Unit 1 Chapter 2 Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards generated from lecture notes covering key theological and Church concepts.

Church

The name given to the assembly of the people of God whom he has called together from all the ends of the earth.

Old Covenant

The series of promises made by God to His Chosen People, Israel, described in the Old Testament, and which is fulfilled in the new and everlasting covenant in Jesus Christ.

New Covenant

The new and everlasting covenant won for us by Christ's

Paschal Mystery.

In this covenant is the fulfillment of centuries of prophecies and all of God's promises for the forgiveness of sins. We are made members of the New Covenant by our Baptism and we renew and participate in the covenant every time we receive the Eucharist.

All people are invited to be members of the New Covenant.

Messiah

The Hebrew word for "anointed one" & the title given to the Savior God promised to the ppl of Isreal.

Salvation History

The story of God's love and mercy revealed to us throughout human history, culminating in Christ's sacrifice on the Cross and Resurrection from the dead, which won for us salvation from sin and death.

It matters where you stay.

Covenant

A sacred permanent bond of family relationship. God entered into a series of covenants with His people throughout Salvation History to invite us to be part of His divine family and to prepare us gradually and in stages, in words and deeds to receive the gift of salvation.

Public Revelation

The revelation God has given the world, handed on by the Church and preserved in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition. The time of public revelation ended with the death of the last Apostle. We await no further public

Private Revelation

Revelation made in the course of history to a particular person or persons which does not add to or form part of the deposit of faith, but rather may help people live out their faith more fully. Some private revelations have been

recognized by the authority of the Church.

Deposit of Faith

The full content of divine revelation communicated by Christ, contained in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, handed on in the Church from the time of the Apostles, and from which the Magisterium draws all that it proposes for belief as being divinely revealed.

Canon of Scripture

The official list of inspired books that make up the Bible.

Kingdom of Heaven

Gods regin or rule over all things. During his public ministry Jesus proclaimed that the Kingdom of Heaven was at hand.

Incarnation

The fact that the Son of God assumed human nature & became man in order to accomplish our salvation.

Pentecost

The day when Jesus sent the Holy Spirit upon Mary & the apostles & the church was born. 50 days after Jesus ressurection his assension mary & the apostles gathered in the upper room & were filled with the holy spirit.

Catholic

Universal

totus Christos

Latin for "whole Christ": an augustation doctrinie that the saints & angels in heaven.

Parousia

Word for the 2nd coming of Christ. From the greek word "arrival".

Nicine Creed

Recited at every Sunday mass, which affirms the essential tenets of the Christian faith & belief in the Holy Trinity.

Four Marks of the church

4 essential & definitive characteristics of the Church founded by Jesus Christ.