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Introduction

This section covers the terms related to religion and encourage the student to speak about his/her religious beliefs using the Korean language. When learning about religion in the Korean language, there are some important factors to consider. First of all, there are 7 different speech levels in the Korean language accompanied by a set of honorific forms for each speech level. In the Korean Bible, the translators use the Hasoseoche(하소서체) form for many of the verses. For daily speech, the reader should use one of the lower speech forms instead.

The second thing that the reader needs to do is be prepared to learn the hanjas for many of the words used in the religious texts. If the reader learns a few hanjas every week, that reader will be able to be able to learn the vocabularies more quickly. The hanjas are used in the mixed script Korean Bible, 백팔대참회문, as well as some other Korean religious texts.

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Vocabulary

종교 - Religion

하나님 - God

여호와 - Jehovah (God's name)

하늘 - Heaven

악마 - The Devil(사탄-satan)

지옥 - Hell

성신/성령 - Holy spirit/Holy Ghost

영적인 - spiritual

교회 - Church

성경(聖經) - The Bible

절 - Buddhist Temple

무교 - no religion

불교 - Buddhism

불경 - Buddhist Bible

부처님 - Buddha

교파 - sect

영원히 - eternally

낙원 - paradise

화신 - reincarnation

부활 - resurrection

예수 그리스도 - Jesus Christ

사도 - apostle

기도하다 - to pray

응답 - an answer(spiritual)

믿다 - to believe

이해하다 - to understand

오해 - misunderstanding

헷깔리다 - to be confused(혼란스럽다 too)

경전 - scriptures

성전(聖殿) - Temple

인자(人子) - Son of Man

구원(救援) - salvation

표적(表迹) - miracle