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*'''creed''' | *'''creed''' | ||
**from Latin ''credo'' for "I believe" | **from Latin ''credo'' for "I believe" | ||
**The Creed | |||
*'''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" | ||
*'''economy''' | |||
**from Greek ''oikonomia'' for "household management" | |||
***''oikonomos'' = manager, steward | |||
**so in Church, "economy" refers to "the works by which God reveals himself" | |||
***as opposed to "theology", which is the mystery of God's inmost life withing the Blessed Trinity" | |||
**therefore, "theologia illuminates ''oikonomia"'' | |||
***from CCC 236 | |||
*'''episcopate''' | *'''episcopate''' | ||
*'''Eucharist''' | *'''Eucharist''' | ||
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**"Sacramental Eucharistic Presence" = Christ's actual or "absolute" presence in the sacrament of the Eucharist | **"Sacramental Eucharistic Presence" = Christ's actual or "absolute" presence in the sacrament of the Eucharist | ||
*'''Trinity''' | *'''Trinity''' | ||
**the mystery of God in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit | |||
*'''Triune God''' | *'''Triune God''' | ||
*'''Word, "the Word"''' | *'''Word, "the Word"''' | ||
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== Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults == | == Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults == | ||
* abbreviated as "RCIA" | * abbreviated as "RCIA" | ||
* = lessons on Catholicism and process of full conversion for adults | |||
=== Vocabulary of RCIA === | === Vocabulary of RCIA === | ||
adopted from Cathedral of St. Thomas Moore, 2022-23 | |||
* '''candidate''' | * '''candidate''' | ||
** a baptized person preparing for full communion in the Catholic Church, through the sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation | ** a baptized person preparing for full communion in the Catholic Church, through the sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation | ||
* | *'''catechesis''' | ||
**the teaching of Christian doctrine in an organized and systematic way to help form people as disciples of Jesus Christ. | |||
*'''catechists''' | |||
**Those who perform the ministry of catechesis (CCC 5, 426-427) | |||
*'''catechumen''' | |||
**a person who is preparing for Baptism, Confirmation and First Holy Communion (CCCC 1248) | |||
*'''catechumenate''' | |||
**religious instruction and formation in preparation for Christian Initiation | |||
**its aim is to bring conversion and faith to maturity within the parish community | |||
*'''conversion''' | |||
**a radical reorientation of the whole life away from sin and evil, and toward God (CCC 1423, 1427, 1431) | |||
*'''faith''' | |||
**personal adherence of man to God | |||
**also and inseparably, ''a free assent to to the whole truth that God has revealed'' (CCC 150) | |||
**faith is a personal act | |||
***= the free response of the human person to the initiative of God who reveals himself (CCC 166) | |||
*'''Godparent''' | |||
** the sponsor of one who is baptized | |||
*** who assumes a responsibility to assist the newly baptized, child or adult, on the journey of the Christian life (CCC 1255) | |||
*'''mystagogy''' | |||
**a deeper reflection on the mysteries of the Catholic faith; | |||
**the period of religious instruction and formation following immediately after the reception of the sacraments of initiation by adults (CCC 1075) | |||
*'''Trinity''' | |||
**the mystery of one God in three Persons: | |||
***Father | |||
***Son | |||
***Holy Spirit | |||
**the revealed truth of the Holy Trinity is at the very root of the Church's living faith as expressed in the Creed (CCC 232, 237, 249, 253-256) | |||