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| Liturgical season of the Christian year: 4 Sundays preceding Christmas. |
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| "O Lamb of God" recited 3 times by priest in mass before Communion. |
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| "Analogy of being"; process of gaining knowledge about God through rational thought or observation of natural world. |
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| "Analogy of faith"; process of gaining knowledge of God through revelation given by Him. |
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| Statement used only in western Catholic church; 3 sections concerned with Father, Christ, Holy Ghost. |
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| French reformer and theologian. |
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| Council on Church Union (CCU) |
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| Movement in US sought to bring together 9 of major Protestant communions. |
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| "I believe"; title of portion of Latin mass. |
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| Movement among Christians concerned with recovery of unity of all believers in Christ. |
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| System of church government which is overseen by bishops. |
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| Sacrament, Holy Communion. |
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| Portion of Latin mass praising God with "Glory to God in the highest." |
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| Higher grades of Christian ministry: bishop, priest, deacon.. |
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| "Of like substance"; used by Arian Christians to express the relation of members of the Godhead. |
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| "Of one substance"; relation of the members of the Godhead. |
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| Flat pictures representing the Lord, Mary, or other saints. |
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| God determined the plan of salvation long before the creation of anything outside himself. |
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| Pope in 1958, called the 2nd Vatican Council which reviewed certain doctrines. |
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| Portion of Latin mass which contains the words "Lord have mercy." |
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| 40 days before Easter. Abstain from festivities by almsgiving and devoting more than the usual time to religious exercises. |
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| Sets out certain periods within Christian year for special observance and thereby highlights major acts of Christ's redeeming work. |
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| Founder of German Reformation, Catholic priest, professor of philosophy and scripture. |
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| Philosophical system of Plotinus and his successors. Intellectual basis of life: in God the distinction between Thought and Reality was to be overcome. |
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| Pope in 1963 and carried through much of the work of Vatican II. |
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| 50 days after Easter which celebrates coming of Holy Ghost. |
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| Denominations and traditions which generally arose from teachings of Luther and Calvin. Presbyterian, Lutheran, Congregational, and Dutch-Reformed. |
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| Portion of mass which contains the words "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts." |
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| Most influential of the Greek versions of the Old Testament. |
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| Sacraments of the church celebrated by Catholic Christians: baptism, confirmation, eucharist, penance, unction, holy orders, matrimony. |
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| Catholic doctrine that sacrament actually becomes the body of Christ. |
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| Doctrine of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost as one God of the same substance, yet in 3 manifestations. |
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| Latin version of the Bible most widely used in the West worked by Saint Jerome. |
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