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== Vocabulary for Catholic Catechism ==
== Vocabulary for Catholic Catechism ==
notes on vocabulary list
* this list is generated for purposes of catechism
* many terms are useful, but not essential for underestanding of the faith
* the vocab list is purely alphabetical, so order is unrelated to importance or meaning
*
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=== A ===  
* '''Advent'''
* '''Advent'''
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**"compliment" as in "mutually completing"
**"compliment" as in "mutually completing"
**man and woman
**man and woman
*'''''Concordate'''''
**"Biblical concordance" or "verbal concordance"
**= a list of every word that appears in the OT and NT Bibles in alphabetical order
***with a references as to where the word appears
**first complied by the Dominican order using the Latin Vulgate bible
*'''concupiscence'''
*'''concupiscence'''
**propensity towards sin and death
**propensity towards sin and death
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  see also [https://www.usccb.org/bible/national-bible-week/upload/viviano-senses-scripture.pdf Viviano-SensesofScripture.indd (usccb.org)]
  see also [https://www.usccb.org/bible/national-bible-week/upload/viviano-senses-scripture.pdf Viviano-SensesofScripture.indd (usccb.org)]
*'''Septuagint'''
*'''Septuagint'''
**the earliest existing Greek translation of the Old Testament
**the earliest existing Greek translation of the Old Testament, started in the 3rd Century BC and completed into the 2nd Century BC
**the Apostles and early Christians used this version of the Hebrew Bible and incorporated it completely into the Old Testament
**the Apostles and early Christians used this version of the Hebrew Bible and incorporated it completely into the Old Testament
***including the "Deuterocanonical" books, most of which are in the Catholic and not Protestant bible.
***including the "Deuterocanonical" books, most of which are in the Catholic and not Protestant bible.
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** a calling
** a calling
** from ''vocare'' "to call"
** from ''vocare'' "to call"
* Vulgate (Bible)
** also called "Catholic Vulgate" or "Latin Vulgate"
*** the Bible translated into Latin
*** it was started by Saint Jerome in 382
*** it was last updated in 1979 as the "Nova Vulgate"
** the significance is that until the 20th century, English versions of the Catholic Bible were translated from Latin and not from the original Greek
** however, the Old Testament was translated into Latin from Hebrew and not Greek
*** the Septuagint Bible was considered "inspired" by Augustine, and thus more accceptable
*** see above for the Septuagint (OT translation into Greek by 3rd Century BC Jewish scholars)
* '''Way, the'''
* '''Way, the'''
** from John 14;6 and Acts 9:2
** from John 14;6 and Acts 9:2
*** reference to following Jesus  
*** reference to following Jesus
** other terms or references to followers of Jesus include:
** other terms or references to followers of Jesus include:
*** '''''Nazarenes''''' (Acts 24:5)
*** '''''Nazarenes''''' (Acts 24:5)