Catechism - The book containing the most important teachings about faith and morals of the Catholic Church., Revelation - The way God has made himself known to humans. It is when God speaks to humans and tells them the things about himself that they would not normally know, Omnipotence - The belief (or attribute of God) that God is all powerful., Omniscience - The belief (or attribute of God) that God is all knowing. (He knows everything - the past, present and future), Omni-benevolence - The belief (or attribute of God) that God is all-loving and all-good., Omnipresence - The belief (or attribute of God) that God is present in all times and places at the same time., Transcendence - The belief (or attribute of God) that God is beyond anything and has no limitations., Vision - A private revelation which can be either corporeal (where people physically see something) or imaginative (where people see something in their imagination or dreams)., Miracle - A special event that seems to break the laws of science and makes people think God could have done it., Theism - The belief that God exists., Atheism - The belief that God does not exist., Humanism - The belief that rejects religion and makes sense of life through human reason alone., Agnosticism - The belief that humans are not able to know whether God exists or not., The design argument - The argument for the existence of God based on a ‘Design’ and ‘Purpose’ of things. So, It is also called ‘the teleological argument’., The cosmological argument - The argument for the existence of God based on the idea that there must be someone greater than the universe who started it, Prime mover - The first mover or the first cause which does not move or change but causes all other things to move or change., Natural evil - Evil caused by natural events which humans cannot control. For example, earthquakes and illnesses., Moral evil - Evil caused by humans. For example, murder and theft., Free will - The ability to make a choice., Theodicy - A theory or ideas which explain why God allows evil in the world.,

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