Christian Beliefs

Question 1

Creation

Answer 1

God created humankind in his image ‘let’s make them to be like us and resemble us’

Question 2

The trinity

Answer 2

Jesus: ‘baptise in the name of the father, the son and the Holy Spirit’
Jesus’ baptism: This is my own dear Son with whom I am well pleased.
John 1:1-3: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was G

Question 3

Resurrection

Answer 3

To deny the resurrection is to deny Christ

Question 4

The acension

Answer 4

At the right hand of the mighty God.’ ( Luke 22:69)
John 14:2, Jesus tells his disciples he will ‘ prepare a place’ for them in heaven
Nicene Creed: He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

Question 5

Atonement

Answer 5

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have
eternal life. St Paul

Question 6

Salvation through grace

Answer 6

for it is by grace you have been saved, through faith…it is the gift of God

Question 7

Problem of evil

Answer 7

The devil can be the cause of suffering; The story of Job
Christians would argue that natural evil entered the world during The Fall of Adam and Eve, Genesis 3

Question 8

Death and afterlife

Answer 8

The parable of the sheep and the goats
Hell is a metaphor for how people who’ve rejected God will feel. Pope John Paul

Question 9

Purgatory

Answer 9

Here sins are punished, and the person must ‘undergo purification’

Question 10

Judgement day

Answer 10

He will come again in glory to judge between the living and the dead./We look for the resurrection of
the dead and the life of the world to come. Nicene Cree