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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