RE paper 2

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    • Magisterium
      The teaching authority of the Church, by the Bishops and Pope
    • Ordinary Magisterium

      • When the Bishops of the Church teach what the Church has always taught. They teach the basics of the Catholic faith
    • Vatican II
      The Catholic Church's response to the challenges of the modern world 1962-65
    • Encyclical
      A letter from the Pope
    • Pontifical Magisterium

      • This is when a papal infallible statement is made
    • Conciliar Magisterium

      • All the Bishops of the Church called together to form a council to discuss Church teachings and issues
    • Papal Infallibility
      The belief that the Pope is without error when he proclaims Church teachings
    • The nature of the Catholic Magisterium and its exercise in both its ordinary and extraordinary forms by both popes (pontifical) and councils (conciliar) with reference to Evangelium Vitae (65)
    • The nature and importance of the Second Vatican Council, its history and four key documents
    • Matthew 5: 16: '"In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."'
    • Heaven
      In the presence of God in the afterlife
    • Hell
      Place of punishment and suffering
    • Afterlife
      Religious beliefs about human life after death
    • Soul
      The spiritual part of a person made in the image of God
    • Purgatory
      Catholic belief in a place where souls are prepared for heaven
    • Spiritual
      Connected to the spirit or soul of a person
    • Physical Resurrection
      Physical resurrection on the Day of Judgement
    • Parousia
      The second coming of Jesus to the earth and Judgement Day
    • Eschatological beliefs

      • Beliefs about the last things; for Christians this involves ideas about the afterlife, including death, judgement, Heaven, Hell and the Parousia, or the return of Jesus to the earth
    • Judgement
      • Christians believe all humans have a soul which is immortal and at death the soul may go to Heaven or Hell in the afterlife
    • Resurrection
      • Christians believe the soul of a person is able to be with God in Heaven after death because the soul is believed to be made in the image of God and the spiritual part of a person; and that there will be a physical resurrection. Christians believe death was defeated by the Resurrection of Jesus
    • Heaven
      • Some Christians believe there is a physical Heaven and others it is a spiritual dimension. Catholic also believe in purgatory
    • Sarcophagi
      Stone coffins that have carved images on them
    • Holy Week
      The week leading up to Easter from Palm Sunday to Easter Saturday
    • Alpha & Omega
      The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet
    • The meaning and importance of the Paschal Candle
      • Symbol of Jesus' resurrection and victory over death
      • Symbols on the candle: Alpha/omega = First & Last letters of Greek alphabet = Jesus is the beginning & the end
      • Cross = Jesus' death & resurrection. Five marks in incense = five wounds of Jesus
      • The year = Jesus' sacrifice is for all time
      • The candle is a constant reminder of the Resurrection in the church and is lit at Baptisms, Funerals and Easter Sunday as a reminder of New Life/ Jesus' resurrection
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