Top 10 Words of the Church You Should Know

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Before learning to read, you must learn how to say and learn words. In learning about the Church, you should know these words to kick-start or improve your education on the Church

1) Liturgy

• a form or formulary according to which public religious worship
• via French or late Latin from Greek leitourgia ‘public service, worship of the gods,’ from leitourgos ‘minister,’ from lēitos ‘public’ + -ergos ‘working.'

2) Pentecost

• Birthday of the Church
• Origin: Old English , via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek pentēkostē (hēmera) 

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3) Grace

• loving presence or active presents of God.
• Middle English: via Old French from Latin gratia, from gratus ‘pleasing, thankful’; related to grateful.

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4) Qahal

• Old Testament
• people of God called together
• assembly convoked by God
• Origin: Hebrew

5) Ekklesia 

• New Testament
• people of God called together
• assembly convoked by God
• Origin: Hebrew

6) Emmanuel

• God is with us 
• Origin: Hebrew: Immanuel 

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7) Salvation

• is being saved / protected from harm
• Origin: Latin (Salvatio), Hebrew (yeshu'an), Greek (Sōteria)

8) Kingdom of God

• is also the designation for the sphere of salvation entered into at the new birth 

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9) Catholic

• universal, embracing 
• Origin: Middle English < Latin catholicus < Greek katholikós general, equivalent to kathól(ou) universally (contraction of phrase katà hólou according to the whole

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10) Worship

• reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
• Origin: Middle English wors(c)hipe, worthssipe, Old English worthscipe, variant of weorthscipe;

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About the Writers:

This blog post was made possible by head writer Althea Bernardo with members Alfred Amorado and and Eunice Esquillo. This former post title was formerly called: Unlocking Faith Words

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