Christianity Flashcards

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The Ten Commandments

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Worship only god 
Don't worship false idols
Don't use the lords name in vain
Keep the sabbath day holy 
Respect your mother and father 
Do not murder 
Do not commit adultery
Do not steal
Do not tell lies
Do not be jealous of other people's things
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Different views on the nature of God

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Plymouth Brethren’s view is that he is holy and pure.

Amish: god is forgiving but it is important to follow the rules. They desperate themselves from the sin in the world

Hillsong: focus on the grace of god for forgiveness- it is a gift

Free churches: priests are not neccesary for communication between humans and god

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Six days of creation

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Light
Sky
Vegetation
Stars
Birds
Humans
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Quote about creation

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‘Through him all things were made’

‘Have knowledge on what is good and what is bad’

‘When the lord god made the universe’

‘That was the 6th day and so the whole universe was created’

‘The snake asked the woman’

‘The earth was formless and desolate engulfed in total darkness’

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Genesis 3

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Adam and Eve use their free will to sin against god. This broke the humans perfect relationship with him. This is known as the fall and humanity
Has to suffer for it.

Original sin

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Jesus is the saviour

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‘He saved others but he cannot save himself’

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How old is the universe in he bible

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5700

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Why is genesis 1-3 important

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It helps them understand why there is sin in the world

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Holy trinity quotes

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‘I believe in God’ ‘I believe in Jesus Christ’ ‘I believe in the Holy Spirit’ - Apostles creed

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Augustine’s theodicy good thangs

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  • god didn’t make us evil and gave us a choice
  • we have someone else to blame for our hardship
  • we are able to redeem our sins because Jesus died for them and therefore we are able to enter heaven
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Augustines theodicy bad things

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  • natural disasters are unexplainable, (science)
  • we shouldn’t have to suffer for other people’s actions
  • if god is omnipotent then why didn’t he just make everyone perfect
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Iraneans theodicy good things

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  • it gives humans choice and free will
  • teaches them between right and wrong
  • easier to belief/ makes more sense
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Iranseas bad

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  • god didn’t make us perfect but he could’ve
  • why did god make free will of he is omniscient and knew we would fail
  • infants/ babies who die haven’t been able to prove themselves in the eyes of God
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Jesus teachings (murder)

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‘You shall not muder’

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Jesus teachings adultery

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‘If your right eye causes you to stumble goggle it our and throw it away’

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Jesus teachings prayer

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‘Pray properly with love and joyful in a church’

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Jesus teachings fasting

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‘Your father… will reward you’

Don’t do it for attention

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Jesus teachings love your enemies

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‘Love your enemies’

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Treasures in heaven

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‘Do not store up your riches for yourself here on earth’

‘Store up riches for yourself in heaven’ could be a metaphor for the fact that you should appreciate life on earth

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Narrow gateway

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‘Go in through the narrow gate because the gate to hell is wide’

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Judging others

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‘For the same way you judge others, you will be judged’

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Parouisa

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The second coming of Jesus

Could happen at any time

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What did early christians believe about the end of the world?

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They believed that Jesus would return to earth and establish a new world order to replace the sinful world they lived in (parouisa)

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What did most christians believe about the second coming

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That the teachings are a different way of expressing the belief that god has a plan that is yet to be completed

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The soul

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  • immortal soul that is distinct from their physical body
  • the soul makes humans unique from animals
  • god breathed life into Adam which is why we are different from animals
  • humans imperfect bodies die but heir spirit will be resurrected
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Monotheistic

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Religion that worships only one god

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Eternal

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He is without a beginning or end unlike humans who are born and die

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Personal

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God is personal to you, individual

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Omniscient

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All knowing

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Omnipotent

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All powerful

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Transcendent

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God is outside the world, beyond everything and outside time

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Fair

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He is a fair and righteous god

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Forgiving

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He is forgiving to those who will seek his forgiveness

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Judge

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He has a set of rules for christians to follow and if they don’t he will judge them and this will have eternal co sequences for them after death

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Paul letter to the Corinthians

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Metaphorical approach
More believable
Talks about the soul
“ he was raised on the third day”

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Luke 24 gospel of Luke

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Detailed narrative story
Hard to believe
“He has risen!”

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Facts we know about Jesus

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Died at 32

Crucified under pontius Pilate

12 men followed him

He was baptised by John the Baptist

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Jesus quotes

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‘He was crushed for our sins’

‘He comes triumphant and victorious’

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Characteristics of Christ

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Messiah - the saviour

Agape - love

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Original sin

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We suffered because of Adam and Eve

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Immaculate conception

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To be born without being conceived

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Nicene creed

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‘He was crucified under pontius Pilate’

‘We believe in one god’
‘We belive in the hilt spirit’

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Heaven

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‘The righteous ( will go) into eternal life’

‘I will fear no evil, for you are with me’

‘They may rest from their labours for their deeds follow with them’

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Purgatory

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Román catholic view

A place of preparation for meeting god for those people who are not ready to go straight to heaven

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Hell

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Jesus speaks of hell as a place of ‘Wailing and gnashing teeth’

‘They will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal lug’

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The parable of the sheep and the goats

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Tells us to be kind and loving to everyone in this life while you can and not to worry about helping god himself.

Christians should live their lives without worrying about the afterlife

‘Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me’

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Apostles creed

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4th Century of earlier

‘I believe in Jesus Christ’
‘ I believe in the holy spirit’
‘ he ascended into heaven’

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Why does evil exist if god is all of the omnis

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Evil is a test
Original sin
He wants humans to have free will
We wouldn’t know good without evil

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Salvation

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Jesus died as a sacrifice to humans allowing them into heaven again after the fall

‘We have been sacrificed through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ’

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Atonement

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Confession to a sin and doing something to redeem yourself

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Reconciliation

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Process of making people in conflict friendly once again

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The law

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10 commandments and Jesus teachings

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Grace

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Humans have his blessing even if they are imperfect and sinful

‘For it is by grace you have been saved’

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Redemption

Repentance and forgiveness

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‘Forgive me father for I have sinned’

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Inconsistent trial

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Problem of evil (triangle)

If god is all powerful and all loving, how can evil exist

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What is the holy tritntiy

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The trinity is the belief that god is a trinity made up of Jesus, the hilt spirit and the father. They are not each other but they all make up god

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Augustines theodicy

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God created a perfect world but Adam and Eve bought evil into it.
We are all descendentes of Adam and therefore we share his sin. Natural evil is punishment for the sins of humanity. This distanced us from god and created an environment where moral evil flourished

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Problems with Augustines theodicy

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If god is all powerful why didn’t he make everyone perfect

Why did he create the serpent

Jesus died for our sins

We never did it #science we aren’t his fam

He’s meant to be forgiving.

Literal interpretation

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How important is the creed to christians

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Very cause it is a statement of belief that helps them to live in the way that god required and helps them to understand his teachings and give them hope for life after death

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Augustines theodicy quote

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‘Sin entered he world through one man’

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Iraneans theodicy

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God allows evil and suffering to exist

Soul- making theodicy

Basically free will- it is through suffering that we learn and develop spirituality

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Messiah means

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Annoited one

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Resurrection/ ascension quote

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‘I am the redirection and the life’

He raised 40 days after btw

‘He was taken up to heaven’

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Beliefs about salvation

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Román Catholics- it is baptism and belonging to a church that saves them

Evangelical- faith in Jesus saves them