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** from Greek ''kanon'' for "straight rod" and "standard of excellence"
** from Greek ''kanon'' for "straight rod" and "standard of excellence"
** also: '''canonical'''
** also: '''canonical'''
*** included in the "Canon", ie, accepted sacred texts
*** included in the "Canon", i.e, accepted sacred texts
** there are 27 Books in the New Testament
** there are 27 Books in the New Testament
** Old Testament:
** Old Testament:
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*'''dome'''
*'''dome'''
**from Genesis, what is above the waters, i.e. "heaven"
**from Genesis, what is above the waters, i.e., "heaven"
**in NKJV called "firmament"
**in NKJV called "firmament"
*doxology
*doxology
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** '''liturgical calendar''' = the calendar that guides Catholic masses over a year
** '''liturgical calendar''' = the calendar that guides Catholic masses over a year
* '''Mass'''
* '''Mass'''
** "eucharistic service" or "celebration of the Eucharist
** "Eucharistic service" or "celebration of the Eucharist
** per ''Novus Ordo,'' Mass = "the Lord's Supper", an assembly of people for memorial celebration of the Lord
** per ''Novus Ordo,'' Mass = "the Lord's Supper", an assembly of people for memorial celebration of the Lord
*** from Matthew 18:20:  ''where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them''
*** from Matthew 18:20:  ''where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them''
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**makes real what is symbolic
**makes real what is symbolic
*'''sacred'''
*'''sacred'''
*'''sacrifice'''
**sacred offering
*'''salvific'''  
*'''salvific'''  
**as in "salvific character of God's Revelation" ([https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091998_fides-et-ratio.html JPII])
**as in "salvific character of God's Revelation" ([https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091998_fides-et-ratio.html JPII])
*'''sanctify'''
**to make sacred
*'''Septuagint'''
*'''Septuagint'''
**the earliest existing Greek translation of the Old Testament
**the earliest existing Greek translation of the Old Testament