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| Spiritual being also created by God, completely different from human beings. They are persons with knowledge and free will, but have no bodies. Their identity is to be "messengers" of God. |
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| To support each other mutually; to balance out each other; to go together nicely ( in our faith this applies to male and female) |
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| The wound that still remains in us even after baptism. By this wound our desires are disordered and we find ourselves pushed towards sin. |
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| Solemn and holy agreements between two parties, with conditions that each side agrees to - often with a sign to remind each side of the covenant, and sometimes with a curse that will befall either party if they break the covenant. |
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| What God did when He made this world out of nothing (ex nihilo) - in the proper sense of the word, only God can truly "create". |
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| A negative consequence that comes to someone who breaks a covenant. |
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| Angels who chose to rebel against God, and are now strongly bent on ruining us. |
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| The giving up of hope; the loss of a willingness to accept the gift of eternal life. |
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| Dignity of the human person |
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| A key principle of our Faith that every human person has a dignity and worth that cannot be calculated, and must never be violated. |
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| To sort out the good from the bad in ourselves with the help of the Holy Spirit. |
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| Choosing one's own will over God's will. |
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| The condition of our world as a result of the Fall - in which things are not quite the way they should be. This applies especially to some of our desires (originally good) which can tend to lead us towards sin rather than goodness. |
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| Latin for "out of nothing" - used to describe how God created everything that is out of absolutely nothing. |
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| The moment when Adam and Eve rebelled against God through their pride and disobedience. Their choice brought evil upon the entire human race and the entire world. |
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| The virtue by which we maintain a strong desire for everlasting life - a desire that keeps us going amidst even the greatest trials in life. |
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| Image and Likeness of God |
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| A truth described in Genesis 1:26, that all human beings reflect God's goodness and greatness - especially in three ways: 1) our good use of intelligent reason, 2) our good use of our free will, and 3) by giving ourselves totally to others in love. |
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| The moment at which Jeus Christ took on human flesh and truly became "a man like us in all things but sin." |
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| Focusing on the identity and rights of individuals too much - with the result of ignoring the reality that we human beings are all in this together. |
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| Something we can never calculate or put a price tag on [this applies especially to the dignity of each human person]. |
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| The virtue of giving everyone what is due to him/her. |
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| In the covenant made between God and the nation of Israel (via Moses), this was the Israelites' side of the bargain, giving them concrete ways to show their love of God and neighbor. |
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| Men and women who "witness" to Jesus Christ by giving their lives for the Faith [martyr is Greek for "witness"] |
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| The physical stuff of the universe - all physical things are made up of matter, which only God can create. |
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| The virtue of forgiving someone from having to make up for something he/she owes. |
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| the "anointed one" foretold by the prophets who would come to liberate the people - obviously, Jesus was the Messiah. |
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| The ultimate purpose of Jesus' being sent to earth - to rescue us from sin and death by means of His suffering and death on the Cross. |
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| The final and perfect covenant that was sealed in the blood of Jesus on the Cross. It promises to free us from sin and bring us eternal salvation. We become a part of it through the Sacraments and remain in it by living a life of holiness. |
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| Two related meanings: 1) The first sin of our first parents, Adam and Eve - committed through their pride and disobedience; and 2) the sinful condition that each of us inherit from Adam and Eve. We are conceived and born with it, but can have it washed away in Baptism. |
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| Title for the Holy Spirit that can mean several things: a) Comforter, b) Consoler, c) Counselor, d) Advocate. |
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| Originally a Jewish feast of offering the first fruits of the harvest to God; but on that occasion the holy spirit was poured out on the early church especially the apostles. |
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| The root of all sins, becasue it is choosing oneself over God. |
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| Witnesses to the word of God, In the old testament they freguently were recalling the israelites or jews to be faithful once again to the covenant. They also gave promises of the messiah and suffering servant who was to come. |
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| Buying back; paying the price for (jesus redeemed us by shedding his blood and dying on the cross |
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| The story of Gods saving love unfolding over the course of human history. |
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| The ability to have a keen awareness of all your habits and all your desires and how these things affect your choices |
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| seven desires in us that tend to be warped as a result of the wound of concupiscence so that they now lead us to sin in the ares of pride, lust, anger, sloth, gluttony, greed, and envy |
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| another name for the seven capital sins... they will lead us to spiritual death |
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| the bond between all humans beings the reality that we're in this together as a result on mans sin affects all men and one mans heroic actions build up all men |
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| the great gift and responsibility given to man to have dominion ovaer all of creation, to take care of it in a way that pleases God until Christ comes again |
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| The one Isaiah predicted would take on the sins of the people suffer for them and win forgiveness for them obvisously this was fulfilled in the passion and death of christ. |
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