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Christian beliefs and teachings Flashcards

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What are 3 Christian denominations?

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Catholic
Orthodox
Protestant

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What does it mean by God as omnipotent?

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God is all powerful

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What does it mean by god as benevolent?

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God is all loving/good

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What does it mean by god as just?

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God is a fair judge, he decides wether we go to heaven or hell

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What makes up the holy trinity?

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The father, the son, and the Holy Spirit

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What part of the bible can the creation story be found?

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Genesis 1

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What is incarnation?

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The belief that Jesus was God in his human form

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What is the Crucifixion?

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How Jesus dies, nailed to the cross and put to death

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What is the resurrection?

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Where Jesus rose from the dead

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What is the Ascension?

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When Jesus returned to heaven and asked his disciples to carry on his work

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When do Christian’s think the afterlife begins?

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At death or at the day of judgement

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What is the Christian belief about Judgement?

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After death God will judge Christian’s on their behaviour and actions, for example the parable of the sheep and the goat

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How would a Christian describe Heaven?

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A place of peace, joy and freedom from pain

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How would a Christian describe Hell?

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Existence without God, and eternal torment

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What is purgatory?

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A catholic belief, it is a place where souls go to beck cleansed before they reach heaven

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What is a sin?

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Any thought or action that separates us from God

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What is the original sin?

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When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit

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What is salvation?

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To be saved from sin and have eternal life with God

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What are two ways Christian’s believe you can achieve salvation?

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Doing good work- help others, follow 10 commandments
Through grace- when salvation is given freely from God as a gift of his love

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What is atonement?

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The removal of sin, the making amends for wrong doing. Relationship with God can be restored

21
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How did Jesus help our salvation?

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His crucifixion made up for the original sin of Adam and Eve
He sacrificed himself on our behalf, he “died for our sins”

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