Your Life in Christ CH. 1 Vocab

Nihilism

A philosophy that denies there's any meaning in existence or in religious beliefs. The only thing that matters after life is nothingness, annihilation

concupiscence

Disordered human desires resulting from Original Sin that produce an inclination to sin, also expressed as “the rebellion of the ‘fl esh’ against the ‘spirit’” (CCC, 2515). Concupiscence remains after Baptism.

Free Will

"The power rooted in reason and will [that enables a person], to perform deliberate actions on one's own responsibility.

Subsidarity

The principle of Catholic social teaching that holds that a higher unit of society should not do what a lower unit can do as well (or better)

Common Good

"Sum total of social conditions that allows people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily." (Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the Modern World, 26)

Solidarity

The Christian virtue of social charity and friendship

Original Sin

The consequences of the sin of our first parents; the hereditary stain with which human beings are born because of our origins or descent from Adam and Eve

Paschal Mystery

God's love and salvation revealed through the life, passion, death, resurrection, and glorification (ascension) of Jesus Christ. The sacraments, especially the Eucharist, celebrate this great mystery of God's love

theological virtues

Three important virtues bestowed on a person at Baptism that help the person relate to God; they are faith (belief in and personal knowledge of God), hope (trust in God’s salvation and in his gift of the graces needed to attain it), and charity

sin

“An offense against God as well as a fault against reason, truth, and right conscience” (CCC, Glossary). The basic cause of sin is love for self over love for God. Sin wounds both human nature and the solidarity of the human race. Sin was most intense at Christ’s Passion, as witnessed by the hatred of Jesus’ enemies for the Son of God. However, Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross opened the way for God’s forgiveness and mercy

Inalienable

Something that cannot be taken away.

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