unit 4 vocab

The Paschal Mystery

The mystery by which Christ saves us from sin and death by His life, Passion, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension

Passover

Annual Israelite feast commemorating God saving Israel from Egypt during the Exodus, centered around the Seder meal

Seder

The central meal of Passover, featuring lamb, unleavened bread, and the retelling of the Exodus story

Eucharist

Meaning 'Thanksgiving,' the Sacrament of Christ's Body and Blood instituted during the Last Supper

Sacrament

A physical sign that in a real way gives God's spiritual grace

The Passion

Jesus's suffering, leading up to His death

Scourging

The Roman punishment of beating someone using a whip with pieces of bone or metal on it; could be fatal on its own

Crucifixion

Roman form of execution by nailing and/or tying someone to a cross until they died

The Agony in the Garden

The night before Jesus dies, when He prays to His Father in the Garden of Gethsemane, and accepts the Father's will.

The resurrection of the dead

At the end of time, when the bodies of the righteous dead are raised and reunited with their souls

Incorruptible

Something which does not corrupt, decay, or die.

The Ascension

40 days after the Resurrection, when Jesus enters Heaven both in body and soul