"Lamb of God" in Latin

A spiritual, personal, and immortal creature, possessing intelligence and free will, who glorifies God without ceasing and serves God as protector of and messenger to men.

The 12 men chosen by Jesus to be his closest followers during his public ministry, and to whom he entrusted his Church after his Resurrection and Ascension.

When Jesus rose bodily into heaven 40 days after the Resurrection

The complete list of accepted books of the Bible

1. The universal Christian religion created by God for the salvation of the world 2. The denomination of Christians who are in union with the Pope

"Anointed One" in Greek

1. The assembly of God's people who are united in faith and worship 2. The mystical body of Christ

The inclination towards sin resulting from our wounded human nature

A sacred ritual in the Catholic Church which confirms and strengthens the sacrament of Baptism. In this sacrament, the recipient is anointed with oil and receives the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

A solemn agreement between people or between God and man involving mutual commitments and guarantees.

A "fallen" angel; an angel who rebelled against God.

God's direct communication of himself to mankind

An early Hebrew word for God found in the Book of Genesis.

The sacrament of bread and wine becoming Christ's Body and Blood instituted by Jesus at the Last Supper, and consecrated at every Mass.

The absence or privation of good.

"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength, and you shall love your neighbor as yourself."

An angel personally assigned by God to protect and intercede for every human being.

The obstinate denial by a baptized person of some truth that must be believed with divine faith.

Spiritual perfection or purity arising from a likeness to God.

The theological term which describes Jesus Christ as one Person with two natures: human and divine.

1. Unchangeable or unalterable. 2. An attribute of God

When the Second Person of the Trinity became man in Jesus Christ.

The man whom Christians view as both the Son of God and the Anointed One whose coming the Jewish Scriptures foretold.

A cousin of Jesus who prepared the way for Jesus' ministry by baptizing and preaching to the Jews.

A justified, true belief

"Lord" in Greek

The Passover meal shared by Jesus and his Apostles the night before he died, when He instituted the Eucharist.

The teaching authority of the Catholic Church which flows from Christ's entrustment of the church to his Apostles

Hebrew for "anointed one." The figure foretold by Jewish scriptures who would restore the Kingdom of Israel, the Temple, and the observance of the Law.

Refers to any religious tradition that believes in one God.

Pertaining to the ordinary, earthly realm of existence

Belief or trust in the ordinary things we cannot see or prove

What the natural world reveals to us about God and morality

A thing's essence; The qualities which make a thing what it is, as distinct from other types of beings.

The eternal covenant made by Jesus Christ with all of mankind which succeeds and perfects the previous covenants made by God.

1. Perfectly good 2. An attribute of God.

1. All-powerful 2. An attribute of God.

1. Being present everywhere 2. An attribute of God.

1. All-knowing 2. An attribute of God

The wounded human condition due to the first sin of Adam and Eve.

A fictitious narrative or allegory used to illustrate and explain moral or spiritual principles. Jesus often taught in this way.

The Jewish feast commemorating the time when the angel of God passed over the houses of the Jews who slaughtered a lamb and painted its blood on their doorposts to save their first born sons from the 10th Plague during the Exodus. This allowed the Hebrew people to flee slavery in Egypt.

When the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles and other Christians 50 days after the Resurrection.

An individual, unique, and unrepeatable substance of a free and rational nature.

An ancient Jewish sect that emphasized strict observance of the traditional Jewish laws. Many of them found Jesus and his followers heretical; Jesus found many of them to be hypocritical and self-righteous.

Refers to any religious tradition that believes in more than one God.

The intellectual power which enables humans to acquire knowledge beyond the senses

The permanent, bodily rising of Jesus from the dead. This event reveals his power and victory over sin and death. Christians believe that they, too, will rise from the dead at the end of time.

The teachings of Jesus and the Apostles handed down to us from the beginning of the Church 

1. A person in heaven 2. A person formally canonized due to their holy life, heroic virtue, and miraculous intercession.

The story of God's intervention into human history to save his people from sin.

1. The prince of the fallen angels who rejected God and was cast out of heaven before time began; The Devil

When Jesus returns to earth at the end of time to judge the world.

The longest and most famous collection of Jesus' teachings and sayings found in the Gospel. The Beatitudes and the Lord's Prayer are two well-known teachings from this discourse.

An offense against God.

A charismatic gift that enables one to speak in an unknown language under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

That which is positively immaterial, having no dependence on matter for its existence of activities.

The archangel who cast the Devil and his minions out of heaven.

Pertaining to the spiritual or divine realm of existence; that which transcends nature

The gift of God which enables us to believe or trust in the truths God has revealed to man

The Christian understanding of God as being simultaneously three persons and one God 2. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit

That which conforms to reality

The personal name of the God of Israel revealed to Moses on Mt. Sinai, meaning "I AM WHO I AM."