Religious Education Key Terms

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Glossary Terms

• Community: A group of individuals connected by shared beliefs and practices within a religious context.
• Parish: A local Christian community under the care of a parish priest.
• Easter: The most important and oldest festival of the Christian Church, which celebrates the resurrection of Christ.
• Lent: A season of spiritual renewal for Catholics, recalling Christ's deeds through repentance and belief.
• Apostle: People who met and followed Jesus during his life and were called to spread the gospel.
• Disciple: A personal follower of Christ during his life.
• Gospel: Literally means "good news," it refers to the announcement that Jesus brought God's reign to the world through his life, death, and resurrection.
• Venerable: Someone awarded great respect, especially due to age, wisdom, or character.
• Beatification: The formal announcement in the Roman Catholic Church that a dead person is in a state of bliss and lived a holy life.
• Canonisation: The final step in the Catholic Church of recognizing someone as exceptionally close to God, awarding the title 'Saint'.
• Saint: People considered holy because God lives in them, guiding and inspiring Catholics through prayers.
• Trinity: Also known as The Holy Trinity, embodies the three persons that guide and help our understanding of God; the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Characteristics of Community

• Members gather frequently to strengthen bonds.
• Leaders maintain organization and guide activities.
• Rules help members work together to achieve shared goals.

Becoming a Saint: Steps

• The person is entitled a ‘servant of God'.
• They are described as ‘venerable’, meaning respect is awared for their age, wisdom or character.
• The venerable person is blessed, known as beatification, with a formal announcement that the dead person lived a holy life and is in bliss.
• The Catholic Church identifies these people being close to God and awards the title of 'saint'.

Limitations of Communities

• Members are complex and have unique needs.
• Needs change over time.
• Communities offer completely different things.

Holy Trinity

• The Holy Trinity consists of the Father, Son (God), and Holy Spirit and is explained with a diagram.
• Blessing from the Trinity: The father blesses the recipient, the Son asks God the Father to bless the recipient, and the Holy Spirit enables to the recipient to experience the blessing.

Jesus' Dual Nature

• Jesus has both a fully divine and fully human nature.

Jesus' Divinity: Examples

• Performed miracles.
• Resurrected.
• Walked on water.
• Turned water into wine.

Jesus' Humanity: Examples

• Experienced hunger and thirst.
• Felt emotions like anger, joy, and sadness.
• Born.
• Felt physical pain.