Religion vocab

Secularism

Secularism

 indifference to religion and a belief that religion should be excluded from civil affairs and public education

Natural Revelation

The knowledge of the existence of God and his basic attributes that can be derived by human reason while reflecting on the created order

Divine Revelation

 is the way God communicates knowledge of himself to humankind, a self-communication realized by his actions and words over time, most fully by sending us his divine Son, Jesus Christ

incarnation

the assumption of human nature by Jesus Christ, God’s eternal Son, who became man to save humankind from sin. The term means “being made flesh.”

magisterium

 the heritage of faith contained in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, handed down in the Church from the time of the Apostles, from which the MAgisterium draws all that it proposes for belief as being divinely revealed

bible

A collection of books by different people teaching the word of God.

Holy trinity

The central mystery of faith. God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

What do you learn from natural Revelation

to be faithful, loving, and forgiving

sacred traditions

1. Moral teachings 

2. Ten commandment

3. Beatitudes

etc.

parts of the gospel

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

number of branches of theology

4

Total books in the bible

73

Atheism and theism

Atheism-not believing in any God.

Theism- believing in God

monotheistic vs polytheistic

monotheism- Believing in one God

polytheism- Believing in multiple Gods

Does the idea of revelation exist after the passing of Jesus?

yes, it does.