Terms and Definitions

Introductory Unit

Heart – The center (locus) or the human person

X and Arrows – diagram describing how Christianity is the only religion in human history that claims that the divine comes down to reality to save man (as opposed to man attempting to ascend to the divine)

Desire – an external want or longing that a person has that originates from an uncontrollable cause

Reality – the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be; the quality possessed by something that is real

Ontology – the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence

Being – the state or fact of existing

4 truths – I did not create myself; I have impossible desires; I have limited powers; I expect to be happy.

Anointing of the Sick

Original sin – sin inherited by all descendants of Adam

Viaticum – the Eucharist as given to a person near or in danger of death

Presbyters - An elder or minister of the Christian Church

Extreme unction - A former name for the sacrament of anointing of the sick, esp. when administered to the dying

Stations of the cross - a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings of Jesus’s passion

Who may administer? - Every priest, and only a priest, validly administers the anointing of the sick.

Who may receive? - The anointing of the sick can be administered to a member of the faithful who, after having reached the use of reason, begins to be in danger due to sickness or old age.

Reconciliation

Penance – The punishment undertaken in token of penitence for sin

Confession- A penitent privately admitting his or her sins to a priest

Forgiveness – the pardoning of one’s sins and starting anew in Christ

Conversion – 1. The act or an instance of converting or the process of being converted. 2. The fact of changing one's religion or beliefs or the action of persuading someone else to change theirs.

Ten Commandments –

1.Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

2.Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

3.Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

4.Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

5.Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

6.Thou shalt not kill.

7.Thou shalt not commit adultery.

8.Thou shalt not steal.

9.Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

Empathy - The ability to understand and share the feelings of another

Venial Sin - A relatively slight sin that does not entail damnation of the soul

Matrimony

Declaration of nullity - In the Roman Catholic Church, annulment is a canonical procedure according to the Church's Canon Law whereby an ecclesial tribunal judges whether the bond of matrimony in a particular case was entered into validly.

Polygamy - The practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time.

Divorce - The legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body

Fidelity - Faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support.

Nuptial blessing - Prayers for the blessing of a couple being married, especially of the bride

Natural family planning - any of several methods of family planning that do not involve sterilization or contraceptive devices or drugs

Abortion - The deliberate termination of a human pregnancy

Holy Orders

Diocese - A district under the pastoral care of a Christian bishop.

Vicar - A representative or deputy of a bishop

Synod of Bishops - A synod (also known as a council) is a council of a church, usually a Christian church, convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application.

Ecumenical council - a synod of the whole church.

Infallibility - The doctrine that the pope is incapable of error in pronouncing dogma.

Imprimatur - An official license by the Roman Catholic Church to print an ecclesiastical or religious book.

Dalmatic - The dalmatic is a long wide-sleeved tunic, which serves as a liturgical vestment

Stole - A strip of fabric used as an ecclesiastical vestment, worn over the shoulders and hanging down to the knee or below.

Baptism

Defn – Initiation into the church and birth into a life with Christ

Matter – Water

Form - I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Catechumen - A Christian convert under instruction before baptism

Concupiscence - Strong sexual desire; lust.

Conditional baptism – a baptism in which the validity of the original baptism is in doubt

RCIA process- avenue to converting to Catholicism, culminating in the baptism\

Confirmation

Defn - The rite at which a baptized person affirms Christian belief and is admitted as a full member of the church.

Matter - Hand on the person and anointing him with chrism (blessed oil)

Form - Be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Minister – Bishop

Fruits of the Spirit – Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.

Gifts of the spirit – understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, fear of the lord, wisdom

Pentecost - The Christian festival celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples of Jesus after his Ascension, held on the seventh Sunday after Easter

Chrismation - A rite in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches that is comparable and similar to confirmation in the Roman Catholic Church

Eucharist

Defn - The Christian ceremony commemorating the Last Supper, in which bread and wine (Jesus) are consecrated and consumed

Transcendence - Existence or experience beyond the normal or physical level

Transubstantiation - The conversion of the substance of the Eucharistic elements into the body and blood of Christ at consecration, only the appearances of bread and wine still remaining

Tabernacle - An ornamented receptacle or cabinet in which a pyx or ciborium containing the reserved sacrament may be placed in Catholic churches, usually on or above an altar

Consecrate - At the Mass, the act of transforming bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ. 

Matter – wheaten bread and wine

Form - This is my body; for it is written: Whilst they were at supper, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and broke, and gave to his disciples, and said: Take and eat, This is My Body

Designated minister - priest

Call to Holiness

What does it mean to say, "if I need something, I chase after it if it goes away"?  How does this relate to the "Universal Call to Holiness"?  What do you think this quote implies for the everyday Catholic?  What do you think it means to "say who Christ is" without shame?

To say this is to profess a commitment to fulfilling the need for this "something". This "something" is, in this case, holiness. The human race has a need for holiness because Jesus tells us that holiness is the avenue to an everlasting relationship with God in heaven. Of course, we have a need for this everlasting relationship because it is the only thing that can fulfill our infinite desire. Humanity was separated from holiness, or holiness "went away", when Eve gave in to Satan in the garden of Eden. Original sin bifurcated man from his creator. Because we are separated from Him yet we have an infinite need for him, if we are seriously committed to fulfilling this need, we must answer our call to holiness. We must "chase after" God, aided by the undeserved gift of his grace and mercy. 

For the everyday Catholic, this quote has should embody the larger picture of his or her life. This quote should remind us that we are called to be holy, not just when it suits our worldly desires, but all the time, because we are separated from God all the time. This constant attempt at holiness should manifest itself not only through the act of saying "yes" to God and professing faith, but also through the actions of the believer. The call to holiness must be carried out into the world, effectively making Jesus present on this Earth. 

To say who Christ can refer to a verbal description of him and his life, but I think, in this context, it refers to a life lived in Christ. As Christians, we are called to say who he is through our actions every day ranging from small, lonely, ineffectual actions all the way to important, life-altering decisions. This emulation of Christ is associated with shame because Christ is radically opposed to the nature of society and the systems of power created by humanity. The man who lives in Him will likely be ridiculed or rejected by the world. This is only natural, for the the man in Christ will not be of this world; he will be of Christ. To shamelessly say who Christ is means living in Him, against the world, with pride and zeal.