| A | B |
|---|
| a garden | paradise and original blessing |
| naming the animals | humanity's responsibility to care for creation |
| tree of knowledge | God's boundaries for human behavior |
| seven days | completeness |
| chaos/order | God's power to bring forth order out of disorder |
| water | life, cleansing, and forgiveness |
| wind | God's powerful "breath of life" |
| fruit | Adam and Eve's sinful choice |
| serpent | temptation |
| light from darkness | the "dawn" or beginning of creation |
| archeology | this is the scientific study of the remains of past human life |
| anthropomorphically | In Genesis, God is presented this way, in that he is depicted in a very human way |
| earthly realm | This is another name for the visible reality that we see around us |
| soul | This is our spiritual principle; it is immortal and makes us most like God. |
| figurative language | uses symbolic images, stories, and names to point to a deeper truth |
| original justice | The state of complete harmony between Adam and Eve and the rest of creation is called |
| original holiness | God's intention that the first human beings would share in his life, to be in direct communion with him |
| Genesis | Contains the figurative account of Adam and Eve's Fall from grace |
| Parousia | Christ's second coming and the time of his Final Judgment |
| Satan | A fallen angel who rejects God and God's Reign and who tempts us to do the same |
| conscience | An inner voice that summons us to love good and avoid evil |
| concupiscence | The tendency of all human beings toward sin. |
