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| Protoevangelium | From the Greek meaning “ rst” and “bringing good news.” Refers to the First Gospel, Genesis 3: 15, in which the promise of a Messiah and Redeemer is foretold |
| Charism | A specific gift or grace of the Holy Spirit that directly or indirectly bene ts the Church, given in order to help a person live out the Christian life, or to serve the common good in building up the Church. |
| Sacrilege | Profaning the sacraments, other liturgical actions, or things consecrated to God. |
| Sacrament | An ef cacious sign of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to a Christian through the work of the Holy Spirit. |
| Mystical Body of Christ | Based on the teaching of St. Paul, this doctrine holds that believers are united to Christ as members to a head and, due to that union, united to one another. |
| Form | The necessary ritual words that accompany a sacrament. |
| Concupiscence | The disordered human appetites or desires that remain even after Baptism due to the temporal consequences of Original Sin and constitute an inclination to sin. |
| Matter | That part of a sacrament with which or to which something is done in order to confer grace. |
| Covenant | A solemn agreement between people and God involving mutual commitments and guarantees. |
| Original Sin | Result of Adam and Eve’s disobedience in the Garden of Eden. This sin separated mankind from God and introduced into human nature an inclination toward sin. |
| Sacramental Character | An indelible mark imprinted on the soul by the Sacraments of Baptism, Con rmation, and Holy Orders that gives the Christian a greater share in the priesthood of Christ. |
| Redemption | The act by which Jesus Christ, through his sacri cial Death on the Cross, set us free from the slavery of sin, thus redeeming or “buying us back” from the power of the Devil. |
| Actual Grace | This supernatural, free, and undeserved help from God is given for speci c circumstances to do good and avoid evil. |
| Messiah | Hebrew for “anointed.” This is used in reference to Jesus because he accomplished perfectly the divine mission as Priest, Prophet, and King, signi ed by his being anointed as Christ. |
| Exopere Operantis | A term in sacramental theology (literally, “by the work of the doer”) meaning that the effectiveness of the sacraments calls for a proper disposition on the part of the recipient. |
| Exopere Operato | This is a guarantee to the faithful that if they are properly disposed, they will receive grace through the sacraments regardless of the personal sanctity of the person conferring the sacrament since it is really Jesus who is acting through the minister. |
| Imago Christi | The image of God is present in all humans by virtue of their creation by Almighty God. |
| Habitual grace | An infused gift of the Holy Spirit by which a person receives the divine life of God in one’s soul. |
| Indelible Mark | Also known as the character, the permanent and unrepeatable spiritual quality imprinted on the soul by the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders. (13) |
| Resurrection | The bodily rising of Jesus from the dead after his Death on the Cross and burial in the tomb. |
| Sanctifying Grace | The free and unmerited favor of God given through the sacraments. |
| Church | This word has three meanings: the people that God gathers together, the local church (diocese), and the liturgical assembly. |
| Minister | The person who administers or celebrates a sacrament. |
