Year 8 Term 4 Vocab

Hope

A grace that enables people to trust that God will fulfill the promises of Jesus.

Body Language

Non-verbal communication of thoughts and feelings through movement and gesture.

Anoint

To apply oil as part of a religious ceremony.

Baptism

A sacrament through which a person is received into the Church. The candidate is bathed in water or has water poured on their head as a sign of death to sin and rising to new life.

Faith

A grace which enables people to believe in God and all that Jesus has revealed.

Grace

The free gift of the presence and action of God in the world and the lives of believers.

Confirmation

A sacrament in which candidates are anointed by a bishop, who calls on the Holy Spirit to come upon them in order to strengthen their faith.

Holy

To be whole, as God wants people to become. Belonging to or associated with God and so worthy of worship or veneration.

Ten Commandments

Rules for human conduct given to Moses on Mt Sinai which summarize all of God's laws.

Charity

A grace which enables people to love as Jesus loves. It empowers a person to love God for God's sake and other people for God's sake.

Communion of Saints

All who share in the gifts God gives through baptism, including those now living, in heaven and in purgatory.

Eucharist

The sacrament by which believers share in the Paschal mystery of Christ's death and resurrection by receiving his Body and Blood in the form of bread and wine.

Liturgy

The official public worship of the Church during which people gather to remember and celebrate all that God has done for them.

Purgatory

The final purification after death that people need in order to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joys of heaven.

Passover

A Jewish feast celebrating God's action of saving his people from slavery and death in Egypt.

Last Supper

The last meal Jesus shared with his disciples, at which He instituted the Eucharist.

Advent

marks the beginning of the liturgical year. It is a time of special prayer when Christians prepare to celebrate the feast of Christmas.

adolescence

a period time between childhood and adulthood of drastic change

ways we change during adolescence

Physically, intellectually, emotionally, spiritually, socially

Common questions that cause teens to worry about their physical appearance and changes during adolescence

“Will I be as tall or as physically developed as my peers?”
“will I have a good body?”
“will other people find me attractive?”

Ways the human body communicates

Body language and deliberate actions

Ways physical appearance leads to disrespectful behaviour

some features are more ‘desirable’ leading to disrespect with those without.

social pressures that teenagers feel

advertisements and media emphasis physical appearance so much it overshadows other aspects

what Jesus taught people the purpose of the human body

Body and soul should be in harmony. To use the body as a universal language each gesture, expression and word in its vocab. To express their inner likeness of God.

List 5 gifts Jesus used

studied, read, sang, walked and used carpenter skills

what Jesus taught about Gods laws

they are extremely important and wont be abolished

Torah

‘law’ in Hebrew, which is the first 5 books in the Bible. Also known as the Pentateuch

List 5 books of the Old Testament

genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers, deuteronomy

Genesis

origins of the Jewish nation. People were created to reflect God and have gifts to behave like God. Teaches all people are sacred

Exodus

God forms the tribes of Israel into a nation. He teaches Israelites how to be holy and to relate closely with God.

Leviticus

The people of Israel needed to live in holiness in order to honour their covenant with God

Numbers

God strengthened the social organisation of the Israelites

Deuteronomy

Israelites needed a spirit of love and obedience to God to develop a nation

Holy Behaviours

Acting as God is, actions that promote wholeness and are life giving

Unholy Behaviours

damage the lives of self and others and show a lack of respect for God and His law.

Grace of Sacraments

the power members of the Church can draw upon through the 7 sacraments and living a life a of prayer and goodness

ways Jesus demonstrated the saving power of God

preforming miracles by touching others

Jesus promised

He will be with us till the end of time

Sacraments of initiation

Baptism, confirmation, eucharist

sacraments of healing

reconciliation, annointing

sacraments of service

holy orders, marriage

graces received from sacraments of initiation

all that is needed to live the Christian life in Jesus’ Chruch

graces received from sacraments of healing

inner peace and healing from sin and spiritual weakness

graces received from sacraments of service

all that is needed to live lives of Christ - like love and self-giving to others