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CajunRick
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Posted: Thu Oct 12th, 2006 09:19 am |
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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) have a list of Catholic terms defined on their web site which might be helpful, especially to those new to the "jargon" used in the Catholic Church and no longer used by our Protestant brothers and sisters. You'll find the list here.
In addition, the Catechism of the Catholic Church has a very comprehensive Glossary in the back of the book. It is also available online from several sources; the U.S. Bishops have it posted here.
If you have any questions about these terms or others, just let us know and we'll do our best to answer them for you.
Last edited on Mon Feb 26th, 2007 10:02 pm by CajunRick
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Posted: Sun Oct 15th, 2006 12:26 am |
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cajunrick wrote: The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) have a list of Catholic terms defined on their web site which might be helpful, especially to those new to the "jargon" used in the Catholic Church and no longer used by our Protestant brothers and sisters. You'll find the list here.
In addition, the Catechism of the Catholic Church has a very comprehensive Glossary in the back of the book. It is also available online from several sources; the U.S. Bishops have it posted here.
If you have any questions about these terms or others, just let us know and we'll do our best to answer them for you.
Thank You Rick for the list.
I remember when I was in RCIA telling someone that I felt like I was learning a whole new language & Culture.
I've found that sometimes when speaking with our christian friends that their usage of certain terms means something completely different to them.
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Very helpful! Thanks for posting it! 
I know that MANY Protestants have misunderstandings of what alot of those terms mean. It's nice to have a list of short definitions, because I have the tendency to go into a lengthy explanation of why we do something when the other person has no clue what I'm talking about...:?
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Posted: Sat Nov 18th, 2006 03:12 pm |
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inept_apologist wrote: Very helpful! Thanks for posting it!
I know that MANY Protestants have misunderstandings of what alot of those terms mean. It's nice to have a list of short definitions, because I have the tendency to go into a lengthy explanation of why we do something when the other person has no clue what I'm talking about...:?
I'm working on a list that will include the terms on these two, plus other terms that arise from time to time. I hope to have it finished soon.
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Posted: Thu Nov 23rd, 2006 10:55 am |
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The list from the USCCB might be half-baked. There is no indication the USCCB list has approval from a bishop.
One indication that the USCCB glossary is unedited is a parenthetical notation in the definition of Blessed Sacrament indicating placement of the definition.
The biggest error seems to be the following entry USCCB glossary:
Adoration: Refers to the external acts of reverent admiration or honor given to a thing or person.
No mention of God. Just the opposite of the actual definition from the catechism glossary:
ADORATION: The acknowledgment of God as God, Creator and Savior, the Lord and Master of everything that exists. Through worship and prayer, the Church and individual persons give to God the adoration which is the first act of the virtue of religion. The first commandment of the law obliges us to adore God (2096, 2628; cf. 1083).
I'd stick with the glossary from the catechism. And eliminate the link to the USCCB glossary unitil the "Office of Media Relations" corrects their glossary and gets a bishop to add his "nihil obstat."
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Posted: Thu Nov 23rd, 2006 11:38 am |
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olmc wrote: The list from the USCCB might be half-baked. There is no indication the USCCB list has approval from a bishop.
There are many useful terms defined in this list. The purpose was to give those investigating the Catholic Church a list of terms that they are not familiar with.
The biggest error seems to be the following entry USCCB glossary:
Adoration: Refers to the external acts of reverent admiration or honor given to a thing or person.
I admit to being uncomfortable with the definition. However, it is a definition comparable to a dictionary definition and is therefore not incorrect, although not very Catholic in its use.
I'd stick with the glossary from the catechism. And eliminate the link to the USCCB glossary unitil the "Office of Media Relations" corrects their glossary and gets a bishop to add his "nihil obstat."
The list has proven useful to many people, but no one has ever claimed it was perfect. If you would like to post a link to a better list, please feel free.
Last edited on Thu Nov 23rd, 2006 11:40 am by CajunRick
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Posted: Thu Nov 23rd, 2006 06:11 pm |
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No offense intended to the poster of the link, but it still appears to me that the linked part of the USCCB website has not been properly edited.
The biggest error seems to be the following entry USCCB glossary:
Adoration: Refers to the external acts of reverent admiration or honor given to a thing or person.
The USCCB glossary definition of adoration is incorrect if one is intending to use the definition to instruct those new to the faith. (And some of the other definitions, while not necessarily incorrect, are not exact.) Catholics do not adore things or persons. Adoration and worship are reserved alone for God.
The definitions prepared by Cardinal Levada in the catechism glossary (to which you have already linked) do not contain these errors. There is no reason to provide another link, only to preserve the link to the catechism glossary:
ADORATION: The acknowledgment of God as God, Creator and Savior, the Lord and Master of everything that exists. Through worship and prayer, the Church and individual persons give to God the adoration which is the first act of the virtue of religion. The first commandment of the law obliges us to adore God (2096, 2628; cf. 1083).
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Posted: Thu Nov 23rd, 2006 07:48 pm |
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olmc wrote: There is no reason to provide another link, only to preserve the link to the catechism glossary:
Unfortunately the glossary of the Catechism does not include liturgical definitions and practices, which are the first questions those new to the faith encounter. If you would like to compile a more comprehensive list and submit it to a bishop for approval, I would be happy to consider it.
The definition of adoration is not incorrect, as you can see here. It is simply a dictionary definition. The others are adequate for their stated purpose of providing helpful definitions to those who are new to the faith.
No one else has complained and several others have found them helpful. Most have written to me privately. If you have any further concerns, please send them to me privately. And thank you for your concern.
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| Wow... great list! Thanks!
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Posted: Thu Jul 26th, 2007 03:41 am |
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| Thank you for the links to both places, Rick--and, I am one who definitely needs to learn the Church's 'lingo'--the other day as I was attempting to try and explain as to how certain parts of saints bodies[bones] used to be removed, so that they could be venerated, I mistakenly used the term 'Icon', in referring to them--it wasn't until later that my face turned red, when I realized the term that I should have used, was 'Relic'--and, I kept wondering if the Orthodox guys, on that 'religion' board, who had been trying to convince me to join the Orthodox Church instead, had recovered from the laughing fit, I was so sure they had, once they saw the dumb mistake I'd made!
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Posted: Wed Aug 1st, 2007 09:01 am |
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Hello sylvia,
I saw and Tried to answer this on your blog, but didn't sign on...
a lapsed catholic for 24 yrs. I came back through seaching in various other religions, after 11 years of study, i realized the catholic church is the church Jesus established through His Apostles.
The question of canon, came about betwen the Jews and Christians, When the Hebrew leaders called a council, sat down and asked how could God allow the dessimation of the Temple. There conclusion was that this sect of jews Now called Christians, were using the very same texts they were using. "the Septuagint' used by all jews outside of Jerusalem, they then went back and used ONLY the scriptures In Hebrew, toossing out anything not in the Hebrew.
I beleive the Canon of the Church isn't set til Council of Carthage 289.
Now the KJV originally had the the apocrypha within its pages, however not considered essential, to the faith, The PRINTERS removed it, it reduced type, pages, and the size of the Book, thereby reducing cost and making it more available.
Luther's Bible placed the Apocrypha in the Back of the Bible.
The advantage the protestants have not including the Apocrypha in scriptures is that Maccabees which is about how the Jewish developed just before Christ, believed in the resurrectionm, and prayer for the dead, could now be argued against not being in their scriptures.
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