Christianity Belief: Teachings Flashcards
Why do Christians undertake Worship?
o It is a way for Christians to experience God
o It is a way for God to communicate to Christians.
o It is a way for Christians to deepen their understanding of God/God’s message.
o It is a way for Christians to build their relationship with God.
o It also creates uniformity of worship across a denomination.
o It is a way to declare publically your faith in Jesus and God
What is Worship?
How one acts/feels towards God
What are different Christian approaches to worship?
Liturgical Worship
Non-Liturgical Worship
Charismatic Worship
Private Worship
What is Liturgical Worship?
Formal worship which follows fixed patterns and wordings.
(Catholics and most Protestant Churches).
They might argue that the pattern and regularity allows them to look beyond the mere words and focus on the deeper meaning.
What is Non-Liturgical Worship?
More spontaneous and lacking structure.
Individuals can worship as they wish – praying, singing hymns or preaching to one another.
Baptists, Presbyterians and Methodists.
They might argue that this provides a deeply personal form for worship since the structure and content of each service is considered beforehand.
What is Charismatic Worship?
Experiencing the gifts of the Holy Spirit (charismata) through worship – speaking in tongues, prophecy and healing. Pentecostal Protestants. They might argue that this form of worship allows them to be led by the Holy Spirit and creates a truly personalise worship of God.
What is Private Worship?
Where an individual worships God on their own. They might pray or study the Bible.
All forms of Christianity will include this.
Christians often argue that private worship allows them to develop a personal relationship with God because no one else is involved.
They can also contemplate issues that are specific to them at that moment in their lives.
What are the different structures of Church Services?
Anglican Roman Catholic Methodist Pentecostal Quakers
How does Anglican Worship work?
use books to fix and regulate congregational worship.
They use the Book of Common Prayer which sets out the words of the service and gives directions to the worshipers and the minister.
The service will include hymns, canticles, readings and prayers. Anglicans believe in Consubstantiation
How does Roman Catholic Worship work?
uses books to fix and regulate congregational worship. They will use a Missal, which sets out which sets out the words of the service and gives directions to the worshipers and the minister. The service will include hymns, readings and prayers.
What is the difference to Roman Catholic Worship and Anglican Worship?
Key different to the Anglican service relates to the Eucharist – Catholics believe in Transubstantiation
How does METHODIST Worship work?
Different Methodist churches will follow different structures of church service, ranging from the liturgical to the non-liturgical. Eucharist is called the Service of the Table (or just communion) and is open to all people
How does Pentecostal Worship Work?
Charismatic worship in which the Christians believe that they can receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit (charismata) to assist in their worship. This may include speaking in tongues, prophecy and the ‘laying on of hands’ (miracle healings). Charismatic worship also tends to be non-liturgical.
How do Quakers Worship?
These services are called ‘meeting for worship’ and involve people sitting in silence for approximately an hour contemplating God. This silence may be broken when someone feel compelled by the Holy Spirit to speak – this is called ‘ministry’
What is a Sacrament?
An outward act with inner spiritual meaning. In short, the only rituals through which any individual can guarantee to receive God’s grace.
What is Grace?
God’s mercy and love, given to humanity not because they have earned it but because God wants to pass on that mercy and love
What are the Seven Sacraments?
Baptism (First Sacrament)
Eucharist (Where people Remember Big J’s sacrifice)
Reconcilliation (Where people have their sins removed)
Marriage
Holy Orders (Where they become a part of the Ord. Mi.)
Anointing the Sick
Confirmation
Why is the Anointing of the Sick a sacrament?
The sacrament through which the ill receive God’s grace – it is often described as joining the sick person with Jesus’ suffering, giving them the strength to endure their suffering, forgiving their sins (if Reconciliation is not possible – e.g. the person is in a coma), healing them and/or preparing them for the reality of dying.
What is the Confirmation Sacrament?
The sacrament through which the individual confirms the agreement (covenant) made in their behalf during their baptism and receives God’s grace.
Why are Sacraments important to Christians?
o A reminder of Jesus’ sacrifice and the salvation that humanity received.
o Form a sense of Christian identity and community
What are Different Christian views to Sacraments?
Catholic Church (7 Sacraments)
Protestant Church (2 Sacraments) (Baptism and Eucharist)
Quakers (One Sacrament) (which is living your life as instructed by God (i.e. it is none of the seven list above).
What is Baptism?
The Christian religious rite of sprinkling water on to a person’s forehead or of immersing them in water, symbolizing purification or regeneration and admission to the Christian Church
Why do Protestants believe Baptism is important?
Baptism serves to erase this original sin and therefore to redeem the individual by erasing their sinful state. This places them in a state of grace, and they believe that salvation (being saved by Jesus) can only be achieved by individuals in that state of grace. Grace must be maintained in life – this is a challenge that forces the Protestants to be righteous Christians. They do not have Confession to erase their sins during life (unlike Catholics).
Why do Catholics believe Baptism is Important?
Baptism serves to erase
(1) original sin in the recipient and
(2) any sins committed by the recipient in life,
but does not change man’s fallen nature. Since man is not born in a state of sin, baptism does not serve to erase such a sinful state.
What do Quakers believe about Baptism?
– Baptism is rejected, since they emphasise direct experience of God rather than ritual and ceremony. They believe that priests and rituals are an unnecessary obstruction between the believer and God. Furthermore, Original Sin is not passed to infants. Men and women are born innocent, but inevitably tend to sin by their own natures. God extends His grace to give men and women the power to overcome sin and become genuinely holy and obedient.
What is the Eucharist?
The Christian religious rite in which bread and wine are consecrated (made holy) and consumed, to symbolise Jesus’ last meal before His sacrifice for humanity (the Crucifixion).
In most denominations, this forms part of liturgical worship and all individuals (who are permitted to do so) eat bread and drink wine as part of the ritual.
What do Protestans believe about the Eucharist?
Consubstantiation - The Eucharist is a symbolic representation of His body and blood.
