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KQ Bible

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Sacred text believed by Christian’s revealed by God - made up of old and New Testament

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KQ Confirmation

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Person who has been baptised affirms belief - recognised as a full member of the church

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KQ Eucharist

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Holy communion, celebrating death and redirection of Jesus - bread and wine represents body and blood of Jesus

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KQ Free Will

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God given ability to make choices voluntarily - belief nothing is predetermined

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KQ Heaven

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Place or state where these who have accepted God’s grace - physical or spiritual state

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KQ Hell

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Place or state of punishment, rejecting God - live eternally outside of God’s presence

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KQ Judgement

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He will judge if humans are worthy to entertain heaven - Jesus will return to earth for a second coming

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KQ Marriage Symbols

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Features of marriage ceremony that indicate purpose or meaning - wedding rings symbolise union-ship

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KQ Pilgrimage

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Journey made to a sacred place as an act of worship or devotion - visit Jerusalem to walk in Jesus footsteps

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KQ Reason

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Process of logical thought; ability to think logically - judgement and opinions through rational view point

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KQ Revelation

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God making himself known to humankind - Christians believe that he can be discovered by everyone

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KQ Vows

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Promises made to each other and God - wedding vows are promises to bride and groom

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Bible facts

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  • two books
  • 40 authors
  • 66 books put together
  • authors were influenced
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Apostolic Origin

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New Testament book Miss have been based on first century follower

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Universal Acceptance

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Agreed to all early Christian communities and Jewish authority

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Liturgical Use

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Book must have been used in worship by early Christians
“All scripture is God breathed”

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Consistent Message

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Contain teachings that compliment of others accepted Christian writing
“Do not add to what I commanded and do not subtract it”

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Revelation

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God making himself known to mankind - God communicated these words down through angels to humans

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Teaching

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Is there a God?, what is the meaning of life?

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Rebuking

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Teachings about ethics, values and behaviours describing consequences of failing to live up to God’s expectations - enables Christians to extend compassion to others to avoid sinfulness

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Correcting

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Bible tells the story about how humans broke God’s trust and how to mend it again

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Training in Righteousness

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God is like a father, Bible helps manages life, role as a parent in teaching about life
“So the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for very good work”

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Old Testament

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Contains the contract that God made with the ancient Jewish people
- case law or casuistic law which is describing a particular circumstance or case and their consequence
- absolute or apodictic law which are direct commands that apply to everyone “thou shall not kill”

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New Testament

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Replaces the agreement that the Jewish people had with God - this is a new relationship that God has with all people
“ I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them”

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Worship + Ceremonies

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  • Reading Bible passages
  • singing hymns
  • prayers based on Bible
  • standing when gospel is read
  • Orthodox Christians may kiss bible
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Literal Interpretation of Bible

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  • Bible contains actual word of God and must be taken literally and cannot be subject to human interpretation
  • everything was written from great precision of God
  • everything is accurate
  • biblical accounts take precedence over science
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Conservative Interpretation of Bible

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  • Bible was written by human authors using human power and ability
  • wrote that God wanted them to write
  • God wanted to communicate with us
  • universe was literally created in 6 days
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Symbolic Interpretation of Bible

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  • Bible has layered meaning rather than spiritual
  • importance of stories lies in its message
  • Jesus might not have cured blind man but it’s the teaching that counts
  • analysing stories and meanings
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Mythological Interpretation in Bible

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  • people who understand the Bible was written by men in the pre-scientific age
  • story of creation lacks scientific credibility
  • nature of world
  • story of miracles and supernatural events found in Bible
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Conscience

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  • a conscious is the God given understanding of right and wrong
  • “their conscious always bearing witness”
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Family

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Child should be brought up in a living family, marriage is the structure where children should be brought up in and help them experience love and forgiveness

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Reason

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“Reason man is rather like God in the world”, philosophy believed that conscious is a natural and god given ability to know between right and wrong and give us the ability to chose to follow him or not

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Society

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  • example of Christian teachings maintaining an influence on society
  • people reading biblical teachings for comfort
  • Christian values such as the sanctity of life
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Situations

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The Bible does not make mistakes in anything for some it is not good enough simply to follow moral laws presented in the Bible and Jesus in the New Testament provides the path of Christianity through agape

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Civil Law

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  • laws have been based on biblical moral teaching, 10 commandment
  • since 20th century the influences of Christianity over British law has been challenged
  • challenges to Christian values including change in law
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Circumstances

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Moral relativism that says that many actions read to be decided in individual circumstances based on agape

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Afterlife

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“If the dead are not raised then Christ has not raised”
Crucifixion and resurrection tell Christian’s death isn’t the end
“God gave is one and only son”
“Everything must be fulfilled”

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Free Will Teachings

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  • no one is completely good but belief in Jesus leads to good deeds
  • faith leads to salvation
  • can choose to reject God
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Resurrection

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  • spiritual part of a person is joining God in heaven when they die
  • physical resurrection = bodies come back
  • “proclaim the lords death until he comes”
  • Adam brought sin and death to world
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Baptism

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  • a sacrament
  • “visible sign of invisible grace”
  • a ceremony that welcomes a person into Christian community
  • water is used to symbolise purification and washing away sin
  • “spirit descends on him like a dove”
  • Baptist Church don’t believe in baptising babies
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Steps to a Baptism

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1) attend classes with pastor
2) candidate will have a chance to speak about why they became Christian
3) friends prey and they are submerged
4) asked Do you acknowledge Jesus Christ as your saviour and lord?
Do you promise with the help of the Holy Spirit and love and serve God?
5) say I do and they are lowered in water to symbolise death of old and birth of new

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Confirmation

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Ceremony which a Baptist person confirms their faith and makes someone a full member of the church, Holy Spirit enters body and gives them strength to live like Jesus

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Stages of a Confirmation

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1) attend classes
2) sound understanding of commitment
3) prayer and Bible study

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Laying of hands

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Bishop stretches his hands out over candidates head and calls down Holy Spirit

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Anointing with Oil

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Anointed with oil of chrism, echos ancient Israelite king making ceremony

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Words

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Liturgy confirm candidates status as a member of the church

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Sign of Peace

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People present greet eachother with a handshake or embrace to show unity as church

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Eucharist

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  • sharing bread and wine to symbolise the body and blood of Jesus but some see it in a symbolic sense not a literal sense
  • “do this in remembrance of me”
  • Protestant and catholic think opposites
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Holy Matrimony

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  • sacred sacrament
  • “they are no longer two but one flesh”
  • bond cannot be broken even divorced the two are linked as believed by catholics and orthodox
  • gift from God
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Rings

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Exchanged to symbolise devotion to one another and commitment, not essential for marriage

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Veil

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Symbolises purity before marriage and shows two becoming one

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Vows

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Deep commitment, personal undertaken before God, priest declares they are husband and wife
“God has joined together let no one put a sunder”

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Crowns

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Orthodox believe the new family has been created, led by the newly married couple, king and queen, no vows necessary as they made the commitment

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Candles

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Orthodox weddings, bride and groom are given lit candles that they hold during the service symbolises willingness of couple to revive Jesus, the light of the world

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Places of Worship

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  • “for where two or three gather in my name, there I am with them”
  • setting aside a place of worship
  • community meets there
  • God’s house
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Pilgrimage

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  • scared act of religious devotion and always been a practice
  • travel to the holy land to walk in the footsteps of Jesus
  • travel to places people gave their lives for their faith
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Nazareth

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  • place of Jesus bringing up
  • spent most of his life
  • annunciation stands on traditional site of Jesus childhood home
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Bethlehem

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  • where Jesus was born
  • church was built over place of birth
  • administration by list of Christian denominations
  • visit around Christmas time
  • opportunity to ecumenical worship
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Jerusalem

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  • Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethemane and Christians can follow his example
  • follow Jesus example
  • walk in his foot steps
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St David’s

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  • a Welsh bishop
  • pilgrims can visit his shrine in St David’s cathedral
  • performed miracles
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St Non’s Well

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  • st David’s mother was called non and his birth place is st nons chapel
  • powerful healing properties
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Bardsey Island

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  • Christian community was first set up in a sixth century CE and exits today
  • island is used for retreats where individuals and groups can appreciate its beauty and seclusion
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Significance of Pilgrimage

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  • spiritual connection
  • reinforces separation of worldly existence and spiritual
  • encourage deep communication to God
  • sense of strength
  • journey you take from earth to heaven

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