Sunday, December 16, 2012

Vocabulary for Midterm Review Part II (Continuation)


******* Part I is below this blog post!!!********

107.     4 Dimensions of the Sacrament: 1. Each sacrament is a sign of demonstrative of the present invisible realities. 2. Each sacrament is a moral sign obligating even now in the present to he future actions in the life of him. 3. Each sacrament is a sign commemorative of Christ’s saving action, especially in his Passion and Death. 4. Each sacrament is prophetic of the heavenly glory and of the worship in the future Jerusalem.
108     Absolution: formal release of guilt or punishment.
109     Venial Sin: a slight sin that does not entail damnation of the soul.
110.     Apostasy: an abandonment of a religious belief.
111.    Interior Repentance: obtaining forgiveness of sins.
112.   Heresy: a denial of a revealed truth by a baptized member of the Roman Catholic Church.
113.     Restitution: the act of restoring a rightful owner something has been taken away.
114.   Community: a social group of any size who reside in a local area/region.
115.    Fornication: consensual sexual intercourse between tow people not married to each other.
116.  Free Consent: to permit or agree.
117.  Chasuble: a sleeveless outer vestment worn by the official priest at mass.
118.  Conditional Baptism: a “Christian Baptism” administered when there is doubt whether a person has already been baptized of a former baptism is valid.
119.  Similarity to Judaism: Both employ liturgical language and are used for public worship. Hebrew is to Jew as Latin is to Catholic. Religious teachings are the same. Religious leaders in both Judaism and Catholicism are teachers. Both religions trace their roots back to Abraham and share the prophet Moses.
120.  Eucharist is Memorial: making present and sacramental offering Christ’s sacrifice.
121.  Requirements for Reception: the appearance of bread and wine in a sacramental way, the Blessed Eucharist.
122.  Excommunication: a religious censure used to deprive or limit membership in a religious community to restrict certain rights within it.

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Vocabulary Review for Midterm


Introductory Unit:
1.     Heart: has a lot of humanity, which is a good thing. Very in touch with your desires.
2.     X and Arrows: x represents Jesus coming down into humanity. Arrows symbolize man’s attempt at the mystery.
3.     Desire: are infinite and are accomplished through an outside situation.
4.     Reality: reasonableness: the ability to account for reality according to its factors.
5.     4 truths of the “I”: 1. You did not make yourself. 2. I have desires that are unlimited. 3. My abilities are limited by reality. 4.  I expect to be happy all the time.
6.     Ontology: Deals with what makes you, you in the sense of the big picture.
7.     Being: “existence” What is the meaning for my existence?

Anointing of the Sick:
8.     Suffering: the sin of others and we can “offer it up” to them.
9.     Sickness in the Old Testament: his healings were signs of the coming of the Kingdom of God. Suffering can henceforth configure us to him and unite us with his redemptive Passion.
10.  Views of suffering in other religions: suffering seems to be viewed as participation with Christ in His sacrifice.
11.  Original Sin: the fall of Adam and Eve.
12.  Christ the Physician: authorized and appointed to his work and the nature of his word is Spirit.
13.  History of the sick being healed by the Church: the Church is appointed by the Lord to carry out means to take care of the sick as well as accompanying them with prayer.
14.  Presbyters: elders of the Church.
15.  Who administers the sacrament? Bishop/Priest
16.  Who can receive the sacrament? Those who are at the point of death.
17.  Celebration of the Sacrament: those who are seriously ill and are supported by the Christian community whether at home or in the church.
18.  Rite of Anointing: 1. Introduction 2. Introductory Rites (greeting/Instruction/Sacrament of Penance) 3. Liturgy of Anointing (Laying on of Hands/ anointing/the Lord’s Prayer/Prayer after anointing) 4. Concluding Rite (Blessing)
19.  Viaticum: Christian Eucharist given to a person dying/in danger of death.
20.  Grace Received: strength, peace and courage to overcome life’s difficulties.
21.  4 main effects of the sacrament: 1. Grace 2. Assistance from the Lord by his spirit. 3. Forgiveness 4. Uniting with God
22.  Transformation: the body and blood of Jesus are in the bread the wine given.
23.  Theodicy: God’s goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil.
24.  Apocalyptic: a prophetic revelation in which forces of good triumph the forces of bad.
25.  Apostolate: the dignity and office of the pope as head of the Apostolic See.
26.   Oil of the Sick: blessed by the bishop of a diocese for use in anointing the sick.
27.  Extreme Unction: a sacrament to give spiritual aid and comfort.
28.  Society of Jesus: official name of the Jesuits.
29.  L’Arche Community: a number of homes in a system of belief whether secular or religious.
30.  Stations of the Cross: a series of 14 crosses in the Church that represent the stages of Christ’s passion and death.
31.  Healing in the Gospel: testimonies in the Gospel books about God healing people.

Reconciliation:
32.  Penance: a sacrament in which a member of the Church confesses sins to a priest and given absolution.
33.  Confession: Laying on of hands that symbolizes the giving of the father’s own spirit.
34.  Forgiveness: an action or process of forgiving or being forgiven.
35.   Conversion: the act/instance of converting or the process of being converted.
36.  Empathy: the ability to mutually experience thoughts, emotions/direct experience of others.
37.  Mortal Sin: a willful rejection with a relationship with God.
38.  Ten Commandments: a set of biblical laws given by God to Moses on Mt. Sinai.
39.  Four Dimensions of the sacrament: 1. Celebrating the sacraments. 2. Proclaiming the Gospel. 3. Calling people to conversion-ship. 4. Witnessing to Christ.
40.  Testament: covenant between God and the human race.
41.  Act of Contrition: a catholic prayer that expresses sorrow for sins.
42.  Sin: an immoral act considered against the divine law.
43.  Schism: division between a religious denomination.

Matrimony:
44.  Declaration of Nullity: states according to the Church that the given marriage was not valid.
45.  Abortion: termination of a pregnancy by removal of a fetus.
46.  Contraception: the use of artificial methods to prevent pregnancy as a result of sexual intercourse.
47.  Sterilization: unable to reproduce.
48.  Natural Family Planning: a way of following God’s plan for achieving/avoiding pregnancy.
49.  Divorce: legal dissolution of a marriage.
50.  Family: a fundamental social group formed by a permanent union between a man and a woman.
51.  Matrimony as a covenant: a marriage between Christ and his bride, the Church.
52.  Creation: the act of creating.
53.  Exchange of vows: a set of promises that a man and a woman make to each other during the wedding ceremony.
54.  Polygamy: a custom of having more than one wife/husband at the same time.
55.  Adultery: voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not the spouse.
56.  Grace: a gift in which God bestows on man for their eternal salvation.

Holy Orders:
57.  Diocese: a district under the Christian bishop.
58.  Vicar: a representative of a bishop.
59.  Episcopal College: belonging to the Episcopal Church.
60.  Infallibility: the inability to be wrong.
61.  Stole: a liturgical vestment worn by deacons, priests and bishops for being marked to do priestly orders.
62.  Dalmatic: a robe worn by a British sovereign at his or her coronation.
63.  Presbyters: a member of a governing body of any early Christian Church.
64.   Seminary: an institution for the training for the priesthood, ministry/rabbinate.
65.  Celibacy: the state of abstaining from sexual intercourse.
66.  Bishops: successors to the Apostles.
67.  Pope: Head of the Roman Catholic Church.
68.  Priest: are “co-workers” of the Episcopal order for the proper fulfillment of the apostolic mission.
69.     Deacon: assist priests and are the clergy.
70.    Cardinal: a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church.
71.     Clergy: a group of ordained to perform pastoral functions in the Christian Church.
72.    Discern: the process of determining God’s desire in a situation for one’s life.
73.     Who can be ordained? Only a baptized man.
74.    3 Degrees of Holy Orders: 1. Episcopate 2. Presbyterate 3. Diaconate

Baptism:
75.    Baptism: brings new life in Christ.
76.     Proper Matter: water
77.    Correct Words: triple pouring/immersion in the water with the words, “I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”.
78.  Designated Minister: Priest, bishop/deacon
79.   Biblical Basis: book of Genesis to the story of Adam and Eve.
80.  RCIA: Order of Christian Initiation of Adults.
81.  Cradle: most Catholics are initiated into the Church as infants through the Rite of Baptism of Children.
82.  Catechumens: a Christian convert under instruction before Baptism.
83.  White Garment: represents putting on Christ announcing that the believer has become a new creature.
      84.  Oils of Baptism: oil of the Catechumens, which sets the child free from sin. Oil of Chrism baptizes the person.
85.  Water: symbol of the Holy Spirit.
86.  Concupiscence: human desire

Confirmation:
87.  Confirmation: growth in the spirit.
88.  Proper Matter: Chrism
89.  Correct words: Laying on the hands and anointing w/Chrism on the forehead.
90.  Designated Minister: Bishop
91.  Holy Spirit: third person of the blessed Trinity.
92.  Age of Discretion: religious law and is typically around the age of 7 for the age of Confirmation.
93.  Pentecost: the seventh Sunday after Easter commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit.
94.   Sponsor: a person who represents a candidate for baptism/confirmation.
95.  Anointing with Chrism: oil during a religious ceremony as a sign of sanctification/consecration.
Eucharist:
96.  Eucharist: Nourishes us with the body and Blood of Christ. “Give Thanks”.
97.  Transcendence: a condition of state of being that supprasses physical existence and in one form is also independence or it.
98.  Consecration: the part of the Mass in which the bread and wine are changed into the Blood and body of Christ.
99.  Transubstantiation: change of substance. In the body and blood of Christ.
100.  Tabernacle: a case on a Church altar containing the consecrated host and wine of the Eucharist.
101.   Biblical Basis: the Last supper
102.  Proper Matter:  Bishop/Priest
103.  Correct words: the words of Institution
104.  Eucharist Meal: bread and wine
105.  Unity with Christ: Christ becomes a part of us in accepting the Eucharist.
106.  Building of the Church: Every Eucharist helps us form and build the Church.