Catechism of the Catholic Church: Difference between revisions

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**** derived from Latin ''cumbere'' "to lie:

** unrelated to "catechism"

* '''communion'''

** generally, coming together in worship

** specifically, "'''Holy Communion'''" for "partaking in the sacrament of the Eucharist"

*** from ''com'' for "with, together" + ''unus'' for "oneness, union"

*'''confess'''

**''con'' = wtih + ''fess'' from Latin fateri = "to admit"

***from PIE '''*bha-''' "to speak, tell, say"

***Latin ''confiteri'' = "to acknowledge"

*'''consecrate'''

**"consecrated elements, such as the bread and wine in the Eucharist

**''con'' = with

*'''creed'''

**from Latin ''credo'' for "I believe"

*'''Eucharist'''

**sacrament of the Last Supper

***from Latin ''eucharistia'' and Greek ''eukharistia'' for "thanksgiving, gratitude"

***eu = Greek for "good or well " + ''kharis'' "favor, grace"

****thus includes a sense of "thankfulness", "to be thankful"

***'''E''ukharistia''''' = "the Lord's Supper"

*'''firmament'''

**in NAB "dome"

**= heaven

*'''Genesis'''

**from PIE '''*~~gne~~'''

**origin, birth, creation of the world

***from PIE '''*gene''' for "to give birth, to beget"

* '''invention'''

** "finding or discovery"

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** God creates the world; mankind "invents" or "discovers" it

** 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")

* '''lay''' (adj) / '''laity''' (n)

** not clerical, or "of the people", as in "''the'' ''lay people"'' or ''"the laity''

*** from Latin ''laicus'' and Greek ''laikos'' "of the people,"; both from ''laos'' for folk, the people, the crowd; a tribe

** also indicates common people as distinguished from "experts"

* '''liturgy'''

** "the service (mass) of the Holy Eucharist"

** or the conduct (form, presentation) of divine services

** from Latin ''liturgia'' for "public service, public worship" and Greek ''leitourgia'' for "a liturgy; public duty, ministry,"

*** related to ''leitourgos'' for "one who performs a public ceremony or service

**** as opposed to ''leito-'' "public" (from ''laos'' "the people")

** '''liturgical''' = "of or related to divine mass"

** '''liturgical calendar''' = the calendar that guides Catholic masses over a year

* '''Mass'''

** "eucharistic service" or "celebration of the Eucharist

** Old English mæsse and Middle English ''messe'' or ''masse\''

*** the meaning is likely derived from the "dismissal" at the end of the service

*** as it is related to Latin ''mittere'' for "to let go, send" as in on a mission

* '''profess'''

* ransom