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Actual Grace
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This supernatural, free, and undeserved help from God that is given for specific circumstances to do good and avoid evil.
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Amorality
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Outside the sphere of moral sense; an attitude that lacks any moral orientation, dispensing from all moral norms; attitudes or orientations not characterized as either good or evil.
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Beatitude
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Happiness or blessedness, especially the eternal happiness of Heaven, which is the vision of God and a participation in the divine nature. This is the greatest human desire.
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Christian Morality
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Moral norms to be followed because a Christian is incorporated into Christ through Baptism.
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Christian Vocation
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God's call to each person by which he is incorporated into Christ through grace and becomes a member of the of the mystical body of Christ. As one of God's people, he partakes in the life of the Church.
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Christianity
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A name derived from Christ, the Anointed One. The set of beliefs, practices, and morals in imitation of and commanded by Jesus Christ.
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Disciple
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From the Latin verb discere, "to learn". One who accepted Jesus' message to follow him, especially one of the Twelve; this term can also refer to a Christian of any age because he is a follower of Christ.
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Encyclical
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A letter written by the pope to all the world's bishops and occasionally to all the faithful. It usually expounds on some aspect of Church teaching.
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Freedom
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The power rooted in reason and the will, to act or not to act, and so to perform deliberate actions on one's own responsibility.
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Free Will
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This gift from God includes the power of directing one's own actions without constraint. This makes possible the choice to love God.
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Grace
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The free and unmerited favor of God given first of all though the sacraments. Grace is a share in the divine life infused into the soul by the Holy Spirit to heal from sin and to sanctify.
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Holiness
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Spiritual perfection or purity because of likeness unto God who is perfectly Holy. The free dedication of a Christian to the will of God and the participation in the life of grace. Holiness is the perfection of charity. It is also referred to as sanctity, saintliness, and sacredness.
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Immorality
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A quality, character, or conduct in violation of moral law.
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Infallibility
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Immunity from error and any possibility of error.
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Law of Christ
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An interior law that stems from grace-in connection with life in Jesus-and becomes a norm or impulse for imitating Christ and acting like him.
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