Vocabulary for Lesson 17 (Vocab Quiz/Test 4.2)

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Learning is work. There are multiple ways to study. Different study strategies will work differently for each student. Serious students should try all of them several (6-7) times to see how they work when done well. For the best learning, every student will likely need to use more than one strategy and switch between them. Here are some tips:

  1. Use multiple senses: read, speak, and hear the material aloud. Then, write your version with a pencil into your notebook and notice how that feels. Then, read your own definition aloud as you study. (combine with the next two strategies)
  2. Use your brain: condense the definitions into a form that makes sense to you. Identify key words for every definition. Think of synonyms that you would use. (combine with the other strategies)
  3. Use your body: say your definition and act it out with an expressiveness that fits the meaning.
  4. Use your friends and family: Ask someone to quiz you using spaced repetition for a set amount of time, from your notes. (Example: for 10 minutes, all questions get repeated, but the quicker and more accurate your answer, the longer the interval until that question comes back. Questions you get wrong are repeated sooner.)
  5. Use basic technology: Show all definitions and hide all the terms on this page. Try to remember each term before you show it (by clicking the definition) to check your answer. Then, show all terms and hide the definitions on the page. Only show a definition (by clicking the term) after you have made your best effort to remember your own version of it.
  6. Use tools: Make a stack of index cards with terms on one side and your definitions on the other. When reviewing, don't check the opposite side until you've made your best effort to remember. Sort them into three stacks: Easy, Hard, and Failed. Then re-sort the Failed cards and work through the Hard cards until they are all Easy.
  7. Use advanced technology: On the web (Example: SuperNotes with free signup or with subscription.) or on an app (Example: Anki), create a stack of virtual cards and let the software quiz you. It will use spaced repetition automatically.
  8. Use brute force memorization: Copy a term and definition from this page. Then navigate to Catechesis Contents > Memorization Tool and paste it into the box, then follow the instructions on that page. (Caution: this works quickly for memorizing texts, but must be repeated a few times after a break for long-term recall. It is less effective than the other strategies for understanding what you memorize.)
regeneration
To be brought back to "spiritual life" by the Holy Spirit, to faith in Christ, through the waters of Holy Baptism. [161]
new birth (or born again)
Common New Testament synonyms for Baptism as the work of God through which He gives new life in Christ. To be "born of water and the Spirit" (John 3:5), "not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God" (John 1:13). [162]
means of grace
The "vehicles" or "channels" through which the Holy Spirit gives Christ to us with all His gifts of grace. [163]
sacraments
"The mysteries of God" (1 Corinthians 4:1), or means of grace, instituted by Christ and used by the Spirit to deliver in concrete certainty God's forgiveness and salvation to sinners. Through these means, Holy Baptism, Holy Absolution, and the Holy Supper, the Holy Spirit conveys, offers, seals, and bestows all the saving treasures of the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ as "the words and promises of God declare." [164]
catechesis
God's way of teaching to convert sinners to the new life of faith in Christ for the forgiveness of sins. Teaching the Word of God and passing on the language of our holy faith, so that the baptized learn how to receive God's gifts in the Divine Service, how to pray, how to confess, and how to live where God has called them in the freedom of the forgiveness of sins, with faith in Christ and love to the neighbor. [165]
sponsors
Baptized Christians who confess the faith into which a catechumen is being baptized, in order that they may support the catechumen with their prayers and counsel from the Word of God. These faithful Christians give testimony to the Baptism of those they sponsor and support them throughout their catechesis. [166]
confirmation
A rite of the church which declares of a catechumen: "Here is a Christian - he has been baptized, confesses the faith, and is in communion with Christ and His church." This rite is usually accompanied by the prayer of the church and a blessing from the Word of God.
NOTE: Catechesis precedes the rite of confirmation for all who have been baptized but who, as yet, have not been admitted to the Lord's Table. Adult converts are catechized prior to, as well as after, Baptism. In these cases the Baptism of an adult always implies "confirmation" and results in full communicant membership in the church. [167]