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A teaching that has received the official approval of the church
A dogma is a core, central, crucial doctrine |
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A core, central, crucial doctrine
Ext: An example of a dogma is the Catholic Dogma of the Assumption of Mary, which states that Mary, at the end of her earthly life, was taken up body and soul into heaven. |
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The teaching authority of the Church, as exercised by the Pope and bishops.
Ext: The magisterium is a source of moral wisdom which one may use to help form their conscience |
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The Catholic dogma which states that Mary was prepared for her role as Mother of Christ by experiencing, from the moment of her conception in her mother’s womb, the fullness of the salvation Christ won for us through his death and resurrection.
Ext: A dogma is a core, central, crucial doctrine; a doctrine is a teaching that has official approval of the church. |
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The raising of the heart and mind to God.
Ext: A specific type of prayer is the Act of Contrition which is prayed by a penitent who is expressing sorrow through the Sacrament of Reconciliation |
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Anything contributing to the proper growth and development of the human person
Ext: As opposed to evil, which is anything harming or hindering the proper growth and development of the human person |
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Anything harming or hindering the proper growth and development of the human person
Ext: As opposed to good, which is anything contributing to the proper growth and development of the human person |
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| The damaging or total rupturing of our love relation with God Ext: Through the Sacrament of Reconciliation, the penitent can seek forgiveness for their sins by praying the Acts of Contrition |
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| A practical judgment about the wrongness or rightness of some action.
Ext: One must actively form their conscience throughout their life in order to ensure they are making the correct judgments. |
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A person seeking forgiveness of sins through the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Ext: To be reconciled means to reestablish your relationship with God and the whole church community |
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A priest or bishop who is celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation
Ext: To be reconciled means to reestablish your relationship with God and the whole church community |
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A prayer by a penitent expressing sorrow for his/her sins
Ext: In exchange, the confessor prays the prayer of Absolution, which expresses God’s forgiveness of the penitent’s sins |
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The Catholic Dogma which states that Mary, at the end of her earthly life, was taken up body and soul into heaven.
Ext: A dogma is a core, central, crucial doctrine; a doctrine is a teaching that has official approval of the church. |
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The prayer by the confessor which expresses God’s forgiveness of the penitent’s sins
Ext: The penitent prays the Acts of Contrition, which is a prayer expressing repent for their sins |
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The branch of theology which looks at human beings, human nature etc.
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The virtue by which we respect the inherent rights of others
Ext: These rights are inherent to human beings because of being human beings |
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Justice as applied to the systems, structures and institutions of society
Ext: The beginning of the social justice movement in the Catholic Church was marked by Rerum novarum; the 1891 encyclical letter by Pope Leo XIII. |
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The 1891 encyclical letter by Pope Leo XIII which marks the beginning of the social justice movement in the Catholic Church
Ext: Social Justice is justice that is applied to the systems, structures and institutions of society |
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Rights that are inherent to human beings because of being human beings
Ext: Justice is the virtue by which we respect the inherent rights of others |
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The state (not the place) of permanent estrangement from God that results from a freely chosen and definitive rejection of God’s love
Ext: As opposed to heaven, this is the state of permanent union with God, who is the only source of true, complete and unending happiness. |
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The state of permanent union with God, who is the only source of true, complete and unending happiness.
Ext: As opposed to hell, this is the state of permanent estrangement from God that results from a freely chosen and definitive rejection of God’s, love. Furthermore, as commonly believed, heaven is not a place it is a state. |
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The process by which we are purged of residual selfishness so that we can enter into perfect union with God
Ext: Things we need to be purged of: 1. Selfish attachments 2. Venial sins not yet repented 3. Evil or harm that we have caused that has not been repaired |
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| The official public worship services of the church |
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