4.01 – Sin and Forgiveness – Key Concepts

THE TASK: Memorise

HOW do you effectively complete the task?

Look at the word and definition

Cover it up

Say the word and the definition out loud

Check if you were right

Do this for one word, then two, then three, then four etc until you can do it for all 8 words – WORD FOR WORD

Sin and Forgiveness Key Concepts:

AbsolutismThe belief that there are certain actions which are always right or always wrong. The belief that moral laws exist eternally and are not just human inventions.
EucharistMeaning ‘thanksgiving’. The name Catholics use to describe the rite where the bread and wine become the body and blood of Jesus and are received by the people. Also the name for the Real Presence of Jesus in the Sacrament of Holy Communion.
EvangelisationLiterally means spreading the ‘Good News’ which can be translated as ‘Gospel’. The sharing of the Gospel and life of Jesus with others.
ForgivenessThe act of pardoning someone for the offences they have caused you. Overlooking a person’s faults.
PunishmentThe consequences of a wrong decision and a penalty imposed by a person in authority on the person who has committed wrongdoing.
RelativismThe belief that there is no moral law and that rules that govern what is right and wrong are human inventions and change from place to place and form age to age.
SalvationThe belief that through Jesus’ death and resurrection humanity has achieved the possibility of life forever with God
SinActing against the will or laws of God.