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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)