Incarnation

• doctrine


  official church teaching
• incarnation


  God taking on the human condition in Jesus
• Annunciation


  When the angel Gabriel asked Mary to accept the role of the mother of the Son of God
• angel


  A spiritual being believed to act as a messenger of God
• grace


  God's free gift of his unconditional love to the believer
• genealogy


  a list of the generations in a family, which shows how people are related to each other.
• Emmanuel


  A Jewish name meaning 'God is with us
• virgin birth


  The belief that Jesus was fully human but did not have a human father
• Word of God


  the Second Person of the Trinity, God the Son, who became flesh in Jesus
• eternal


  without beginning or end
• co-exist


  to live together in harmony
• dynamic


  full of energy and creativeness
• Evangelists


  The writers of the four Gospels in the New Testament. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
• Son of Man


  A title that could refer to either just a human being, or a human who is given power by God
• Sanhedrin


  the Jewish Council that looked after all aspects of Jewish life and religion at the time of Jesus
• Ichthus (fish)


  a symbol of a fish, based on a Greek acronym that translates as 'Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour
• Alpha and Omega


  A symbol made from the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, which are used to show that God and Jesus are eternal - the beginning and end of all things
• Chi-Rho


  A symbol to represent Jesus, made up of the first two letters of his name in Greek
• Sacred Heart


  A representation of Jesus that focuses on his burning love for everybody
• crucifix


  A representation of Jesus on the cross on which he died
• law


  the commandments and rules laid down in the Old Testament
• Sermon on the Mount


  Jesus' teachings found in Matthew 5-7, which give Christians a set of rules and values to apply in their lives
• God's will


  the things that God wants people to do
• tradition


  that which has been handed on or passed down; things which have value because they have 'stood the test of time'.
• heresy


  a belief that goes against the accepted teachings of the Church.
• salvation


  Freedom from sin, and from the eternal separation from God that is brought about by sin
• Apostolic Exhortation


  A letter or document from the Pope encouraging Catholics in their religion
• the divine life


  The shared love of the Father and the Son in the Holy Spirit.
• sinful


  When humans turn away from God and do what they want, rather than what God wants
• Sacrement


  rites and rituals through which the believer receives a special gift of grace; for Catholics, Anglicans and many protestants, sacraments are 'outward signs' of 'inward grace'.
• laying on of hands


  A symbolic gesture that passes on the power of the Holy Spirit.
• sanctify, sanctification


  Being made holy
• witness


  when someone shows their faith in their words and actions
• conception


  when the male sperm fertilises the female ovum, seen by Catholics as the start of life.
• abortion


  The removal of a foetus from the womb to end a pregnancy, usually before the foetus is 24 weeks old
• doctrine


  official church teaching
• incarnation


  God taking on the human condition in Jesus
• Annunciation


  When the angel Gabriel asked Mary to accept the role of the mother of the Son of God
• angel


  A spiritual being believed to act as a messenger of God
• grace


  God's free gift of his unconditional love to the believer