Chapter 5 Vocabulary

Flashcards for Chapter 5 Test

Abba

An Aramaic term of endearment that Jesus used during his agony in the garden to address God the Father.

Agape

Greek word used for “love.” Describes God’s total ‘self-gift’ of unconditional and infinite love.

Analogy

A literary device or genre used to express truths about God that cannot be fully expressed in human language.

Consubstantial

A term meaning “of the same substance” or “same nature” used to teach that Jesus is of the same substance or nature as the Father.

Dogma

The name given to divinity revealed truths proclaimed or taught by the Church’s magisterium; the faithful are obliged to believe these truths.

Doxology

• A prayer of adoration giving glory to the Triune God, in which the three divine Persons are invoked.

• Used to end a Eucharistic Prayer at mass

Ecumenical Council

From the Greek word “aikoumenē,” meaning “the whole world.” An Ecumenical Council of the Church is a gathering of all the bishops of the world in the exercise of their authority over the universal church.

Hersey

A religious teaching that denies or contradicts truths revealed by God.

Holy Trinity

The one true God in three Divine Persons.

Icon

A religious work of art, most commonly a painting.

Immortality

The quality of the spiritual soul whereby it survives the death of the body and remains in existence without end.

Human person

The human individual, made in the image of God.

Omnipresent

God is always present

The Preface at Mass on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

A statement of the Catholic Church’s faith in the Trinity.