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Christianity Flashcards

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Agape

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Christian love

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Anglican

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A worldwide denomination that includes the church of England

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Ascension

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Jesus being taken up to heaven on the 40th day after Easter

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Atonement

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The action of making amends for wrong doing

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Baptism

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A ceremony to welcome a person into the Christian religion

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Crucifixion

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A capital punishment used by the romans which nails a person to a cross to kill them

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Denomination

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The name for the different branches of the Christian church

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Fundamentalist

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Christians who take the Bible literally

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Gospel

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The name of the books about the life of Jesus in the Bible: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John

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Grace

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Unconditional love that God shows to people who do not deserve it

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Historic Truth

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Facts about historic events, usually from evidence

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Incarnation

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God in human form. God made flesh

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Imminence

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The idea that God is in the world and knowable

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Inconsistent Triad

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Concept developed by JL. Mackie to show that God cannot be both all loving and all powerful due to the existence of evil

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Irenaeus

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Stated that God created the best of all possible worlds to enable humans to develop empathy and love for each other by learning from suffering

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Lord’s Prayer

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The prayer Jesus taught his disciples to show them how to pray

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Messiah

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The anointed one who is seen as the saviour by Christians

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Miracles

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Events that have no scientific explanation for them happening; these were performed by Jesus and described in the Gospels

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Mission

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An organised effort to spread the Christian message

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Moral evil

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Caused by human action - considered morally wrong

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Natural evil

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Caused by nature but directly impacts on humanity e.g. earthquakes but also due to human action e.g. global warming

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Nicene Creed

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A statement of belief used in Christian services

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Omnibenevolent

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The idea that God is all-loving

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Omniscient

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The idea that God is all-knowing

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Omnipotent

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The idea that God is all-powerful

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Oneness of God

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The idea that God is ‘one’

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Orthodox

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A branch of the Christian church, largely found in Greece and Russia

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Penitence

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To feel regret for someone’s sins

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Protestant

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A branch of the Christian church that broke away from the Roman Catholic church

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Reconciliation

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The process of making people friendly again

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Religious Truth

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Knowledge gained through interpretation of religious texts , rather than taking them literally

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Resurrection

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The physical return of Jesus on the third day after he died

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Roman Catholic

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The largest Christian group, based in Rome with the Pope and its leader

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Salvation

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The saving soul from sin

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Sanhedrin

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The ruling council of Jews in Israel

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Secular

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Relating to worldly as opposed to religious things

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St Augustine

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Stated that God created the best of all possible worlds but it was a human sin (Original Sin) and misuse of free will that led to The Fall and the existence of evil (Genesis 1)

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St Paul

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A man who taught the teachings of Jesus - originally Saul of Tarsus before his conversation

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Transcendence

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The idea that God is beyond the world and unknowable

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Trinity

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The Father, The Son, The Holy Spirit

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