Sunday, February 22, 2015

Grade 8 Religion Week of February 23rd - 27th

Monday - Vocab words (1-5) in vocab notebook
Tuesday -  No homework
Wednesday - List 5 ideas Pope Francis is fighting for
Thursday - No homework
Friday - 

VOCABULARY WORDS
1. blasphemy - a thought, word, or act making fun of showing contempt or hatred of God
2. conscience - the most basic awareness in us of what is right and wrong
3. cursing - the act of calling on God to do harm to a person
4. Decalogue - another name for the Ten Commandments
5. Euthanasia - the act of intentionally brining about the death of one who is gravely ill
6. Counter-Reformation - the period in history in which the Church began a substantial program of reform which answered, or countered, the crisis begun by the Protestant Reformation
7. Evangelize - to proclaim the good news of Christ to people everywhere
8. Absolute Monarchs - the kings and queens of Europe in the 1600s - 1700s who had complete power over all aspects of the lives of their people, even religion the people were to practice
9. Scientific Revolution - A period where people began to seek a scientific understanding of the workings of the natural world.
10. Pope Gregory XV - He founded the Congregation for the Propagation of the faith.

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