The biblical event in which Adam and Eve disobeyed God's command and ate the fruit from the forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden; also used to refer to the imperfect state of humanity.
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Redeemed
In theological terms, 'saved' from sin by the sacrifice of Christ.
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Grace
In theological terms, God's free and undeserved love for humanity, epitomised in the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.
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Concordia
Human friendship.
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Sin
Disobeying the will and commands of God.
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Will
The part of human nature that makes free choices.
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Cupiditas
'Selfish love', a love of worldly things and of selfish desires.
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Caritas
'Selfless love', a love of others and of the virtues; the Latin equivalent of the Greek word 'agape'.
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Concupiscence
An uncontrollable desire for physical pleasures and material things.
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Ecclesia
Heavenly society, in contrast with earthly society.
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Resurrection
Living on after death in a glorified physical form in a new realm.
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Disembodied existence
Existing without a physical body.
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Beatific vision
A face-to-face encounter with God
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Parousia
Used in Christianity to refer to the Second Coming of Christ.
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Universalism
The view that all people will be saved.
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Purgatory
A place where people go, temporarily, after death to be cleansed of sin before they are fit to leave with God.
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Limited election
The view that God chooses only a small number of people for heaven
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Original sin
A state of wrongdoing in which people are born (according to some Christians) because of the sin of Adam and Eve.
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Natural theology
Drawing conclusions about the nature and activity of God by using reason and observation of the world.
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Empiricism
A way of knowing that depends on the senses.
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Faith
Voluntary commitment to a belief without the need for complete evidence to support it.
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Revelation
'Uncovering'. In theological terms, this is when God chooses to let himself be known.
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Immediate revelation
Where someone is given direct knowledge of God.
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Mediate revelation
Where someone gains knowledge of God in a secondary, non-direct way.
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Grace of God
God's unconditional and undeserved gifts.
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Son of God
A term for Jesus that emphasises that he is God incarnate, one of the three persons of the Trinity.
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Hypostatic union
The belief that Christ is both fully God and fully Human, indivisible, two natures united in one person.
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Homoousios
Of the same substance or of the same being.
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Incarnation
God born as a human being, in Jesus Christ.
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In theological terms, 'saved' from sin by the sacrifice of Christ.
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Redeemed
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In theological terms, God's free and undeserved love for humanity, epitomised in the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.
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