Vocabulary
A solemn agreement between people or between God and man involving mutual commitments and guarantees
Convent
Modifier indicating something that refers or pertains to God
A ghost or ghostly figure; an unexplained or unusual appearance
apparation
God draws human beings to himself because of his loving magnanimity
God's motive for revealing himself
Miracles in human history
God worked miracles as recorded in the Old Testament, the New Testament, to the present day.
The theological virtue by which one believes all that God has said and revealed to man and that the Church proposes for belief
Faith
God's communication of himself by which he makes known the mystery of his divine plan
Divine revelation
The content of true Christian faith and belief; God himself
Object of faith
God unveils truths about himself and man's salvation that exceed the natural intellectual capacity
Supernatural revelation,
The criteria for determining authentic miracles
The church requires a lengthy and rigorous process to determine if the miracle has taken place
The four main signs and evidence that certain affirmations are made by God and that they have been passed along to us completely and without error
Motives of credibility
Something that is said in the name of God
Prohecy
The fallen state of human nature into which all generations of people are born
Original sin
External evidence for revelation
The content of revealed truth is not self-evident, God provides external evidence for believing the revealed truths.
Three common categories of Miracles are apparitions of the?
Blessed Virgin Mary, miracles of the Eucharist, and miracles of healing.
The reason why a person comes to believe in God, namely the authority of God himself
Motive of faith
A person called by God to speak to his people
Prophet
an extraordinary observable fact or act performed by God that defies the law of nature
miracle
How one can know God's revelation
One can know God because he elevates the natural intellect through Grace so people can grasp the supernatural truths he reveals through deeds and words.
Marian apparitions
Our Lady of Fatima
Our Lady of Lourdes
The name was given to the universal teaching authority of the Church, which guides the faithful without error in matters of faith and morals through the interpretation of Sacred Scripture
Magisterium
God’s speech to man, a reference to Sacred Scripture
Word of God
A Supernatural assent of the intellect through which a truth revealed by God is believed on the authority of God who reveals it.
Act of Faith
The chief motives of credibility are the Miracles of Christ and the Saints
Motives of credibility
The Difference between Divine Revelation and natural revelation
His Divine Revelation doesn’t have to be natural