Vocabulary for Lesson 21 (Vocab Quiz/Test 5.3)

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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.)
the Keys
The power to "open the door" of heaven and restore communion with God through the word of forgiveness, or to "close the door" of heaven by withholding forgiveness from the impenitent. The authority of the Holy Ministry. This authority is given to the church by Christ Himself and is exercised in His stead by her ministers. [179]
retain (or bind)
When the pastor "ties" the sins of an impenitent "around his neck" and will not "let go of them," by withholding the word of forgiveness. [180]
remit (or loose)
When the pastor "unties" and "frees" a penitent sinner from his sins by forgiving him for Christ's sake. [181]
church discipline
When the pastor withholds Holy Absolution from an impenitent person within the congregation and forbids him to go to the Lord's Supper until he repents and is absolved. [182]
excommunication
When the pastor, with the advice, consent, and approval of the congregation, removes a person from the communion of the Christian church because of persistent impenitence and a life of unbelief. This is a very serious action and may not be done frivolously, quickly, or without the pastor's previous persistent attempts to restore such a person to repentance. [183]
the Holy Ministry
The preaching and teaching office of the Gospel and sacraments of Christ through which the Holy Spirit creates, sustains, and nurtures faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. [184]
the divine call
The call from God, through the church to a man, to be a public minister of the Gospel, that is, the authority to preach and teach the Word of God and administer the sacraments in the stead of Christ. [185]
ordination
The "holy orders" and "solemn charge" given to the man being placed into the Office of the Holy Ministry to tend, keep, and defend the Holy Gospel of Christ and His congregation, through the faithful preaching and teaching of the Word of God, judging doctrine, remitting and retaining sin, and administering the sacraments of Christ according to His institution. [186]