Year 8 Term 1 Vocabulary

The characteristics of God. 

• Gospel

• Divine

• Humanity

• Worship

A local community of the Christian faithful under the care of a priest

• School

• Church

• Meeting

• Parish

Baptised people in heaven, and those still alive in the world who have lived a holy life. 

• Saint

• Priests

• Deacons

• Bishops

A visible and effective sign of the invisible reality of God’s grace

• Ritual

• Rite

• Worship

• Sacrament

The reign of God where people live in harmony with God’s will. 

• Kingdom of God

• Heaven

• Earth

• Jerusalem

The announcement of the good news of the victory of Jesus over sin and evil and establishing the Kingdom of God. 

• Bible

• Commandments

• Gospel

• Apostles

A name Jesus used for God the Father as a sign of personal affection and closeness

• Abba

• Father

• God

The final step in the Catholic Church recognising a person as being exceptionally close to God and conferring the title ‘Saint’. 

• Saintship

• Canonisation

• Blessed

• Venerable

The goal of human desire, it can be external and short-term or internal and long-term. 

• Happiness

• Acceptance

• Belonging

The belief that God became fully human and yet remain fully divine, when Jesus was born of human flesh and blood. 

• Humanity

• Divine

• Incarnation