1) Origins and their impact on the community

Question 1

1.1 Religious texts use in worship - Catholic Church

Answer 1

Scripture is used as a basis for the prayers and the entire mass
-readings from both the New and Old Testement
-consecration of bread and wine uses the words that Christ used at the Last Supper
-In ceremonies there will be reading from the Bible. Passages chosen will link the ceremonies to the life and teaching of Christ
-Christening ceremony
-Wedding ceremonies
-funerals

Question 2

1.1 Religious texts use in worship - Catholic Church Christening

Answer 2

Priest, vicar or minister may choose a passage about the importance of entering into the Christian faith and what it means to be a Christian

Question 3

1.1 Religious texts use in worship - Catholic wedding ceremonies

Answer 3

Passages about love and honouring your husband/ wife are read

Question 4

1.1 Religious texts use in worship - Catholic funerals

Answer 4

Passages read to provide comfort to loved ones
-Bible placed on the coffin as a reminder that the deceased lived their life following God

Question 5

1.1 Religious texts in public worship

Answer 5

Bible brings people together and creates a sense of community and shared practice

Question 6

1.1 Religious texts in private worship

Answer 6

People can use the Bible to seek guidance on how to manage problems in their life

Question 7

1.1 Religious texts use in devotion/ meditation

Answer 7

Pray before reading scripture
-praise the Lord for providing his word
-pray that He calms our heart and help us to understand what we are reading
-pray that we are changed by what we read so we can be more transformed into the image of Christ

Question 8

1.1 Quakers on religious texts

Answer 8

Scripture is not the most important thing. God is the primary guide. The Bible is subordinate to the Inward Light and the true word of God
-trust that God himself talks to them and inspires them personally
–clearly: w dreams, visions, voices, inspired spoken ministry
–less clearly: w feelings, inner urges, intuitive leadings

Question 9

1.1 Religious texts use in instruction/ education

Answer 9

-records the teachings of Jesus during his life - gives Christians guidance and instructions on how to live their life (sermon on the mount)
-salvation (healing the relationship with God) - tells Christians about birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus
-through Jesus’ life and death that humans can be saved from sin
-10 commandments - instructions sent from God that tells humans how to live

Question 10

1.1 How Fundamentalist Christians view the Bible.

Answer 10

Regard the words of the Bible to be the true voice of God.
-when reading the creation story, they believe the world was created in 7 days

Question 11

1.1 How Conservative Christians view the Bible

Answer 11

Believe the Bible was written by humans who were inspired by God. Follow teachings but don’t take every word as the voice of God

Question 12

1.1 How Liberal Christians view the Bible

Answer 12

Regard the Bible as words that have been written in God. They are a good guide for Christians in understanding faith, but might interpret passages differently

Question 13

1.2 Sources of authority

Answer 13

Can include:
-friends
-conscience
-family
-rational thinking
-personal experience
Religious people:
-sacred texts
-tradition
-others in the community
-founders of faith
-religious principles, rules

Question 14

1.2 The Bible as a source of authority

Answer 14

Christian holy book and the most important source of authority - contains the teachings of God and Jesus
-all Christians regard the Bible as the starting point for guidance

Question 15

1.2 The Old Testement - source of authority

Answer 15

Collection of books written before the life of Jesus
-contains the 10 commandments
-prayers and songs used in worship

Question 16

1.2 The New Testement - source of authority

Answer 16

Collection of books written after Jesus died and rose
-contains four gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
-Christians learn about example that Jesus set and his teachings

Question 17

1.2 Deuterocanonical books - source of authority

Answer 17

Books found only in some versions of the Hold Testement
-accepted as scripture - Roman Catholic, Eastern Churches
-not canonical - Protestants. Books help give historical context/ different view

Question 18

1.3 Life of Jesus - baptism

Answer 18

Jesus approached John asking to be baptised. He was 30 years old.
-Humanity - he acted humanly and asked to be baptised by John even though he is the son of God
-Moral teaching - no one is more superior in the eyes of God and in faith. All should be treated equally.
-Spiritual teaching - baptism is the will of God. He wants people to be baptised.
-A voice from heaven said, ‘This is my son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased’

Question 19

1.3 Life of Jesus - temptation of Jesus

Answer 19

Matthew 4
Jesus was led to the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for 40 days and was hungry
-humanity - he was hungry and had human desires
Spiritual teachings:
-food can fill our physical needs but a relationship with God gives us our emotional/ spiritual connection
-have faith in God - Jesus’ reply when Satan challenges him ‘Do not put your Lord God to the test’
-only worship one God - ‘worship the Lord your God, and serve him only’

Question 20

1.3 Life of Jesus - heals a paralytic

Answer 20

When there was no room where Christ was preaching, and men made an opening in the roof and lowered a paralytic. Jesus healed the paralytic.
Divinity:
- know the secrets of the heart - teachers of the law thought he was blaspheming
-he forgives sins - power which belongs to God alone
-heals by the power of His word
Spiritual teachings:
-faith is collective as well as personal as the paralytic friends helped in his healing
-show you faith and your sins will be forgiven
-‘When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, ‘Son, your sins are forgiven’

Question 21

1.3 Life of Jesus - healing of the man with the shriveled hand

Answer 21

Jesus went to the temple on the Sabbath day, the Pharisees and teachers of the law were looking for ways to criticise Jesus. Jesus healed a man with a withered hand. The Pharisees were angry about this as it was the Sabaath.
-humanity - he was in distress and angry at the Pharisees - human emotions
-Spiritual teachings - have faith in Jesus/ God and he will help you
-Moral teachings - to have a moral standing. Jesus questions the Pharisees, ‘Which is lawful on the Sabaath, to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?’

Question 22

1.3 Life of Jesus - Jesus washes his disciples’ feet

Answer 22

Before Jesus died and returned the Father, he washes his disciple’s feet
-Humanity - he is equal to his disciples as he washes their feet
-Spiritual teachings - when we serve today, it should be out of love, not out of a sense of duty or responsibility

Question 23

1.3 Life of Jesus - sermon on the mount

Answer 23

Jesus taught his followers that they were to be like salt and light, but they need to be effective in these roles.
-Salt - ‘If salt loses its saltiness…it has become worthless, so it is thrown out’. Jesus wants his followers to preserve their local community, through being a force for good and bringing improvements to people’s lives.
-Light - Jesus wants his followers to show their faith in the societies where they live, like a light shining visibly

Question 24

1.3 Life of Jesus - Death

Answer 24

Jesus was on the cross and died. The earth rumbled and holy people who died were raised to life.
-Spiritual teachings - had faith in God - ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’
-Divinity - unnatural events happened after Jesus’ death - earth shaking

Question 25

1.3 Life of Jesus - Resurrection

Answer 25

Mary Magdalene and Mary went to look at the tomb. An angel came and said He had risen from the dead.
-Spiritual teachings -God will always be there even when it doesn’t seem like it. Jesus thought God had abandoned him
-Jesus dies and rose again so that we could receive forgiveness and so we might have life. Through his death and resurrection we receive life