| A | B |
|---|
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary |
| theology | study of God, religous faith, practice, and experience |
| evolution | growth of the final form of organisms over millions of years |
| creationism | idea that God by his direct action created the world all at once |
| Genesis | first book of the bible |
| Covenant | an agreement (like adoption and marriage) made between God and man |
| mediator | Someone who is a 'go-between' for others |
| gist | main point, part, essence of oral or written statements |
| Salvation History | events in human history especially connected with salvation of mankind |
| Plan of God | Plan A - Walking with God in the garden. Plan B sending His Son to redeem the world. |
| cosmology | deals with origin, structure, and space-time relationships of the universe |
| Semites | descendantes of Akkadians, Arabs, Hebrews, and Phoenicians |
| firmament | the vault or arch of the sky; heavens |
| Sheol | the abode of the dead in early Hebrew cosmology |
| monotheism | belief in one God |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| dominion | absolute ownership and stewardship |
| manna | food miraculously supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness |
| sin | a rejection of God and refusal to accept his love |
| Original Sin | not a personal sin but the fallen state of mankind into which one is born |
| liturgy | The People of God participate in the "work of God" |
| cherubim | an order of angels |
| Order of angels | lowest to highest (9) angels, principalities, archangels, powers, virtues, dominions, thrones, cherubims, and seraphim |
| revelation | that God opens himself, shows himself, and speaks to the world voluntarily |
| curse | A prayer or invocation for harm or injury to come upon someone/something. |
| smite | To strike sharply or heavily especially with the hand or an implement held in the hand |
| natural theology | theology that is based purely on observation, relfection, and reasoning |
| sacred theology | theology that includes Scripture, Tradition, Fathers of Churhc, and Magisterium as primary sources |
