Key words for Unit 10

Catechism

Official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church

Creeds

Statments of Christian belief

Monotheism

Belief in one God

Salvation

Being saved, the process of being free from evil, being delivered from sin

Trinity

The one God is three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit either

Atonment

God and humanity are reconciled (at peace)

Magesterium

The Pope and the Bishops' teachings

Holy

From God

Anglican Churches

The Church of England and Partner Churches

Nonconformist Churches

Protestant Churches seperate from the Church of England

Papacy

The role of the Pope

Orthodox Churches

A linked group of national Churches in the East, especially in Greece and Russia

Contrition

Being sorry for sins and intending not to do it again

Penance

An action showing contrition

Commemoration

A belief that the Eucharist is simply a reminder of the Last Supper

Chrism

The oil  used in Baptism Comfirmation and Holy Orders

Rite of Communion 

Recieving the Body and Blood of Jesus

Transumstantiation

The bread and wine become the body and blood of Jesus