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| Here for [https://scborromeo2.org/catechism-of-the-catholic-church Catechism of the Catholic Church]
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| == Vocabulary ==
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| * '''catechism'''
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| ** "instruction in Christian principles"
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| ** from Latin ''catechismus'' for "book of instruction"
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| *** from Greek katekhismos
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| **** which is from ''katekhizein'' "to teacher oraly, instruct by word of mouth" which is from Greek ''katekhein'' "to resound"
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| *** thus "catechism" maintains an element of joyful echoes from ''katekhein'' "to resound"
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| * '''catacomb'''
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| ** "sepulchral vaults" = underground burial tombs
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| ** from Latin ''cata tumbas'' "among the graves"
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| *** ''cata'' = among + ''comb'' = graves or tombs
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| **** derived from Latin ''cumbere'' "to lie:
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| ** unrelated to "catechism"
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| * '''communion'''
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| ** generally, coming together in worship
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| ** specifically, "'''Holy Communion'''" for "partaking in the sacrament of the Eucharist"
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| *** from ''com'' for "with, together" + ''unus'' for "oneness, union"
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| *'''confess'''
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| **''con'' = wtih + ''fess'' from Latin fateri = "to admit"
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| ***from PIE '''*bha-''' "to speak, tell, say"
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| ***Latin ''confiteri'' = "to acknowledge"
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| *'''consecrate'''
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| **"consecrated elements, such as the bread and wine in the Eucharist
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| **''con'' = with
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| *'''creed'''
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| **from Latin ''credo'' for "I believe"
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| *'''Eucharist'''
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| **sacrament of the Last Supper
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| ***from Latin ''eucharistia'' and Greek ''eukharistia'' for "thanksgiving, gratitude"
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| ***eu = Greek for "good or well " + ''kharis'' "favor, grace"
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| ****thus includes a sense of "thankfulness", "to be thankful"
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| ***'''E''ukharistia''''' = "the Lord's Supper"
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| *'''dome'''
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| **from Genesis, what is above the waters, i.e. "heaven"
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| **in NKJV called "firmament"
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| *'''Genesis'''
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| **origin, birth, creation of the world
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| ***from PIE '''*gene''' for "to give birth, to beget"
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| * '''invention'''
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| ** "finding or discovery"
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| ** from Latin ''invenire'', "to come upon, find out, discover"
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| *** ''in'' = "in, on" + ''venir'' = "to come"
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| **** PIE root '''*gwa for''' "to go, to come"
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| ** thus an "invention" is not something created by man, it is something discovered or found out by man
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| ** God creates the world; mankind "invents" or "discovers" it
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| ** used for the original "Invention of the Cross", which was the discovery of the three crosses from the biblical crucifixion (see [[wikipedia:Helena_of_Constantinople|Saint Helena]], mother of Satin Constantine ("Constantine the Great")
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| * '''lay''' (adj) / '''laity''' (n)
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| ** not clerical, or "of the people", as in "''the'' ''lay people"'' or ''"the laity''
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| *** from Latin ''laicus'' and Greek ''laikos'' "of the people,"; both from ''laos'' for folk, the people, the crowd; a tribe
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| ** also indicates common people as distinguished from "experts"
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| * '''liturgy'''
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| ** "the service (mass) of the Holy Eucharist"
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| ** or the conduct (form, presentation) of divine services
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| ** from Latin ''liturgia'' for "public service, public worship" and Greek ''leitourgia'' for "a liturgy; public duty, ministry,"
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| *** related to ''leitourgos'' for "one who performs a public ceremony or service
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| **** as opposed to ''leito-'' "public" (from ''laos'' "the people")
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| ** '''liturgical''' = "of or related to divine mass"
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| ** '''liturgical calendar''' = the calendar that guides Catholic masses over a year
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| * '''Mass'''
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| ** "eucharistic service" or "celebration of the Eucharist
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| ** Old English mæsse and Middle English ''messe'' or ''masse\''
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| *** the meaning is likely derived from the "dismissal" at the end of the service
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| *** as it is related to Latin ''mittere'' for "to let go, send" as in on a mission
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| * '''profess'''
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| * ransom
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| ** see Timothy1, 2: 5
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| * '''rosary'''
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| **a series or "garden" of prayers w/ beads to guide their recitation (saying of the prayers)
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| **related to Latin ''hortulus animae'' for "prayerbook"
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| ***which means "little garden of the soul"
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| *'''revelation'''
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| *'''sacred'''
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| *'''Trinity'''
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| == Catechism translations ==
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| |+Chapter One: Man's Capacity for God
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| | style="width: 50%; " cell | '''37 In the historical conditions in which he finds himself, however, man experiences many difficulties in coming to know God by the light of reason alone:'''
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| Though human reason is, strictly speaking, truly capable by its own natural power and light of attaining to a true and certain knowledge of the one personal God, who watches over and controls the world by his providence, and of the natural law written in our hearts by the Creator; yet there are many obstacles which prevent reason from the effective and fruitful use of this inborn faculty. For the truths that concern the relations between God and man wholly transcend the visible order of things, and, if they are translated into human action and influence it, they call for self-surrender and abnegation. The human mind, in its turn, is hampered in the attaining of such truths, not only by the impact of the senses and the imagination, but also by disordered appetites which are the consequences of original sin. So it happens that men in such matters easily persuade themselves that what they would not like to be true is false or at least doubtful.
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| - Pius XII, ''Humani Generis'', 561: DS 3875
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| |<u>Overview</u>:
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| * Made in the image of God, man is capable of understanding God's knowledge as relates to mankind, but...
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| ** God's knowledge is shielded from man by man's incomplete perception of it
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| ** and, worse, it is further misguided by sin.
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| * As a result, men deny, deflect, or ignore God's wisdom
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| ** by hiding behind their own ignorance
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| ** which they use to justify their denial of God's knowledge.
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| * Man can only perceive God's knowledge by surrendering and rejecting his own limited perceptions
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| <u>Translation</u>:
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| * God's relation with man can be understood by reason
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| * Yet man's reason has obstacles to that understanding
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| *Man's reason ("the human mind") cannot easily attain "such truths"
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| **because the relation between God and man goes beyond what can be observed ("visible order of things")
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| **as it is "impacted" (hampered) by senses (what man imperfectly perceives) and imagination (what man imagines or dreams of)
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| *to begin to perceive God's truths (that go beyond what can be seen by man), man must "transcend" or get beyond what is seen in "human action"
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| **"self-surrender and abnegation" (renouncing man's conceit) are required
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| *worse, man's perceptions are "disordered" (negatively impacted by) "appetites" (desires) that "are the consequences of original sin."
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| *so when man false short of pure reason (incorrect perception, sin, etc.)
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| **he convinces ("easily persuade") himself that what he doesn't want to be true (God's word) is not true, or "doubtful" (likely not true)
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| **i.e. = he fools himself
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| <u>Other notes</u>
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| * the visible and invisible = parts of revelation
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| * we can reason God but we cannot know the Trinity without Jesus
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| * God reveals himself through visible creation
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| |'''52''' God, who "dwells in unapproachable light", wants to communicate his own divine life to the men he freely created, in order to adopt them as his sons in his only-begotten Son.<sup>3</sup> By revealing himself God wishes to make them capable of responding to him, and of knowing him and of loving him far beyond their own natural capacity.
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| * "unapproachable light" = God told Moses not to come closer
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| * God speaks to humans in their own terms, as they cannot fully understand God ("beyond their natural ability")
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| * therefore, God "reveals himself" in ways beyond their "natural capacity"
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