Good and Evil Key Glossary

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  • Created on: 16-02-18 11:52
Omnipotent
God is all powerful
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Omnibenevolent
God is all loving
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Theodicy
Why God permits evil
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Natural Evil
Sufferings caused by nature such as earthquakes and hurricanes
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Moral Evil
Sufferings caused by humans such as slavery and war
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Original Sin
The disobedience of the first human beings symbolised by Adam and Eve, a sin which is passed on to all humanity
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The Fall
Another name for the disobedience of Adam and Eve
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Privation
The idea that evil is best understood as a lack of goodness
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Ancestral Sin
The eastern Orthodox Christian idea that original sin is just being born in the consequences of Adam's sin, rather than being personally guilty for it
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Total depravity of humanity
An idea that nothing good remains in fallen humanity
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Yetzer Ha'ra
The will to evil in Judaism
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Karma
In Hinduism and Buddhism - personal actions or deeds which affect your future
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Conscience
The inner moral sense of human beings
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Natural Law
The idea that nature can teach us moral truths
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Trinity
Tri-Unity, three in one
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Perichoresis
Living in each other in the round dance of love
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Creed
A summary or list of key Christian beliefs
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Analogy
A likeness, a way of saying something indirectly
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Incarnation
God becoming man in Christ
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Logos
The word of God
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Holy of Holies
The most sacred place in the Jewish Temple
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Kenosis
Self-emptying
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Salvifici Doloris
A letter of St John Paul II on the meaning of suffering
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Crucifix
An image of Christ on the cross
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Soul Making
The idea of St Irenaeus that suffering helps form us in the likeness of God
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Beatitudes
Blessings, the nine ways of life commended by Jesus
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Law/Torah
The Law of Moses in the Old Testament
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Golden Rule
Do unto others as you would have them do to you
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Virtues
The strengths needed to live life well
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Pilgrimage
A journey undertaken to a holy place
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Repent
A biblical word which literally means 'turn around/change direction'
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Lourdes
A pilgrimage centre for healing prayer in southern France founded by St Bernadette
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Shrine
A holy place because of its association and contact with Christ or the saints
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Catacombs
Burial chambers in ancient Rome
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Icon
A holy image painted on stone, cloth or wood
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Passion
Christ's journey to the cross and his suffering
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Pieta
A scene depicting the cradling of the dead Christ in the arms of Mary
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Venerate
To show respect and honour but not to worship
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Votive Candle
A candle lit to represent a prayer
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