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Chapter 3 vocabulary religion
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Religious Studies
7th Grade
10/10/2012

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anchoress
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a women who lives in prayer and seclusion (pg.38)
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Blessed Julian of Norwich

 

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an anchoress who lived in prayer and seclusion in Norwich, England, in the fourteenth century. Her book of visions, Revelations of Divine Love, is the earliest known book written in English by a woman. (p. 38)



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Blessed Trinity
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the three Divine Persons in one God: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (p. 34)



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evangelization

 

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the sharing of the good news of Jesus Christ and the love of God with all people, in every circumstance of life (p. 37)



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God the father
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our creator, the first Person of the Blessed Trinity (p. 34)



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God the Holy Spirit

 

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the third Person of the Blessed Trinity, who empowered Jesus to teach and to share God's love (p. 34)



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God the son
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the second Person of the Blessed Trinity, Son of the Father, who became man and lived among us in the person of Jesus Christ (p. 34)



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icon
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a special kind of religious painting with a sacred purpose: to express the beauty of the mystery of God and all that he has revealed, and to invite us into prayer and reflection (p. 37)



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