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Chapter 6 Vocabulary

TermDefinition
BEATITUDES The teachings of Christ in the Sermon on the Mount about the meaning and way to true happiness (cf. Mt 5: 3-12). They are at the heart of Christ’s preaching and fulfill the promises of God starting with Abraham.
CHARITY Love. The theological virtue by which a Christian loves God above all things for his own sake, and loves his neighbor as himself for the love of God.
CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP Being a follower of Christ. This involves a conversion of heart and a life centered on Jesus Christ as well as following his teachings and being a witness to others.
CONSCIENCE The inner voice of a human being, in whose heart is inscribed the law of God. Moral conscience is a judgment of practical reason about the moral quality of a human action that a person may do, is in the process of doing, or has already done.
CONVERSION A radical reorientation of one’s whole life away from sin and evil and toward God. This is a central element of Christ’s preaching, of the Church’s ministry of evangelization, and of the Sacrament of Penance.
CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY Charitable actions that assist a neighbor in bodily, or corporal, necessities. These include feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, clothing the naked, sheltering the homeless, visiting the sick, visiting the imprisoned, and burying the dead.
EVANGELIZATION The proclamation of the Gospel, the Good News of redemption through Jesus Christ, through our words and lived witness.
FAITH The theological virtue by which one believes in all that God has said and revealed to man and that the Church proposes for belief.
FINAL JUDGMENT Also called the Last, or General, Judgment. This judgment of everyone at the end of time will follow the Second Coming of Christ and the resurrection of the dead. It will disclose good and evil and reveal the meaning of salvation history and the providenc
FRUITS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Perfections that the Holy Spirit forms in us as the first fruits of eternal glory. The tradition of the Church lists twelve of these: charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, and chast
GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord. They belong in their fullness to Christ as Son of David. They complete and perfect the virtues of those who receive them. They make t
GOOD SAMARITAN The “good neighbor” described in Christ’s parable (Lk10: 25-37), who exemplified Christ’s teaching, “You shall love...your neighbor as yourself” (Lk10: 27).
HEAVEN The dwelling of God. In heaven, the elect enjoy eternal friendship and communion with God and with the angels and saints. Those in heaven enjoy perfect happiness and see God face-to-face, i.e., the Beatific Vision.
HELL The dwelling of Satan and the other fallen angels. By their own choice, those in hell suffer eternal separation from God and the company of the blessed.
HOLINESS Spiritual perfection or purity arising from a likeness unto God, who is perfectly Holy. The free dedication of a Christian to the will of God and the participation in the life of grace, which is the perfection of charity.
HOPE The theological virtue by which one desires the happiness of eternal life with God by placing one’s trust in the promises of Christ and relying on the grace of the Holy Spirit.
KINGDOM OF GOD The Kingdom of God is based on union with Jesus Christ by the work of the Holy Spirit. This kingdom, which is spiritual, begins here on earth and is perfected at the end of time. It is a kingdom of peace, love, and justice.
LAW OF LOVE Christ taught his followers to love God above all else and love their neighbors as themselves. This teaching elevated and perfected the Old Law.
NATURAL VIRTUES Good habits acquired through sheer repetition of good moral acts.
OBJECTIVE REDEMPTION The salvation and justification won by Christ for all of humanity, resulting in a superabundance of graces for the redemption of the world.
PARTICULAR JUDGMENT The eternal recompense received by each soul at the moment of death in accordance with that person’s faith and works.
PAROUSIA Greek for presence or arrival; the Second Coming of Christ at the end of time.
PILGRIM CHURCH Term for the Church on earth, whose members are on a journey, the destination of which has not yet been reached. Although people face difficulties and temptations, they are already united—albeit imperfectly—with Christ in heaven.
PRECEPTS OF THE CHURCH Certain duties prescribed by the Church to help us live in keeping with the teachings of Christ. These include the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation, annually go to confession, receive the Eucharist at least during the Easte
PURGATORY A state of final purification after death but before entrance into heaven for those who have died in God’s friendship but still have sinful attachments.
RESURRECTION OF THE BODY The rising of the bodies of all the deceased to be reunited with their souls, which will take place on the Last Day at the Second Coming of Christ. The bodies of the faithful will be glorified.
SACRAMENT An efficacious sign of grace instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church by which divine life is dispensed through the work of the Holy Spirit. There are seven.
SAINT A person on earth, in Purgatory, or in heaven notable for holiness and heroic virtue. The saints share in God’s life, glory, and happiness. The Church may officially declare someone a saint through the process of beatification and canonization.
SANCTIFICATION The process of being made holy. This begins with Baptism, continues throughout the life of the Christian, and is completed when a person enters heaven and becomes totally and irrevocably united with God in the Beatific Vision.
SPIRITUAL WORKS OF MERCY Charitable actions that assist the spiritual needs of another person. These include counseling the doubtful, instructing the ignorant, admonishing sinners, comforting the afflicted, forgiving offenses, bearing wrongs patiently, and praying for the living
SUBJECTIVE REDEMPTION The application of the grace of redemption to individual human lives through a personal and free acceptance of that gift.
SUPERNATURAL VIRTUES Virtues infused by God through sanctifying grace, the greatest of which are the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity.
THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES Faith, hope, and charity. Infused in the soul at Baptism, these enable a Christian to partake of the divine nature; they are called theological because they have God as their object.
UNIVERSAL CALL TO HOLINESS Every baptized person is called to seek holiness regardless of his or her state in life. This call was reaffirmed by the Second Vatican Council
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