Utopia
A world where everything is perfect
Theology
Study of the nature of God and beliefs
Ordain
To be able to make someone a priest or minister
Hymn
Religious song to praise God
Immoral
Unethical
Faith
to continue to believe something you have accepted as true despite your changing moods and feelings (140)
Atheist
A person who does not believe in a God or gods
Blasphemer
A person who uses God’s name in vain
Hope
"A continual looking forward to the eternal world" (134)
Charity
"Love, in the Christian sense" (129); not a feeling or emotion, but an action, or a way of treating someone.
Law of Human Nature
Standard of moral inherent to humanity; the way we know we ought to act; also referred to as "Moral Law"
Pantheism
Belief that God is above good and evil; God is in everything and does not take sides; opposite of the Christian/Jewish/Islamic notion of God
Bios
Natural, biological life
Zoe
Spiritual life
Dualism
Belief that good and evil are two separate, independent, opposing forces that have always existed, indepedent from each other
Cardinal Virtues
Virtues acknowledged by both Christians and non-Christians; prudence, temperance, justice, fortitude
Theological Virtues
Virtues acknowledged only by Christians; charity, faith, hope
