RE & SCIENCE CROSSWORD
Across
- 4. supergiants the very largest of the large, hot, bright stars at the uppermost left end of the main sequence
- 7. The guidance given to the human authors of the scriptures so that they wrote what God wanted people to know
- 11. A model of the universe in which Earth is at the center of the revolving planets and stars
- 12. star system A pair of stars that are gravitationally bound so that they orbit one another
- 14. A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches
- 16. Reformation A 16th century movement in which the Roman Catholic Church sought to make changes in response to the Protestant Reformation
- 18. God's power heals people through the forgiveness of sins and gradual healing of the effects of sin
- 20. Formal act of worship
Down
- 1. A gigantic explosion in which a massive star collapses and throws its outer layers into space
- 2. The study of the overall structure and evolution of the Universe
- 3. magnitude the brightness of a star as seen from Earth
- 5. Having or representing the sun as the center, as in the accepted astronomical model of the solar system
- 6. A letter written by the Pope and sent to the whole Church and, at times, to the whole world; commonly focused on Church teaching regarding a particular issue or currently important matter
- 7. An ecclesiastical tribunal established by Pope Gregory IX c. 1232 for the suppression of heresy
- 8. A collection of 150 religious songs and prayers from the Old Testament. They often express praise, thanksgiving, or sorrow
- 9. From the Latin redemptio, meaning "a buying back," referring, in the Old Testament, to Yahweh's deliverance of Israel and, in the New Testament, to Christ's deliverance of all Christians from the forces of sin.
- 10. The academic discipline and effort to understand, interpret, and order human experiences of God and religious faith
- 12. dwarf Star that results when a white dwarf stops giving off energy
- 13. A Jewish house of worship, often having facilities for religious instruction
- 15. God's communication of himself, by which he makes known the mystery of his divine plan
- 17. magnitude Brightness a given star would have if it were situated at a distance of 10 parsecs (32.6 light years) from the Earth
- 18. An efficacious sign of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed through the work of the Holy Spirit
- 19. A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity