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| Faith | Belief based on past experience or trust in someone else's word |
| Creed | A formal and official statement of Christian doctrine; a creed contains a summary of the principal truths of faith |
| Christianity | religion with the most people |
| Islam | religion with the second largest number of believers |
| Hinduism | most people in India believe in this |
| Nature religion | People believe that gods live in all nature |
| Buddhism | the second major religion in Asia |
| Judaism | the smallest of all major world religions |
| Atheist | A person who believes there is no God |
| Incarnation | the taking of human nature by the Second Person of the Trinity; God becoming human in the person of Jesus |
| Apostles | The name given to Jesus' twelve disciples: Simon Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James, Thaddeus, Simon, and Judas Iscariot |
| Messiah | Son of God, the chosen representitive of God |
| Gospel | One of the four official versions of the words and actions of Jesus |
| Epistle | A letter written by an apostle or leader of the early Christian community about the Christian life |
| New Testement | The second part of the Christian Bible, which contains 27 books about the meaning of Jesus |
| Ascension | the return of Jesus to his Father in heaven, 40 days after the Resurrection |
| Evangelist | A word meaning "one who spreads thr good news" |
| Kingdom of God | A state of happiness in which people are one with God and in harmony with one another |
| Conversion | A change of heart; a turning away from sin and turning toward Jesus and his message of love |
| Parable | A short story that illustrates a mortal attitude or a religious principal |
| Works of Mercy | Works of physical or spiritual assistance, motivated by love of God and neighbor, toward people in need |
| Myth | a story used to explain something that defies our ability to explain it |
| Covenant | a solemn promise entered into by two parties in which each promises to be faithful |
| The main element of the covenant | faithfulness |
| Salvation histry | the saving action of God in people's lives to bring them to their created destiny |
| Trinity | three Persons in one God- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit |
| Stewardship | the task God gave people to take care of the earth, and one another |
| Holiness | a sharing in God's life and work |
| charity | love of God and love of a neighbor |
| Advent | the season during the Church year when the Church awaits and prepares for the birth of Jesus and Jesus' coming at the end of time |
| O Antiphons | seven short prayers; each uses a title for the awaited Messiah and summarizes its meaning |
