Vocabulary for Lesson 21

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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 relating to studying vocabulary. You can adapt them for memorizing texts.

  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 Baptism of Our Lord
When Jesus began His public ministry as the One who would "fulfill all righteousness" by becoming the sin bearer and Lamb of God who would take away the sin of the world. The Holy Spirit discended pon Him, anonting Him the Christ, and the Father spoke His word of approval, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). This feast may be celebrated on the first Sunday after the Epiphany of our Lord, on the feast of Epiphany itself, or on Quinquagesima, the Sunday before Lent.
the Holy Trinity
The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit who is the one true and living God. Love is His nature, which He extends to mankind in His words of creation, salvation, and sanctification. This feast day is celebrated on the first Sunday after Pentecost.
the Son of God
The second person of the Holy Trinity, who, in eternal love and union with the Father and the Holy Spirit, is one God and one Lord, and who became flesh for us in order to suffer and die for the sins of the world.
Lamb of God (or The Agnus Dei)
The title that names Jesus as the sacrifice for all sin, whose blood was shed to propitiate (or satisfy) God's wrath. This title designates Him as the sin bearer for the whole world, the true Passover Lamb, and the One to whom all the bloody sacrifices of the Old Testament point. This name, in Latin, is the title of the fifth great hymn of the Divine Service and comes from the words of John the Baptist which announced Jesus' ministry: "Behold! [The One] who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29).