CHRISTIAN BELIEFS Flashcards
Omnipotent
All powerful
Omniscient
All knowing
Omnipresent
Everywhere
Benevolent
Loving
Transcendent
Beyond understanding
Immanent
Personal
Eternal
No beginning and end
Forgiving / merciful
Forgive sins
Trinity
The belief that there are 3 people in One God - Father , Son and Holy Spirit are separate but also one being
Moral evil
Suffering caused by humans
Natural evil
Suffering caused by nature
Christian responses to evil
Necessary part of life
Temporary
Punishment for sins
Humanity’s free will
God’s plan
Test of faith
Heaven
State of eternal happiness in the presence of God
Hell
A place of torment - a state without God
Purgatory
Roman Catholic belief - where souls are cleansed in order to enter Heaven
Salvation
Deliverance from sin and admission to Heaven bought by Jesus
3 different perspectives of salvation - Salvation of faith
‘ Their faith is credited as righteousness’
Salvation by faiths and works
‘ Faith without works is dead ‘
Salvation by grace
‘ It’s through grace you have been saved ‘
2 ideas of Creation
SCIENCE - Big Bang ( an explosion ) , Humans evolved
Genesis 1 & 2 - God created the world in 6 days and rested on the 7th
Ascension
40 days after resurrection when Jesus returned to God in Heaven
Atonement
Restoring the relationship between people and God through life - death + resurrection of Jesus
Church
Building where Christians worship
Creation
The act that God created the universe
Crucifixion
Roman method of execution - execution + death of Jesus on Good Friday
Denomination
Distinct group within Christian faith - has its own organisations + traditions
Grace
A quality of God - God shows to humans by providing love and support
Incarnation
Becoming flesh ; taking human form
Reconciliation
Restoring of harmony after relationships have broken down
Resurrection
Jesus rising from the dead on Easter Day
Sin
An act or thought that separates humans from God
