Chapter 1 Vocabulary

The assumption of a human nature by Jesus Christ, God's eternal Son,

One who has received the fullness of the Sacrament of Holy Orders

A person who practices a form of atheism that often expresses an indifference to the search for God.

the belief in one all-powerful God. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are the three greatest religions of this word.

fiftieth day."

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

The written transmission of the Church

The knowledge of the existence of God and his basic attributes that can be derived by human reason

Relating to or proceeding directly from God.

The official teaching of the Church

The way God communicates knowledge of himself to humankind

The living transmission of the Church

Sacred Scripture; the books that contain the truth of God's Revelation

anointed one.

The story of God's saving action in human history.

one who is sent."

The rising of Jesus from the dead on the third day after his Death on the Cross.

A person who denies in theory and/or practice that God exists.

A person who believes in a personal and provident God.

One of the theological virtues.

The study of the nature of God and religious truth.

Worshiping something or someone other than the true God.

The central mystery of the Christian faith; there are Three Divine Persons in one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

The relationship between God and humans

A binding and solemn agreement between human beings or between God and people,

The belief, in opposition to Christian doctrine, that there are many gods.

The twenty-seven books of the Bible written by the sacred authors in apostolic times

The heritage of faith contained in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition,