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| a collection of books called Sacred Scripture. It is made up of two main sections: the Old Testament or Hebrew Scriptures and The New Testament or The Christian Scriptuires. |
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| the act by which God began all that exists outside of himself/herself; the created universe, i.e., the totality of all that exists |
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| God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, who alone created the world out of nothing and gave it to us to share |
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| God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, who alone created the world out of nothing and gave it to us to share |
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| the way God communicates knowledges of himslef to us in his words and actions over time especially by sending his divine Son, Jesus Christ |
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| the opposite of absence of God |
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| a free gift from God; one of the three Theological virtues |
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| biblical account of the reality of sin in human history; it is a 'fall' from God's friendship & grace |
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| our God-given power and ability to CHOOSE what we know is good and true |
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| the proper name for the Third Divine Person of the Holy Trinity |
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| the one true God, eternal, infinite, unchangable. The central mystery of the Catholic Faith. There are Persons in one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. |
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| the human individual made in the image and likenes of God; not something, but someone, a unity of spirit 7 matter, soul & body, capable of knowledge, self-possession, and freedom, who can enter into communication with other persons and with God. |
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