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Christian practices Flashcards

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The meaning and importance of worship for christians

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To show devotion and love for God

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Types of worship

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  • Informal worship
  • liturgical worship
  • Non-liturgical worship
  • Private worship
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Informal worship

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Focuses on the adoration of God and not always done in a church
- Prayer and music often quite modern
- People often believe the holy spirit is present so can be quite spontaneous
- Quaker’s have hour long meetings instead of services where thy are sat in a circle with no set hymns, prayers etc

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Liturgical worship

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  • Happens in a church
  • Liturgical worshippers may feel a sense of connection to other worshippers as they are doing the same thing
    -Done as a congregation
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Non liturgical worship

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  • More informal and less structured than formal worship
  • Sermon could be on a topic of the pastors choosing using the pastors own words instead of pre-planned
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The nature and use of prayer

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Prayer is To communicate w/ God.

What is communicated?
- Adoration
- Confession
-Thanks giving
-Intercession (ask for God’s help)

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Types of prayer

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  • Set prayer
  • The lord’s prayer
  • Informal prayer
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Set prayer

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Prayers that have been written down and said more than once by more than one person, like the Lords prayer

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The Lord’s prayer

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The prayer taught to the disciples by jesus ; also known as the ‘our father’

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Informal prayer

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Prayer that is made up by the individual using their own words

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Benefits of prayer

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-Routine that allows for reflection
- Guidance
- Closer relationship with God
- Comfort

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Unanswered prayer

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People whose prayers go unanswered may separate from God.

What christians say?
If everything goes right all the time we wouldn’t know joy and because god is all loving he wants us the be able to experience happiness

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Meaning and role of sacraments

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‘An outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace’

-Baptism
-Confirmation
- Eucharist
- Reconcillitation
- Healing
-Marriage
-ordination

Catholics believe in all seven

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Protestant sacraments

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  • Baptism
  • Eucharist
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Quaker and Salvation army sacraments

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Reject all sacraments because they claim there is no reference to the seven in the bible
- They believe symbols are a distraction from true religion

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Baptism

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A sacrament where christians believe they are brought closer to God or receive God’s grace. Believe it is important because Jesus did it and told his disciples to.

‘No one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.’ - John 3:5

Two types of baptism: infants baptism and believers baptism

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Infant baptism discourse

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Why people are for it: Believe it makes a christian part of God’s family and believe it cleanses the child of the original sin

Why people aren’t for it: Believe the person should be mature so they can fully grasp the situation

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Belivers baptism

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Total immersion in water to celebrate the person claiming Jesus as their saviour

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Holy communion

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Known as ‘Eucharist’

To give thanks to God for the sacrifice Jesus made and the last meal he had with his disciples

wine - Jesus’ blood
Bread- his body

Catholics believe in transubstanation

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transubstanation

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Change on an imperceptible level and the bread and wine become the actual body of christ.

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Baptists eucharist

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Believe the bread and wine are symbols to bring people together

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Orthodox christian eucharist

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Believe Jesus is mystically present during eucharist

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Church of England eucharist

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Believe that Jesus is spiritually present in eucharist but not physically

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Pilgramage

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a journey made for religious reasons ,alone or with other christians, to a sacred place e.g Lourdes or Iona

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Lourdes

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Waters are believed to have healing powers

in france

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Iona

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Popular pilgrimage spot in Scotland and is a monastery.

Christians go there to study and read the bible in hopes of spiritual growth.

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examples of christian response to persecution

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  • open doors
  • prayer
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Open doors

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Supports persecuted christians around the world by training church leaders on how to support those who experienced trauma and helping them flee persecution

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persecution quote

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And you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.

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Prayer to help those persecuted

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Christians will pray to god to help those persecuted and encourage those persecuted to pray

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Examples of the work of the church in local communities

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  • salvation army
  • street pastors
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salvation army

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helps the local community by providing hostels for the homeless

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street pastors

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Help those in the community who may need help after a fight in the pub to get emergency help or provide assistance to those drunk

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Importance of eucharist

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  • Unites members of the church
  • transubstantiation
    -is a sacrament
  • jesus said to
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eucharist quote

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” do this in remeberance of me”

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Why we should use the lords prayer?

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  • Jesus passed it on to his disciples and using it makes Christians closer to him
  • can be used in public and private worship
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quote for why the lords prayer should only be used

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‘Pray then like this:’

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What do people do in lourdes?

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  • confess their sins
  • bathe in the water
  • to pray
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importance of evangalism

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  • Is a loving thing to do because it offers them salvation
  • Jesus said to
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evamgalism quote

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“Go forth and make disciples of all nations”

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importance of celebrating christmas

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  • celebrates the birth of god
  • incarnation of god
    -unites families
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importance of easter

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  • christians believe it marks the arrival of the new covenant ‘book of jerimah’
  • marks the start of new life with chocolate eggs
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How might christians show their commitment to church growth

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  • give money to the church
  • will join the church army to help people find their faith
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How does the world wide church aid reconciliation?

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  • the community of cross and nails which helped repair relations with Germany after ww2
  • The Corrymeela Community aims to bring about reconciliation by healing religious and political divisions in the community

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