Christianity 1st page

• acclamation?

  praising with great enthusiasm
• alleluia?

  meaning praise god it is the easter proclamation (the announcement of the resurrection) and is used before the reading of the gospel at mass
• alpha and omega?

  a symbol made from the first and last letters of the greek alphabet which show that god and Jesus are eternal- the beginning and end of all things
• angel?

  a spiritual being believed to act as a messenger of god
• annunciation?

  then the angel Gabriel asked mary to accept the role of the mother of the son of god
• apostles?

  one who is sent out; the name given to those disciples who became leaders of the early church
• apsotolic?

  based on what the apostles taught
• apostolic authority?

  the authority of the apostles as leaders of the early catholic church that is passed on to the bishops
• apostolic exhortation?

  a letter or document from the Pope encouraging Catholics in their religion
• Aramaic?

  the language Jesus spoke
• ascension?

  the event 40 days after the resurrection when Jesus returned to god the father in heaven
• atone?

  make amends for something that has gone wrong
• atonement?

  restoring the relationship between people and god through the life death and resurrection of Jesus
• baptism?

  the sacrament in which a person becomes a child of God and a Christian
• benediction?

  meaning blessed; a service at which the blessed sacrament is exposed and Catholics worship christ in the sacraments
• beneficent?

  benevolent, all loving, all good; a quality of god
• bible?

  the sacred book of Christianity containing the new and old testament
• bishops?

  high-ranking clergymen who have the power to confirm and ordain
• blessed sacrament?

  a term that refers to the consecrated bread and wine
• bowing?

  bending from the waist as a sign of respect
• catholic?

  a term used to describe something that is worldwide and all-inclusive referring to the roman catholic church
• charity?

  providing help and love to those in need / an organisation that does not make a profit and whose main purpose is to help those in need/ another term for love
• chi-rho?

  a symbol to represent Jesus, made up of the first two letters of his name in greek
• church?

  the holy people of god also called the body of christ among whom Christ is present and active/ a building in which Christians worship
• commendation of the dying?

  the prayers that are said when a person is on the point of death
• communion?

  sharing together/ sharing in a meal that unites people with each other and with christ
• conciliar?

  when the authority of the magisterium is expressed through the pope in a council
• conscience?

  for Christians the voice of god in the heart and soul of a person
• consecration?

  the point in the mass where the bread and wine are blessed
• consubstancial?

  literally ,of one being' showing that the father, son, and spirit are not separate entries but one god
• contemporary worship songs?

  religious songs that have been written recently for the praise if god, often including modern instruments
• cosmic reconciliation?

  the time when all things in creation will be brought together in harmony
• council?

  a gathering of bishops to make decisions about important issues for the church