Morality Chapter 1

Religion chapter 1 Vocab

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Actual Grace
This supernatural, free, and undeserved help from God that is given for specific circumstances to do good and avoid evil.
Amorality
Outside the sphere of moral sense; an attitude that lacks any moral orientation, dispensing from all moral norms; attitudes or orientations not characterized as either good or evil.
Beatitude
Happiness or blessedness, especially the eternal happiness of Heaven, which is the vision of God and a participation in the divine nature. This is the greatest human desire.
Christian Morality
Moral norms to be followed because a Christian is incorporated into Christ through Baptism.
Christian Vocation
God's call to each person by which he is incorporated into Christ through grace and becomes a member of the of the mystical body of Christ. As one of God's people, he partakes in the life of the Church.
Christianity
A name derived from Christ, the Anointed One. The set of beliefs, practices, and morals in imitation of and commanded by Jesus Christ.
Disciple
From the Latin verb discere, "to learn". One who accepted Jesus' message to follow him, especially one of the Twelve; this term can also refer to a Christian of any age because he is a follower of Christ.
Encyclical
A letter written by the pope to all the world's bishops and occasionally to all the faithful. It usually expounds on some aspect of Church teaching.
Freedom
The power rooted in reason and the will, to act or not to act, and so to perform deliberate actions on one's own responsibility.
Free Will
This gift from God includes the power of directing one's own actions without constraint. This makes possible the choice to love God.
Grace
The free and unmerited favor of God given first of all though the sacraments. Grace is a share in the divine life infused into the soul by the Holy Spirit to heal from sin and to sanctify.
Holiness
Spiritual perfection or purity because of likeness unto God who is perfectly Holy. The free dedication of a Christian to the will of God and the participation in the life of grace. Holiness is the perfection of charity. It is also referred to as sanctity, saintliness, and sacredness.
Immorality
A quality, character, or conduct in violation of moral law.
Infallibility
Immunity from error and any possibility of error.
Law of Christ
An interior law that stems from grace-in connection with life in Jesus-and becomes a norm or impulse for imitating Christ and acting like him.