Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Christianity
N/A
33
Religious Studies
Undergraduate 3
08/12/2009

Additional Religious Studies Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Advent
Definition
Liturgical season of the Christian year: 4 Sundays preceding Christmas.
Term
Agnus Dei
Definition
"O Lamb of God" recited 3 times by priest in mass before Communion.
Term
Analogia Entis
Definition
"Analogy of being"; process of gaining knowledge about God through rational thought or observation of natural world.
Term
Analogia Fidel
Definition
"Analogy of faith"; process of gaining knowledge of God through revelation given by Him.
Term
Apostles' Creed
Definition
Statement used only in western Catholic church; 3 sections concerned with Father, Christ, Holy Ghost.
Term
John Calvin
Definition
French reformer and theologian.
Term
Council on Church Union (CCU)
Definition
Movement in US sought to bring together 9 of major Protestant communions.
Term
Credo
Definition
"I believe"; title of portion of Latin mass.
Term
Ecumenical Movement
Definition
Movement among Christians concerned with recovery of unity of all believers in Christ.
Term
Episcopal
Definition
System of church government which is overseen by bishops.
Term
Eucharist
Definition
Sacrament, Holy Communion.
Term
Gloria
Definition
Portion of Latin mass praising God with "Glory to God in the highest."
Term
Holy Orders
Definition
Higher grades of Christian ministry: bishop, priest, deacon..
Term
Homoiousios
Definition
"Of like substance"; used by Arian Christians to express the relation of members of the Godhead.
Term
Homoousios
Definition
"Of one substance"; relation of the members of the Godhead.
Term
Icons
Definition
Flat pictures representing the Lord, Mary, or other saints.
Term
Inner-Trinitarian Decree
Definition
God determined the plan of salvation long before the creation of anything outside himself.
Term
John XXIII
Definition
Pope in 1958, called the 2nd Vatican Council which reviewed certain doctrines.
Term
Kyrie
Definition
Portion of Latin mass which contains the words "Lord have mercy."
Term
Lent
Definition
40 days before Easter. Abstain from festivities by almsgiving and devoting more than the usual time to religious exercises.
Term
Liturgical Calendar
Definition
Sets out certain periods within Christian year for special observance and thereby highlights major acts of Christ's redeeming work.
Term
Martin Luther
Definition
Founder of German Reformation, Catholic priest, professor of philosophy and scripture.
Term
Neo-Platonic Thought
Definition
Philosophical system of Plotinus and his successors. Intellectual basis of life: in God the distinction between Thought and Reality was to be overcome.
Term
Paul VI
Definition
Pope in 1963 and carried through much of the work of Vatican II.
Term
Pentecost
Definition
50 days after Easter which celebrates coming of Holy Ghost.
Term
Reformed
Definition
Denominations and traditions which generally arose from teachings of Luther and Calvin. Presbyterian, Lutheran, Congregational, and Dutch-Reformed.
Term
Sanctus
Definition
Portion of mass which contains the words "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts."
Term
Septuagint
Definition
Most influential of the Greek versions of the Old Testament.
Term
Seven Sacraments
Definition
Sacraments of the church celebrated by Catholic Christians: baptism, confirmation, eucharist, penance, unction, holy orders, matrimony.
Term
Transubstantiation
Definition
Catholic doctrine that sacrament actually becomes the body of Christ.
Term
Trinity
Definition
Doctrine of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost as one God of the same substance, yet in 3 manifestations.
Term
Unction
Definition
Anointing with oil.
Term
Vulgate
Definition
Latin version of the Bible most widely used in the West worked by Saint Jerome.
Supporting users have an ad free experience!