1.2.6 The role of the Church in the local community and living practices Flashcards
What is the purpose of infant baptism
To make the child leave the life of sin it is born into.
What is the link between infant baptism and confirmation?
When you get baptised as an infant if you are sure you want to be a devote Christian when you are older and more aware you can now consent fully and baptise within your own choice.
Name two denominations that practise infant baptism?
RCC, C of E
State three elements that you would expect to be apart of a Christian wedding service.
Vows, Rings and a Eucharist
What is a stefana?
A silver crown that held over the head of the bride and Groom to represent royalty in marriage.
In which denomination is the stefana part of a marriage service?
Orthodox
What is the purpose of the vows in a Christian wedding service?
A promise and love to support one another in all circumstances until death.
What is the sipping of wine from the cup symbolic of in an Orthodox worship?
The shared life that the couple is going to have with both its hard times and joys.
List the four features of a Christian funeral service?
Bible reading
Prayers
Eulogy
A minister
State why prayers for the deceased are especially important in a Roman Catholic funeral service
As a funeral marks the end of a humans life on Earth and will return to God to be judged accordingly.
which denominations may include a requiem mass as part of their funeral service?
Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Greek Orthodox,
What is the purpose of the committal?
To commit the dead person to God’s care
What is the relationship between marriage and Christ that is explained in Ephesians 5:31-33?
The couple become one flesh and not two and they account to eachother as they would to Christ
How many Jesus’ claim in John 11:25 provide comfort to mourners during a funeral service?
It allows mourners to believe that the person dead will live in the afterlife if they believed in Jesus.
“Everyone who believes in me will never die”
In what way may Corinthians 15:51 provide mourners at a funeral with a sense of hope?
If taken literally the verse says that “everyone dead will rise” when the last trumpet sounds.
