Theology Vocab for Semster 2 final

Social justice

Applies gospel to structures, systems, and laws of society.

Detraction

Reveals a person's faults to someone who was unaware of them.

Distributive justice

Requires governmental authorities to guarantee citizens' basic rights.

Envy

Sadness over another's possessions with an unhealthy desire to get them for oneself.

Avarice

Passionate, disordered desire for riches.

Commutative justice

Regulates relationships of exchange, fairness in agreements.

complaisance

Means pleasing others so they will carry out your wishes.

Calumny

Defined as lying about others so people will make false judgments about them.

Legal justice

Governs what individuals owe society as a whole.

Perjury

False witness given under oath.

Greed

The desire to accumulate unlimited goods.

Almsgiving

Giving money or other material assistance to the less advantaged.

Duplicity

Being deceptive or misleading.

Hypocrisy

The false claim of having admirable principles, beliefs, or feelings.

Adulation

Giving excessive admiration to someone.

Self-denial

A term that means to make sacrifices.

Gut instinct

What feels right at the moment.

Prophet

The word martyr comes from this word.

Collective conscience

Joining with others to apply the objective norms of morality to issues that affect the common good.

Sloth

The habit of laziness.

Execution

A word that means putting what you have decided into action.

Superego

Freud's description of the subconscious.

Invincible

Incapable of being overcome.

Vincible

Capable of being overcome.

Social sin

A cycle of sin, violence, and injustice caused by individual sins, often leading to structures of sin in society.

Pride

The belief that we can go it alone without God and without others.

Vice

This clouds one's conscience and corrupts one's judgment of good and evil.

Venial

Means 'easily forgiven.'

Contrition

A genuine sadness for not loving.

Confession

Telling one's sins to a priest.

Penance

Actions or prayers assigned by the priest to the penitent that help promote conversion and heal the hurt caused by sin.

Hattah

An Old Testament word for sin that means "missing the mark."

Pesha

An Old Testament word for sin which means "rebellion."

Awon

An Old Testament word for sin which means "guilt" or "iniquity."

Sacrilege

Profane or unworthy treatment of the sacraments, other liturgical actions, or persons, places, or things consecrated to God.

Blasphemy

Hateful, defiant, reproachful thoughts, words, or acts against God, Jesus, the Church, the saints, or holy things.

Decalogue

Another name for the Ten Commandments; it means "ten words."

Exodus

Means "deliverance."

Atheist

Someone who denies God's existence.

Agnostic

Someone who claims ignorance about God's existence, saying that it cannot be proved.

Adonai

Hebrew word for Lord.

Eucharist

From the Greek word for "thanksgiving."

Prayer

"Lifting one's mind and heart to God in praise of his glory."

Paschal Mystery

The Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus.

Divination

An attempt to discover hidden knowledge.

Agnosticism

Claims ignorance about God's existence.

Vows

A deliberate and free promise.

Swearing

False promises, cursing, or frivolous use of God's name.

Religion

A body of beliefs and practices concerning God and humans.

Simony

Buying or selling of spiritual goods.

Idolatry

Worship of false gods.

Respect

A virtue that is closely related with charity.

Self-esteem

A sense of happiness and contentment about who you are as a human being.

Honor

Involves respect, admiration, and recognition of another person's dignity.

Terrorism

A type of war waged on innocent people.

Extraordinary means

Aggressive or experimental medical treatments that are disproportionate to any expected results.

Prudence

A virtue that aids you in making decisions to take proper care of our bodies.

Temperance

A virtue that regulates your attraction to pleasure and helps you to use God's created goods in a balanced way.

Genocide

The mass extermination of a people, nation, or ethnic minority.

Abstinence

Tempers one's desire for food and other pleasure-seeking substances.

Sobriety

Moderates one's desire for alcohol.

Modesty

A virtue reflecting how a person speaks, dresses, and conducts himself or herself.

Fidelity

Marital faithfulness.

Covet

To inordinately desire something or someone you think will make you happy.

Lust

Purity and modesty help to combat this.

Fecundity

The ability to produce offspring.

Adultery

Sexual relations with someone other than one's spouse.

Nullity

Another name for the annulment of a marriage.

Masturbation

The deliberate stimulation of the genital organs for sexual pleasure.

Rape

Forcing another person to have sex.

Infertility

The physical incapacity of a male or female to procreate.