Freedom Glossary for Year 10 Religious Studies

Original Sin

The fallen state in which all people are conceived without sanctifying grace. Which comes from Adam and Eve.

Reconciliation (sacrament)

The sacrament in which a person shows remorse for their sin and Jesus forgives them and heals their relationship with God and the Church.

Moral Relativism

The belief that there is no objective good and evil in the world. Relativists believe here is no good or evil in any act. This goes against catholic morality.

Sinai Covenant

A binding promise made between God and his people the Israelites through Moses. Moses received God's Laws the 10 Commandments.

Covenant

A solemn promise made between people and God. An oath is made by words or symbolic action to bind people together with God.

Prudence

A moral virtue of practical wisdom that enables people to be good and act well when making decisions.

The Beatitudes

The promises of happiness made by Christ to those who faithfully accept his teaching and follow his divine example.

Corporal works of mercy

Found in the teachings of Jesus and give us a model for how we should treat all others, as if they were Christ in disguise in their bodily needs. Which could consist of especially in feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless and clothing the naked.

Spiritual works of mercy

The seven spiritual works of mercy are advising, instructing, counselling others, bearing wrongs patiently, forgiving offences willingly, comforting the afflicted, and praying for the living and the dead. Are reflections of God's mercy.

Sacrament

A religious ritual or practice, initiated by Christ in which the Grace of God is given.

Ignorance

Not having the knowledge to understand the consequences of an action.

Temperance

A moral virtue that moderates a person's attraction to pleasurable things and creates balance in the use of goods.

Vice

A bad moral habit that enables the tendency to sin again.

Freedom (religious view)

Freedom is the power, based in reason and will, to act or not to act, to do this or that, and so to perform deliberate actions on one's own responsibility. By free will a person shapes their own life. The more a person chooses the good the more free they become.

Fortitude

A moral virtue of the courage to choose what is right when everything is telling us to run away from a situation and choose what is easiest.