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| the relationship between God and humans that results in a body of beliefs and a set of practices: creed, cult, and code. it expresses itself in worship and service to God and by extension to all people and all creation |
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| a vice contrary to the virtue of religion that directs us away from what we owe to God in justice |
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| an indifference to religion and a belief that religion should be excluded from civic affairs and public education |
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| religions that believe there is only one God. |
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| religions that believe in the existence of many gods and goddesses |
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| a person who denies the existence of God |
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| the belief that God's existence cannot be known |
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| the way God communicates knowledge of himself to humankind, a self-communication realized by his actions and words over time, most fully by his sending us his divine Son, Jesus Christ. |
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| a practical judgement of reason that helps a person decide the goodness of an action or attitude. It is the subjective norm of morality we must form properly and then follow. |
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| the sin of disobedience committed by Adam and Eve that resulted in their loss of original holiness and justice and their becoming subject to sin and death. It describes the fallen state of human nature into which all generations of people are born. |
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| an attribute of God, that he is everywhere, unlimited, and all-powerful |
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| the story of God's saving action in human history |
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| a binding and solemn agreement between human being or between God and people, holding each to a particular course of action. |
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| the living transmission of the Church's gospel message found in the Church's teaching, life, and worship. It is faithfully preserved handed down and interpreted by the Church's Magisterium. |
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| the written record of Divine Revelation found in the books of the Old Testament and the New Testament. |
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| The official teaching authority of the Church. The Lord bestowed the right and power to teach in his name on Peter and the Apostles and their successors. It is the bishops in communion with the successor of Peter, the Bishop of Rome(Pope) |
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| the surgical removal of the male foreskin; it was the physical sign of the covenant between God and Abraham. |
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| Greek= "one who speaks before others" God entrusted them with delivering the divine message to rulers and the people. Most of them were unpopular in their own day. Their style was poetic and memorable |
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| "the heritage of faith contained in Sacred Scripture and Tradition, handed down in the Church from the time of the Apostles, from which the Magisterium draws all that it proposes for belief as being divinely revealed" (CCC, Glossary) |
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| a central truth of Revelation that Catholics are obliged to believe |
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| a gift from God; one of the three theological virtues. it refers to personal knowledge of God; assent of the mind to truths God has revealed, made with the help of his grace and on the authority and trustworthiness of his revealing them; the truths themselves; and the lived witness of a Christian life |
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| "Firm attitudes, stable dispositions, habitual perfections of intellect and will that govern our actions, order our passions, and guide our conduct according to reason and faith" (CCC, 1804) |
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| Three foundational virtues that are infused by God into the souls of the faithful. (faith, hope, charity) |
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