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| Question | Answer |
| Analogy | Using a word symbolically to suggest something else. |
| Monotheists | People who believe in only one God such as Christians, Muslims and Jews. |
| Omnibenevolence | All-good |
| Omnipotent | All-important |
| Omnipresent | All-present |
| Omniscient | All-knowing |
| Numinious | A mysterious power that suggests the presence of a spirit/God |
| Agnostic | Someone who believes that it is impossible to know whether God exists or not. |
| Atheist | Someone who doesn't believe in God. |
| Miracle | An event that cannot have been created by humans or any natural means. |
| Meditate | To empty the mind of thoughts, or concentrate on one thing, in order to aid spiritual thoughts. |
| Eucharist | A Christian sacrament the commemorates the Last Supper, with the priest/minister consecrating bread and wine that is consumed by the congregation. |
| Glossolalia | Speaking in tongues |
| Liturgy | 1) A formal arrangement of worship. 2)Name for the Eucharist in the Orthodox Church. |
| Adoration | Worshiping God for he is and what he has. |
| Supplication | Prayers in which people ask God for their own needs and those of others. |
| Icon | A holy picture of Jesus, the Virgin Mary or a saint, these are usually oil paintings found in Orthodox Churches |
| Icthus | 'Fish' in Greek. Used for the name of Jesus. |
| Fasting | Abstaining from food for a religious reason. |
| Lent | The period of 40 days and 40 nights which lead up to Easter which recalls the 40 days in which Jesus resisted temptation in the wilderness. |
| Atonement | The Christian belief that Jesus sacrificing himself brought a reconciliation between humanity and God. |
| Baptism | Christian ceremony of purification with water. |
| Original sin | The sin in which Eve brought into the world when she picked a apple from the tree after being tempted by a snake (Satan) when she was told by God not to. |
| The Holy Trinity | The Father (God), The Son (Jesus), and The Holy spirit (a part of God within us) |
| Parousia | (Second coming) also referred as Judgement day in which Jesus shall return to Judge humanity at the end of the world. |
| Purgatory | Roman Catholics believe that the souls of the dead go to purgatory before entering Heaven. |
| Beatific vision | The sight of God |
| Penance | An act to show regret for having sinned. |
| Redemption | Jesus saved people from punishment for the sins of humanity and redeemed them. |
| Salvation | Jesus saved people form the consequences of sin. |
| Anointing of the Sick | A sacrament given to those who are sick or dying. |
| Apocrypha | Jewish and Christian religious writing that are not included within the Bible. |
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