✅Absolution

The formal forgiveness of sins by a priest.

🌌Afterlife

Life after death.

❓Agnosticism

The belief that the existence of God is unknown or unknowable.

🙏Amen

A declaration of agreement or affirmation, meaning "so be it".

👼Angel

A spiritual being serving as a messenger of God.

⛪Anglicanism

The tradition of the Church of England and its branches.

🌿Animism

The belief that objects and natural phenomena possess souls.

👹Antichrist

An adversary of Christ expected before the end times.

🌋Apocalypse

A revelation of the end times, especially in the Book of Revelation.

🛡️Apologetics

The reasoned defense of the Christian faith.

👥Apostle

One of the twelve chosen by Jesus to spread the Gospel.

👼Archangel

A chief or high-ranking angel.

☁️Ascension

The bodily rising of Christ into heaven after his resurrection.

🧘Asceticism

Severe self-discipline and abstention for spiritual purposes.

🚫Atheism

The disbelief in the existence of God.

✝️Atonement

The reconciliation of God and humankind through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ.

🌍Baha'i Faith

A monotheistic religion founded by Baha'u'llah in the 19th century.

💦Baptism

The Christian rite of initiation with water into the faith.

🕉️Bhagavad Gita

A Hindu scripture in dialogue form, part of the Mahabharata.

❤️Bhakti

Devotional love and surrender to a personal god.

😠Blasphemy

Irreverent speech or action against God or sacred things.

📘Calvinism

A major branch of Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin.

🏅Canonization

The act by which the church declares a person a saint.

📋Catechism

A summary of Christian doctrine in question-and-answer form.

✝️Catholicism

The faith and practice of the Roman Catholic Church.

👼Cherubim

Angelic beings described in the Bible.

✝️Christology

The study of the nature and person of Jesus Christ.

📋Commandment

A divine rule given by God, especially the Ten Commandments.

🍞Communion

The sharing of bread and wine in remembrance of Christ.

🗣️Confession

The acknowledgment of sin, especially to a priest.