Christian practises Flashcards

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Worship

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Acts of religious praise, honour or devotion
Creates personal relationship between god and believer

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Liturgical worship

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A church service that follows a set structure or ritual

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Examples of liturgical worship

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The Eucharist
Baptism

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Advantages of liturgical worship

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The familiar set structure and pattern brings security
Comfort knowing that god approves what they are doing
Feel connected to others doing the same worship

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Non liturgical worship

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A service that doesn’t follow a set structure or pattern

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Examples of non liturgical worship

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Prayers in the persons own words (extemporary prayer)
Sermon giver can choose the theme based on what’s relevant

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Advantages of non liturgical worship

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Liturgical worship isn’t genuine as it’s too rigid
Has a personal touch = can be based on what’s relevant at the time

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Informal worship

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A form of non liturgical worship depending on spontaneous prayers and sharing thoughts

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Examples of informal worship

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Charismatic worship = led as if the Holy Spirit were present
Not necessarily intelligible but in tongue and singing
Quaker worship = in silence to build relationship with god

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Advantages of informal worship

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More genuine with how spontaneous it is
Brings the community together

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Private worship

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Takes place in the worshippers home by themselves

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Examples of private worship

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Saying grace before eating a meal
Reading passages from the Bible
Using a rosary bead

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Advantages of private worship

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Explore individual personal connection with god
Renew faith everyday

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Prayer

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Communicating with god through words or silently

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Reasons for prayer

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Adoration
Confession
Thanksgiving
Supplication
Intercession

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Adoration

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Praying to adore God

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Confession

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Praying for forgiveness of sins

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Thanksgiving

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Praying for thanks for creation

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Supplication

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Praying to ask for something

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Intercession

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Praying for someone who is ill

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Liturgical prayers

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Prayer that has been written down and said by more than 1 person

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Liturgical prayer examples

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The Lord’s Prayer

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Informal prayer

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Prayer made by an individual using their own words

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Importance of prayer

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Enables Christians to talk and listen to God = deepens relationship with god
Gives sense of peace
Gives strength
Encourages reflection
Consolation for a bad event
To confess sins to avoid hell

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Bible verse that god will help you if you prey

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Psalms:
The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth

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What does the psalms verse tell us about prayer

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God will answer to prayers of supplication
As long as you are using it for good and not just your own gain

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Bible verse that god will help those in public worship

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Matthew:
“if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”

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What does the Matthew verse tell us about prayer

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God will answer to public prayer

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Bible verse about thanksgiving

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Colossians:
“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.“

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Colossians verse about prayer meaning

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We should regularly practise prayer in order to show thanks

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Bible verse about confession

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James:
“Therefore confess your sins to each other”

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Bible verse about intercession

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James:
“pray for each other so that you may be healed”

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Bible verse about what prayer is effective

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James:
“The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective”
Story of Elijah who prayed for the weather to help his crops
Don’t be a ‘babbling pagan’

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Bible verse on private prayer

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Matthew:
when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

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What does the Bible verse on private prayer tell us?

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Private prayer is the best way to show genuine devotion and personal relationship with god
Which isn’t falsified to impress others

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Advantages of public worship

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God will give favours if multiple people agree = God rewards community spirit

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Advantages of liturgical prayer

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Multiple people use prayer = God rewards community spirit
Doing as Jesus ordered
How Jesus taught apostles to Pray

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Advantages of non liturgical prayer

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In private shows true devotion
Doesn’t exaggerate to impress others
Using own words shows genuine feelings

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Does prayer work? (Arguments for)

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Has help benefits for the person praying in self reflecting thought
They’re really hearing their inner thoughts and it’s helping them trust what they’d usually ignore
Any test disproving it isn’t accurate: puts god to the test which won’t work

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Does prayer work? (Arguments against)

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No evidence that praying for someone else helps them
No ties to religion, it’s just self reflection but branded as holy
There’s no way to measure if god was interceding
Any results are dose dependent: those who prayer helped increase as numbers tested increase

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Catholic definition of a sacrament

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An outward sign of inward grace
Outward sign = Action
Inward Grace = deepens persons relationship with god as it shows their inner virtues

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Catholic sacraments

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Anointing
Baptism
Communion/ Eucharist
Confirmation
Holy orders
Marriage
Reconciliation/ confession

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Anointing (sacrament)

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Praying for the sick

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Baptism

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For infants to remove original sin

45
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Communion

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Taking of bread and wine

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Confirmation

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Making the decision to become a Catholic

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Holy orders

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Taking on duties ie becoming a priest

48
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Marriage

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Union of a man and woman (according to Catholic church)

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Reconciliation

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Mending their relationships by confessing to sins

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Protestant sacraments

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Also known as ordinances
Baptism
Communion

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Why do Protestant only have 2 sacraments?

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Only 2 are commanded by Jesus to do in gospels
feel gods blessing in unique ways by implementing themselves within the church community

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Salvation Army beliefs on sacraments

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Believe they are not necessary and thus don’t park take in many of them
As it’s possible to experience this inward grace simply through good works

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The Eucharist/ Communion

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A sacrament that commemorates the Last Supper as Jesus ordered his disciples to do so
Involves taking bread and wine

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Why do Christians practise the Eucharist?

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Matthews:
Jesus took bread, and after blessing said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”
Then took a cup, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

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What is Jesus’s blood representative of in the Eucharist?

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Recounts the story of exodus in the original Passover
Where the blood was of the sacrificial lamb
But this blood is of Jesus the new sacrifice

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What is Jesus body representative of in the Eucharist?

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Jesus’s wholeness and divinity that they are taking inside him

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Transubstantiation

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Catholic belief that during the communion Jesus’s presence and divinity is in the bread and wine

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What in the Bible made Catholics believe in transubstantiation?

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John:
“Unless you take the flesh of the son of man and eat it and drink the blood, you do not have life within you”

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Why do Catholics do transubstantiation?

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Because they are taking in Jesus’s presence and energy within them
That is a life force to wash away their sins and troubles in every day life and eternal death

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Catholic mass stages

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Prayers + creeds said for the local community
Bread and wine at alter
Priest says words of last supper
Lord’s Prayer
Signs of peace given
People take the bread and wine

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Protestant beliefs on mass

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Isn’t the most important celebration
Consubstantiation = Jesus is merely present along the bread and wine

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Church of England Eucharist stages

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Hymns + prayers of thanksgiving
Bible readings
Prayers for the current local community needs read out
Minister acts out last supper
Open table for anyone to receive the communion
Prayers of thanksgiving etc

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Impacts the Eucharist has on an individual scale

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By taking part in Communion believe they receive God’s grace.
It helps strengthen their faith.
They become closer to God.
Believe they have Jesus’s energy and life within them

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Impacts the Eucharist has on a community scale

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Brings the Christian community together by sharing the bread and wine.
Remembering Jesus’ crucifixion by taking communion can help those who are suffering.

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Impacts the Eucharist has on a wider scale

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Reminds Christians to treat everyone with love and to treat everyone equally = have Jesus’s energy within them
Many take a collection during which will often be used to help the poor.

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Baptism

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A sacrament by most churches
Just depends on when and on who
2 types:
Infant (christening)
Believers (adult)

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Why do most Christian’s perform baptism as a sacrament?

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Because Jesus was baptised and told others to do so
When Jesus was baptised by John heavens gate opened and hid the father was happy
Implying it removes you of original sin

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Quote from the Bible about baptism

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John:
“No one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.”
Jesus ordered others to baptise after resurrection

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Infant baptism

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Practised by Catholics, Church of England and orthodox
God parents swear to advise their child away from evil
Lit candle to parents = child moving to the light of Christ from darkness

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Believers baptism

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Practised by baptists church and Pentecostal
As an adult being submerged 3 times before emerging into your new Christian life

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Why is believers baptism preferred over infants by some denominations?

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Because they make the conscious decision to remove sin and join the church
Which babies can’t