (Something that is accepted by society but is still a sin.)
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Social Sin
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Loss of eternal life, being rejected by God.
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Definitive suffering
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Christ taking upon himself the suffering of all people
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Substitutive suffering
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physical: body hurts, Moral: pain of the soul
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Suffering
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right/wrong, good/bad,, dealing with behavior.
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Morality
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Scientific study of physical, social, cultural development and behavior of man. Certain values and principles which are inherent of what it means to be human.
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Anthropological morality
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religious philosophy or system of belief. For Christians there are certain values which are requisite to what it means to be a Christian.
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Theological morality
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That which is good. Decision making which promotes human welfare.
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Moral
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That which is bad. How people ought not to behave. Decision making which is harmful or destructive.
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Immoral
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acting without any sensitivity to the questions of right/wrong.
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Amoral
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which are neither good or bad but are neutral. (Sleeping, breathing)
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Morally neutral
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safeguarding and promoting of basic human rights/needs within the limits of society.
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Social justice
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moral values which are true contrary to whether or not I agree with those moral values.
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Objective morality
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values upon which all people and cultures are going to agree. These values are unchangeable and oblige people always and everywhere.
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Objective moral standards
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How I view morals. Own view of what is right/wrong.
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Subjective morality
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View that ethical truths depend on the individuals and groups holding them
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Relativism
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God’s Law. Law of God as it existed in God’s mind before the moment of creation.
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Divine Law
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Refers to the divine law as it is expressed in nature/the created order.
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Natural Law
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spelled out version of the natural/moral law.
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Revealed law
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Laws we formulate as a society and believing community must be reflective of the divine law.
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Civil and Ecclesiastical law
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agreement between 2 or more parties. Establishes a deep personal relationship that cannot be easily spelled out in legal terms.
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Covenant morality:
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10 commandments. Given to Moses by Jesus on Mt. Sinai.
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Decalogue
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understanding that we must always be concerned about helping to secure, promote, and safeguard justice and equality for those who are unable to secure such rights on their own.
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Preferential option for the poor
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understanding that richer/wealthier nations will see their responsibility to support and aid lesser developed and struggling nations
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Solidarity
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Founded in India, in modern day Nepal. Tripitaka- collection of teachings. Sutrasi- teachings and commentaries. Believe in Reincarnation.
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Buddhism
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Founded in India. Veda/Upanishads-collection of rituals and mythological and philosophical community. Samsara: cycle of birth and rebirth. Believe in Karma.
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Hinduism
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Founded in Medina. Qur’an (Koran) – the words of God revealed to Muhammad by the angel Gabriel. Hadith-collections of the sayings of the prophet Muhammad. Sunni (orthodox) and shia (Shiites). Monotheistic, attend Mosques, Their holy effort to spread Islam is call Jihad. The sinless go to paradise, a place of physical and spiritual pleasure, and the wicked burn in hell.
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Islam
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Founded in the middle east. Torah, Talmud, Midrash. Passover, Rash Hashanah (new year) Yom Kippur (day of atonement) – fasting and penitence. Branches: Orthodox, conservative, reform. Monotheistic. Emphasize an ethical behavior, careful ritual observance, as the true worship of God.
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Judaism
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of the last things. (Death, judgment, heaven, hell, purgatory)
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Eschatology
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Death of the body, no longer physically alive but the soul is immortal.
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Death
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Judgment on the individual. Assigns the individual to the state of reward or punishment.
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Particular judgment
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Judgment on the whole of human history. Occurs at the end of time or the world.
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General judgment
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fulfillment of history. The end of time, of history. End of the world coincides with the second coming of Christ. –Presence, the coming of presence
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Parousia
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A place for reward. Place of consuming happiness, a personal union with God
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Heaven
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a place for punishment. For the dammed and the lost. If we go to hell we failed to recognize our purpose as human beings.
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Hell
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transitional state between heaven and hell. Between the time of death and general judgment. A place of purification
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Purgatory:
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Primary teaching document of the church
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Catechism of the Catholic Church
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Documents written by bishops that provide a sense of direction for the catholic community as it journeys through our fast paced world
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Vatican Council II
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Official letter from pope to catholic community
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Papal Encyclicals
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Commission members will study a specific area of morality and issue a pronouncement to provide guidelines.
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Statements of Vatican Commissions
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Bishops are pastors – means shepherds. They serve as successors to Apostles in archdiocese. They write official letters to communities dealing with moral issues
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Pastoral Letters
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Resurrection based on the resurrection of Christ. We are reunited with our body through the power of the risen Christ. Is the transformation and glorification of our body. At the end of time, your body will be reunited with the soul
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General Resurrection
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Coincide with the 10 commandments. Laws of Kingdom/ethics
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Beatitudes:
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5 basic human needs
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Food, clothing, shelter, healthcare and safety.
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