Beliefs and teachings (Christianity) Flashcards
What type of religion is Christianity known as?
A monotheistic religion as they believe in only one God.
What do Christians believe god is?
Eternal unlike humans.
What does omniscient mean?
That God is All knowing.
What does Transcended mean?
God is outside the world, beyond everything and outside time.
What does immanence mean?
Belief God is closer to us than our heartbeat and is involved in this world.
What does benevolence mean?
That God is all loving.
What does omnipotent?
That God is all powerful.
What does incarnate mean?
That God is embodied in human form.
What does the Amish community believe?
Believe God has provided salvation through the death and resurrection of Jesus and believe they must practice salvation through works.
What does Hillsong church focus on?
The grace of God for forgiveness
What is the holy trinity?
The holy trinity is God the father, God the son and God the holy spirit.
What does God as Father provide for his followers?
A sense of safety and protection
How was Jesus placed in Mary?
By the Holy Spirit.
Why did God come to Earth in the form of Jesus?
1) to reveal Himself to people
2) to sacrifice Himself on the cross
3) to rise from the dead
When does the Spirit reveal itself?
At the Pentecost feast.
What does the Spirit do?
1) helps Christians to live in the way that God requires.
2) helps Christians to understand God’s teaching.
3) promises life with God in heaven after death.
What is a creed?
A summary statement of religious beliefs, often recited in worship.
In what order did God create the world?
1) - light was created.
2)- The sky was created.
3) - dry land, seas, plants and trees were created.
4) - The Sun, Moon and stars were created.
5) - Creatures that live in the sea and creatures that fly were created.
6) - Animals that live on the land and finally humans.
7) - God finished his work of creation and rested.
What is the original sin?
Adam and Eve’s disobedience to God when they ate a forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden
what is natural evil?
Suffering created through no fault of humans
What is moral evil?
Suffering caused by the actions of human beings
What is the problem of evil?
1) if God is omnibenevolent, then He would care enough to stop the suffering caused by evil, but He hasn’t so maybe He is not omnipotent.
What is the Irenaean theodicy?
1) God allows evil and suffering to exist
2) the world was deliberately created with both good and evil in order that humans would be able to choose and learn what is right and good.
3) through suffering we learn and develop spiritually.
4) God allows suffering because He wants our souls to develop.
5) as long as people are open to learning from their actions they can get to heaven.
What is the Augustinian theory?
1) God made a perfect Creation as recorded in Genesis
2) there is no evil in God’s creation
3) evil is the absence of goodness
4) evil is when something good becomes corrupted and lacks its intended perfection
What is ‘The Fall’?
The move by humans out of a perfect relationship with God
Why was Jesus sent to Earth by God the Father?
1) to take the punishment for human sin
2) to restore the broken relationship between God and humanity
What does the Sermon on the Mount contain?
Jesus’ teachings about how Christians should live in order to please God
What does the word ‘beatitudes’ mean?
Blessings
What is sacrificial love?
Love that places God, others, and even enemies, above yourself
What is evangelism?
Sharing Jesus’ message and persuading others to become believers
