Mere Christianity Glossary

Mere Christianity Glossary

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

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