CATHOLIC WORD BOOK - Knights of Columbus, Supreme Council

Irregularity: A permanent impediment to
the lawful reception or exercise of holy
orders. The Church instituted
irregularities — which include apostasy,
heresy, homicide, attempted suicide —
out of reverence for the dignity of the
sacraments.
J
Jehovah: The English equivalent of the
Hebrew Adonai (“my Lord”) used out of
fear and reverence for the Holy Name of
Yahweh. Jehovah uses the consonants
YHWH and the vowels of Adonai (a, o, a).
Scholars today maintain that Jehovah is a
false derivation.
Jesus: The name of Jesus, meaning “God
saves,” expressing the identity and mission
of the second Person of the Trinity become
man; derived from the Aramaic and
Hebrew Yeshua and Joshua, meaning
Yahweh is salvation.
Jesus Prayer: A prayer of Eastern origin,
dating back to the fifth century: “Lord Jesus
Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me (a
sinner).”
Judgment: (1) Last or final judgment: Final
judgment by Christ, at the end of the
world and the general resurrection. (2)
Particular judgment: The judgment that
takes place immediately after a person’s
death, followed by entrance into heaven,
hell or purgatory.
Jurisdiction: Right, power, authority to
rule. Jurisdiction in the Church is of
divine institution; has pastoral service for
its purpose; includes legislative, judicial
and executive authority; can be exercised
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only by persons with the power of orders.
(1) Ordinary jurisdiction is attached to
ecclesiastical offices by law; the
officeholders, called Ordinaries, have
authority over those who are subject to
them. (2) Delegated jurisdiction is that
which is granted to persons rather than
attached to offices. Its extent depends on
the terms of the delegation.
Justice: One of the four cardinal virtues by
which a person gives to others what is due
to them as a matter of right. (See Cardinal
Virtues.)
Justification: The act by which God makes
a person just, and the consequent change
in the spiritual status of a person, from sin
to grace; the remission of sin and the
infusion of sanctifying grace through the
merits of Christ and the action of the Holy
Spirit.
K
Kenosis: A term from the Greek for
“emptying” that denotes Christ’s
emptying of Himself in his free
renunciation of his right to divine status,
by reason of the Incarnation, particularly
as celebrated in the kenotic hymn (Phil
2:6-11), where it is said that Christ
“emptied himself,” taking the form of a
slave, born in the likeness of man totally
integrated with his divinity.
Kerygma: Proclaiming the word of God, in
the manner of the Apostles, as here and
now effective for salvation. This method of
preaching or instruction, centered on
Christ and geared to the facts and themes
of salvation history, is designed to dispose
people to faith in Christ and/or to intensify