Process whereby the church officially declares that a person who has been martyred for Christ and or has practices Christian virtue in a extraordinary way is in heaven and is worthy of special distinction and…
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Process whereby the church officially declares that a person who has been martyred for Christ and or has practices Christian virtue in a extraordinary way is in heaven and is worthy of special distinction and imitation by living Christians.
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- Annulment — An official church declaration that what appeared to be a Christian marriage never existed in the first place.
- Assumption — The Roman Catholic doctrine that the body of the Virgin Mary was taken directly to heaven when her life on earth ended without undergoing corruption of the body in the grave.
- Charismatic — Those who personally experience the baptism of the Holy Spirit are called charismatics, that is an individual who is the beneficiary of a special free gift of the Holy Spirit as manifested by the gift of healing,…
- Ecumenical — The movement which seeks and promotes Christian Unity in Christ among the different denominations, eventually the unity of all peoples throughout the world in Jesus Christ.
- Immaculate Conception — The Catholic doctrine, defined by Pius IX in 1854, that Mary was preserved free from original sin from the very first moment of her conception, by a singular grace of God in view of the merits of Christ.
- Magisterium — The official teaching office or authority of the Roman Catholic Church which holds that Christ bestowed on the Apostles the right and necessity to evangelize and teach in His name.
- Real Presence — The term which refers to the belief that Christ is actually present not just symbolically present in the Eucharist.
- Triduum Paschal — The period of 3 days beginning with Holy or Maundy Thursday, that is the night of the Last Supper, and ending with the morning of Resurrection or Easter Sunday, often referred to as the Holiest time or feast of the…
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- Annulment Terminology — An official church declaration that what appeared to be a Christian marriage never existed in the first place.
- Assumption Terminology — The Roman Catholic doctrine that the body of the Virgin Mary was taken directly to heaven when her life on earth ended without undergoing corruption of the body in the grave.
- Charismatic Terminology — Those who personally experience the baptism of the Holy Spirit are called charismatics, that is an individual who is the beneficiary of a special free gift of the Holy Spirit as manifested by the gift of healing,…
- Ecumenical Terminology — The movement which seeks and promotes Christian Unity in Christ among the different denominations, eventually the unity of all peoples throughout the world in Jesus Christ.
- Immaculate Conception Terminology — The Catholic doctrine, defined by Pius IX in 1854, that Mary was preserved free from original sin from the very first moment of her conception, by a singular grace of God in view of the merits of Christ.
- Magisterium Terminology — The official teaching office or authority of the Roman Catholic Church which holds that Christ bestowed on the Apostles the right and necessity to evangelize and teach in His name.
- Real Presence Terminology — The term which refers to the belief that Christ is actually present not just symbolically present in the Eucharist.
- Triduum Paschal Terminology — The period of 3 days beginning with Holy or Maundy Thursday, that is the night of the Last Supper, and ending with the morning of Resurrection or Easter Sunday, often referred to as the Holiest time or feast of the…
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From the legacy CCWV definitions list, carried into the database as an entry of its own. Spelling of headwords is corrected, and where a legacy definition stated one tradition's judgment as the definition itself, the judgment is now attributed to that tradition.