Chapter 2 definitions

Question 1

Worship

Answer 1

acts of religious praise, honour or devotion

Question 2

Liturgical Worship

Answer 2

a church service that follows a set structure or ritual

Question 3

Non-Liturgical Worship

Answer 3

a service that does not follow a set text or ritual

Question 4

Informal Worship

Answer 4

a type of non-liturgical worship sometimes ‘spontaneous’ or ‘charismatic’ in nature

Question 5

Private Worship

Answer 5

when a believer praises or honours God on his or her own

Question 6

Prayer

Answer 6

communicating with God, either silently or through words or praise, thanksgiving or confession, or requests for God’s help or guidance

Question 7

Set prayers

Answer 7

prayers that have been written down and said more than once by more than one person, for example the Lord’s Prayer

Question 8

Informal Prayer

Answer 8

prayer that is made up by an individual using his or her own words

Question 9

Nonconformist

Answer 9

an English Protestant who does not conform to the doctrines or practices or the established Church Of England

Question 10

The Lord’s Prayer

Answer 10

the prayer taught to the disciples by Jesus ; also know as the ‘Our Father’

Question 11

Sacraments

Answer 11

A visible sign of God’s invisible Grace

Question 12

Baptism

Answer 12

ritual through which people become members of the Church ; involves the use of water as a symbol of the washing away of sin

Question 13

Protestant

Answer 13

branch of Christianity, originally Protestants were called that because they protested against some of the practices of the Catholic Church. Central belief is that the Bible is the only authority for Christians

Question 14

Believers Baptism

Answer 14

initiation into the Church, by immersion in water, of people old enough to understand the ceremony / rite and are willing to live a Christian life

Question 15

Infant Baptism

Answer 15

ritual through which babies and young children become members of the Church, where promises are taken on their behalf by adults; infant is freed from sin and introduced by the saving love of God and the support of the Christian community

Question 16

Holy Communion

Answer 16

a service of thanksgiving in which the sacrificial death and resurrection of Jesus are celebrated using bread and wine - the Eucharist

Question 17

Pilgrimage

Answer 17

a journey by a believer to a holy site for religious reasons; pilgrimage is itself an act of worship and devotion

Question 18

Festival

Answer 18

a day or period of celebration for religious reasons

Question 19

Christmas

Answer 19

the day commemorating the incarnation (25th December in most churches) also the season of 12 days ending with the Epiphany

Question 20

Easter

Answer 20

religious season celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead; starts on Easter day and finishes with the season of Pentecost

Question 21

The Church

Answer 21

1) Holy person of God, also called the Body of Christ, among whom Christ is present and active
2) a building in which Christians worship

Question 22

Agapé

Answer 22

a word used in the Bible that describes selfless, sacrificial, unconditional love

Question 23

Mission

Answer 23

the vocation or calling of a religious organistation or individual to go out into the world and spread their faith

Question 24

The Great Commission

Answer 24

Jesus’ introduction to his followers that they should spread his teachings to all the nations of the World

Question 25

Missionary

Answer 25

a person sent on a religious mission, especially to promote Christianity in a foreign country through preaching or charitable work

Question 26

Evangelism

Answer 26

spreading the Christian Gospel by pubic preaching or personal witness

Question 27

Reconciliation

Answer 27

a sacrament in the Catholic Church; also, the restoring of harmony after relationships have broken down

Question 28

Persecution

Answer 28

hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race, or political or religious beliefs