Below find a booklet of Spanish definitions of words that pertain to the Christian faith and biblical living, replete with illustrations and Bible verses.
This list is constantly being updated. These are terms that have been requested of me so far. Scroll down to request more, and I will look up the terms and write an entry.
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el bautismo – baptism (often a Christian rite, sometimes seen as an ordinance)
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Católico/a – Catholic | el Catolicísmo – Catholicism
un creyente – a believer
el Cristianismo ortodoxo – Eastern Orthodox Christianity | los Cristianos ortodoxo
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el discernimiento – discernment
el Dios Trino – the triune God
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Encarnada – embodied, enfleshed, incarnational
es y son familia – this technically means “is and are a family;” used to describe the divine dance of the Trinity
la escatología – eschatology (the theological study of the End Times)
el Espíritu Santo – the Holy Spirit
evangéliсo/a – Evangelical, i.e. not Catholic; or better: Protestant, by which is meant belief in individual communion with God and Jesus and also in justice. Some evangélicos/as, for example, don’t support infant baptism because Catholics do this and so it feels colonial.
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hamartiología – hamartiology (the theological study of sin)
hijos y hijas en el Espíritu – sons and daughters in the Spirit
hijos y hijas de Dios – sons and daughters of God
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Jesucristo – Jesus Christ; Christ the King | Jesus de Nazaret – Jesus of Nazareth
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el Pecado – sin
el Protestante – a Protestant person
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el Sacramento – sacrament
santo/a – holy, sanctified
la Santísima Trinidad – the Holy Trinity
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un Testimonio – this seems like “testimony” and it is, but it has a sense of humility to it that is closer to “witnessing;” deals with the presence of God manifesting in one’s day-to-day. It is less about one’s faith journey and more about how God’s shown up for you.
la Teología en conjunto – dialogical theology often used in Latino/a theology; theology reflection that is collaborative and kaleidoscopic. The sense here is of a collective understanding and process of meaning making that is necessarily made up of multiple perspectives. Unity amidst acknowledged and honored diversity.
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la Virgen María – the Virgin Mary | la Madre de Dios – Mother of God – The Virgin Mary is extremely revered and sacred to Latin American thought, perhaps initially because or Mariology in Catholic thought, though it is by no means only a Catholic phenomenon
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