Religion Chapter 4 Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards derived from Chapter 4 of Your Life in Christ (3rd Edition).

apostasy

The total rejection of Jesus Christ (and the Christian faith) by a baptized Catholic.

Beatific Vision

The contemplation of God in heavenly glory; the source of our eternal happiness (or beatitude); the final union with the Triune God for all eternity.

Beatitudes

The eight blessings preached by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount that teach you about the supreme happiness in heaven to which God calls you and confront you with decisive choices in order to purify your heart so that you can love God above all things. Means “supreme happiness,” especially the eternal happiness of heaven, which is described as the vision of God, or entering into God’s rest.

corporal works of mercy

Charitable actions that are centered around caring for the physical needs of others. They include feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and imprisoned, sheltering the homeless, and burying the dead.

discipleship

The mandate of all baptized Christians to follow Jesus and participate in his role as priest, prophet, and king.

evangelize

To bring the Good News of Jesus Christ to others by what you say and how you live, in fulfillment of Christ’s command.

faith

The theological virtue by which you entrust your entire self to God, acknowledging and believing in him and all that he has said and revealed, as well as all that the Church proposes for your belief.

fruits of the Holy Spirit

Perfections the Holy Spirit forms in you as the first fruits of eternal glory. The twelve ________________ are charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, and chastity.

gifts of the Holy Spirit

An outpouring of God’s gifts to help you live a Christian life. The traditional seven _________________ are wisdom, understanding, counsel (right judgment), fortitude (courage), knowledge, piety (reverence), and fear of the Lord (wonder and awe).

heresy

Obstinate denial or doubt by a baptized person of some truth about God and faith that must be believed.

incredulity

A mental disposition that either neglects revealed truth or willfully refuses to accept it.

Kingdom of God

Refers to God’s reconciling and renewing all things through his Son and to his will being done on earth as it is in heaven. The process has begun with Jesus and will be perfectly completed at the end of time. The ______________—proclaimed by Jesus and inaugurated in his life, Death, and Resurrection—is one of peace, justice, and love.

laity

All members of the Church who have been initiated into the Church through Baptism and are not ordained (clergy) or in consecrated religious life. The laity participates in Jesus’ priestly, prophetic, and kingly ministries.

sacramental character

An indelible spiritual mark that configures a person to Christ and is the permanent effect of the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders.

schism

Refusal to submit to the pope’s authority or to remain in union with members of the Catholic Church.