________- the sacrament by which men are ordained to the priesthood or the diaconate.
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Ascension
________- Christs return to heaven 40 days after His resurrection.
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Canonization
________- the Churchs official process by which she (Christ) declares someone a saint.
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Faith
________- the theological virtue by which one believes in all that God has revealed.
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Assumption
________- the dogma that teaches that the Blessed Virgin Mary was taken body and soul into heaven immediately upon her death.
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Baptism
________- the first of the seven sacraments.
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Angel
________- a spiritual creature who glorifies God without ceasing.
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Heresy
the obstinate denial by a baptized person of some truth that must be believed with divine faith.
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Dogma
________- a revealed truth solemnly defined by the Magisterium of the Church.
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Covenant
________- a solemn promise between people or between God and man.
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Heaven
________- the eternal state of supreme happiness with God.
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Ecumenism
________- the efforts to reunite all Christians on earth and to cooperate among faith traditions in achieving common goals.
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Evangelization
________- the mission given by Christ to the apostles to preach the gospel to the whole world and make converts in every nation.
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Catechumenate
________- a process used in the early Church to educate and prepare those who wished to become Catholic.
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Christ
________- Greek for anointed; used to refer to Jesus because he accomplished perfectly the divine mission of priest, prophet, and king.
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Eucharist
________- comes from the Greek word meaning thanksgiving; the Sacrament by which bread and wine are consecrated by a priest and become the true Body and Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus.
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Annunciation
________- The visit of the Archangel Gabriel to announce that she would be the Mother of God.
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Idolatry
________- the worship of idols, or false gods.
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Confirmation
________- one of the Sacraments of Initiation; it completes the Baptismal cycle by a special outpouring of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
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Abraham
________- Hebrew for "father of a multitude, "and founder of the nation of Israel.
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Divine Inspiration
________- the special guidance that the Holy Spirit gave to the human authors of the Bible to ensure that there are no errors in God's Word.
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Communion of Saints
________- the unity in Christ of all the redeemed, especially those on earth and those who have died and are in heaven or Purgatory.
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Apostolic Succession
________- the truth that the bishops of the Church, through their ordination, can trace their authority in an uninterrupted, unbroken chain of succession directly back to the Apostles and Christ.
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Immaculate Conception
________- the dogma defined by Pope Pius IX in 1854 that states that from the moment of her conception in her mothers womb, Mary was free from the stain of original sin.
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Deposit of Faith
________- the definitive revelation of Christ given to the Apostles, and through them, to the entire Church as Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition.
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Catholic
Greek meaning “universal”. It is also the name of the universal Church established by Christ
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Church
the entire assembly of the people of God all over the world; comes from the Greek word *ekklesia*
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Divine Revelation
God making Himself known to us. The two sources of Divine Revelation are Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition
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Four Marks of the Church
the four characteristics of the Church mentioned in the Nicene Creed; they are *one, holy, catholic, and apostolic*
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Hell
the eternal state of separation and exclusion from God’s presence; the dwelling of Satan and the other fallen angels
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