Christian beliefs Flashcards
What are the qualities of God
Omniscient
Omnibenevolent
Omnipresent
Omnipotent
just
What does omniscient mean
-all knowing
What does Omnibenevolent mean
-perfect/ fully good / all loving
what does Omnipresent mean
-everywhere at once
What does omnipotent mean
-unlimited power
What is the nature of the trinity
-The belief that God is one being made up of three parts:
-The father
-The son
-The holy spirit
What’s the Father’s purpose
-the maker/creator of their heaven and earth
-their one God who creates everything
What’s a quote from the Nicene Creed that supports the purpose of the Father
‘maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible’
What’s the Sons purpose
-son of God
-came for the people’s salvation
-was crucified
-judges the living and the dead
What’s a quote from the Nicene Creed that supports the Sons purpose
‘the only son of God’
‘for us and our salvation’
‘he was crucified for us’
‘to judge the living and the dead’
What’s the Holy Spirits purpose
-giver of life
-present through Heaven and Earth
What’s a quote from the Nicene Creed that supports the Holy Spirits purpose
‘the giver of life’
What happened on the 1st day of Creation
-1st day: God created Heaven and Earth and ‘let there be light’ God separated night and day
What happened on the 2nd day of creation
-2nd day: The sky was created
What happened on the 3rd day of creation
-3rd day: Created skies and seas and vegetation was created
What happened on the 4th day of creation
-4th day: The sun, moon and stars were created
What happened on the 5th day of creation
-5th day: made all sea creatures and wings
What happened on the 6th day of creation
-6th day: created all mammels
Incarnation
-Literally ‘in flesh’ Jesus son of God
‘The world became flesh and made his dwelling among us’
What was the process of Jesus’ crucifixion
-Jesus was sentenced to death by Romeo Govenor Pontinus Pilate, punishment by crucifixtion as it was Roman execution technique
-Process of execution:
-victim being layed on wooden cross, attached using nails and or rope
-cross would be lifted upright
-victim would be left to die often through asphyxiation
-death time fluctuated between a couple hours to days
-he forgave the guards who executed him and talked to one of the men he was executed with and promised one that he would join God in Heaven
-after six hours: ‘Jesus called out with a loud voice ”Father, into your hands I commit my spirit” When he had said this he breathed his last’-Luke 23:46
-one of the Roman Centurions in charge of the execution recognised that Jesus had done nothing wrong and praised God
What was the significance of Jesus’ crucifixion
-impacts Christians today as it means sin can no longer destroy their lives as God forgives those who ask
-that suffering is a part of life and God understands what it is like to suffer
Resurrection
-rising from the dead
-Jesus rising from the dead on Easter day an event recorded in all four gospels
-central belief in Christianity
Ascension
-40 days after the resurrection when Jesus returned to God in heaven
What was the significance of the resurrection and ascension
-shows the power of God over evil
-by accepting Jesus they can also be resurrected in some way (no need to fear death)
-assures them God will forgive their sins if they follow the teachings of Christianity (become closer to God)
-shows Jesus is with God paves the way for the coming of the holy spirit to provide comfort and guidance
-without resurrection there would be no Christian faith
What is Heaven
-state of eternal happiness in the presence of God
-the place of eternal peace ruled over by God
What is hell
-Hell=eternal torment, physical torment
-other think hell is a metaphor for separation from God (eternal peace and happiness)
beliefs around heaven and hell
-Christians believe heaven is a place they go to where they die
-some believe in a day of judgement when everyone who has ever died is resurrected at the same time and go through to heaven
-purgatory is a catholic only belief- a waiting room between judgment of heaven and hell- the purge of any sins before going into heaven
What is salvation and why is it needed
-meaning ‘saved from sin’
-Christians believe that all people are born with original sin (came from Adam and Eve when they disobeyed God)
-sin during their lives is against God’s teachings
-to go to Heaven has to be without sin so there are ways that God can forgive sin (salvation)
What are the two types of Salvation
-Salvation through grace
-Salvation through works
Salvation through works
-the belief that God will forgive anyone who works hard to follow God’s rule
-if you sin you should truly repent
Salvation through Grace
-the belief that God will forgive anyone who believes in him
-some Christians believe that you have to be Christian for this other believe you can just follow an Abrahamic religion
Quote about salvation
‘for it is by grace you have been saved, through faith- and this is not from yourself’
What is sin
-the action that separates humans and God
-originated from Adam and Eve
-Adams punishment for men would have to work the earth
-Eve’s punishment was pain in childbirth
What was Jesus’ role in salvation
-believe that Jesus was sent to earth as a gift from God
-so that they could rebuilt a relationship with him again
-the belief that the people did not understand what God truly wanted of them, and so they needed guidance from Jesus
-Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross was necessary to atone the sins of mankind
What does atonement mean
-means making up for something
