Christianity I: Foundations - Themes 10-13

Question	Answer
ritual	reinforces sense of belonging and identity; part of tradition
rite of passage	going through at testing period to become part of a group
qadish	Syriac term for sacraments; "holy things"
mysteria	Greek term for sacraments; "mysteries"
sacramenta	Latin term for sacraments; "legal obligation"
saint	a member of the Body of Christ
communion of saaints	all believers (dead and alive) are in communion
Kyrie elesion	"Lord have mercy"
rites of initiation	rites of passage or entry
chrism	oil
Holy Viaticum	sacrament of the Eucharist given at the point of death
Transformation of the Body and Blood of Christ	the elements get transformed; the Divine Energies of God bring about this change; Jesus is energetically in the Body and Blood; Latin: priest's words cause change Greek: when the priest invokes the Holy Spirit
consubstantiation	God is with the bread and wine
metabole	Greek for "element change"
protology	study of first things
eschatology	study of last things
mythos	in theology, a storyline
anastasis	Greek for "to stand again"; term for the resurrection;
apocatastasis	"universal salvation" by the force of God; rejected by the Church

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