Glossary
evangelicalism: In English speaking countries, this term refers broadly to
low-church movements beginning in the 18th century with an emphasis on
conversion and revival (for example, Methodism and various branches of
Calvinism and Anglicanism), and more narrowly to the movement beginning
in the 1950s, led by ¿ gures like Billy Graham in the United States and John
Stott in England, in which Christians who have previously called themselves
“Fundamentalist” turned to engage modern culture rather than separate from
it. Note, in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, “evangelical” or evangelische
simply means Protestant.ex cathedra: (See cathedra.)excommunication: A church’s act of refusing communion to a person,
which means not allowing him or her to share in the church’s celebration of
the Eucharist.Existentialism: A 20th century movement in philosophy and theology which
makes use of a concept of human existence derived from Kierkegaard, for
whom existence is a task, a concern that inevitably involves guilt, anxiety,
and despair, which can only be honestly faced by the free decision of faith.Extreme Unction: Derived from a Latin phrase which is more literally
translated, “¿ nal anointing,” it is the sacrament now called “Anointing of the
Sick,” which in the Middle Ages was performed only for those thought to
be dying.extrinsicism: A criticism often leveled against neo-Thomism that it separated
the supernatural order from the natural order so sharply that it made the life
of grace extrinsic and irrelevant to normal human life and experience.federal theology: From the Latin word foedus, meaning “covenant,” another
term for covenant theology. (It has nothing to do with the United States
federal government.)