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• Free will


  The ability to choose our actions between right and wrong
• Stewardship


  Humans are entrusted with the care of the earth, looking after it for god
• Sanctity of life


  All human life is special and sacred
• Old testament


  • Torah
  • History
  • Wisdom
  • Prophecy
• New testament


  • Gospels
  • Act of the apostle
  • Epistles
  • Revelation
• Natural law


  Inbuilt sense of what is morally right or wrong
• Incarnation


  God becoming man in jesus
• Beatitudes


  Sums up jesus' teachings about what it means to live as a child of god's kingdom
• Magisterium


  The teaching authority of church, formed by a group of bishops
• Vatican II


  The second vatican council where all catholic priest meet with the pope
• Imago dei


  Human beings are made in the image of god
• Trinity


  Christians believe that god is made up of three person
• Mission


  Going out to spread the word of god and reflect love through social needs
• Evangelisation


  Spreading of the gospel message through words like preaching
• Doctrine


  A belief or set of belief held and taught by the church
• Salvation


  Restoring humanity to fellowship with god
• Station of the cross


  Dramatic prayer where people are invited to move around the church looking at images of jesus on his path to the cross
• Pilgrimages


  Go to holy places
• Dei Verbum


  Read the bible instead of just listening in mass
• Sacrosanctum concilium


  Mass translate to local language
• Gaudium et spes


  Encourage people to engage in social justice
• Lumen gentium


  Member should be involved in missions
• Apostolic succession


  The authority of the apostles handed down
• Purgatory


  A state of cleansing and healing to prepare the soul to return to heaven