Christian Practices Flashcards
What is a sacrament?
A holy ritual that expresses an inner spiritual experience
What are the importances of pilgrimages?
Grow closer to god Be forgiven Pray Seek a cure Reflect Help others
What 7 sacraments do Christians accept?
Reconciliation Holy orders Confirmation Baptism Marriage Anointing the sick Holy communion
What are the two different types of baptism?
Infant and believers
What are Christian views on infant baptism?
Welcomes a new life into the community
Parents thank god for their new baby
Celebrate birth with family and friends
What are Christian views on believers baptism?
Should be for believers - a decision about faith
Infants aren’t old enough to understand what’s going on and decide for themselves
It allows sins to be forgiven
What are street pastors?
Volunteers who listen and help people on the street
What is reconciliation?
A sacrament in Catholic Church that restores harmony
What is evangelism?
Spreading Christian gospel by public preaching
Why are sacrament important?
Help strengthen their relationship with god
Outward sign of inward grace
Affirm that Christians are part of the body of Christ
Involve symbolic actions, words and physical elements
What is a pilgrimage?
A journey by a believer to a holy site for religious reasons
What is agape?
Unconditional love
How does the church work to help those in need?
Tearfund - Christians who want to end poverty
The Trussell Trust - Christians who aim to end hunger and poverty
Street Pastors - trained volunteers to help those on the street
Why is Easter important to Christians?
Celebrates the resurrection of Jesus
Why is the church important in Christianity?
Provides a location where Christians can meet, worship, pray and socialise
What are the different types of Christian worship?
Liturgical - follows set pattern, guided worship, doing same thing creates unity
Non-Liturgical - no set pattern, informal, allows you to have a more personal relationship with god, personal
What is the significance of the Eucharist?
Reminds Christians of Jesus’ death
Reflects Jesus’ last supper with disciples
Links to salvation and grace
What is the Eucharist?
A sacrament
Refers to many things - holy communion, Last supper, mass
Holy ritual
How do Christians respond to persecution?
May help them develop their faith and strengthen convictions as believers
Believe those who suffer for their believers share in a unique way with Jesus
How do Christians respond to the problem of world poverty?
They believe they should present Jesus to the world through helping the disadvantaged
Help those in poverty (parable of the Good Samaritan)
What is a missionary?
A person sent on a religious mission to promote Christianity in a foreign country through preaching or charitable work
How is Easter celebrated?
Churches filled with flowers
Special hymns sung to celebrate the resurrection
Light candles to symbolise entering the empty tomb
Open air sunrise services and share breakfasts usually eating eggs to symbol new life
How is Christmas celebrated?
Trees are decorated with lights representing Jesus as light coming into the new world
Nativity scenes show baby Jesus in poverty
Carol services with readings from bible showing god’s promise of a saviour and events of Jesus’ birth
Send Christmas cards and exchange gifts - seen as a time of “peace and goodwill” - god gave gift of Jesus, his son
What is the parable of the Good Samaritan ?
A Jew is walking when he is stripped of his clothing, beaten and left half dead. A priest and then levite see the man but ignore him and cross to the other side of the street. A Samaritan sees him and although Jews and Samaritans despised each other, he helped him.
The Samaritan shows mercy to the Jew therefore showing that he is his neighbour (Jesus’ response to the question “and who is my neighbour”)
