Christianity beliefs Flashcards
What is the main religion in Great Britain?
Christianity
What are the three main traditions in Christianity ?
Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox.
What type of religion is Christianity?
Monotheistic
What does monotheistic mean?
They only believe in one God.
What quote shows that Christians believe that there is only one God.
“We believe in one God” Nicene Creed
God is the …. and …. of all things
God is the creator and sustainer of all things.
Two things Christians believe about God -
God is holy, and Jesus is Gods son, the true representation of God on earth.
People can have a relationship with God through…
Prayer
What are three qualities of God?
Omnipotent, Benevolent and Just
What does is mean to be omnipotent?
All powerful, having unlimited authority.
How is God benevolent?
Uses the power to do good, shows his love by creating humans and caring for them.
How is god shown to be loving? (2)
Shows his love by creating humans and caring for them. He sent his son Jesus to earth.
What does it mean to be Just?
fair, never supporting injustice, ill treatment and prejudice.
What are some problems with evil and suffering?
If God is benevolent why does he allow suffering.
If love is omnipotent why does he not prevent evil and suffering.
If God is Just why does he allow injustice.
What are some Christian arguments based on evil and suffering?
Adam was given free will to make choices by God. If God constantly intervened against evil, humans would have less freedom. If there was no good and evil, people would not be able to show their qualities. Suffering allows people to learn rom mistakes.
Christians believe there are …. people in the One God.
Three
What are the three persons of the Trinity?
God the father
God the son
God the holy spirit,
What is meant by God the father
This is the creator of all life, acts as a good father towards his children. He is all powerful, all loving and all knowing
What is meant by God the Son -
Became incarnate through Jesus who was both fully human while on earth and fully God at all times. Jesus is called the Son of God to show his special relationship to God the father.
What is meant by God the Holy Sprit -
is the unseen power of God at work in the world, who influences, guides and sustains life on earth.
…. existed in the creation of the universe
Trinity
How many days did the God create the world in
6 days
Apart from god the father, who was also involved in the creation
Holy Spirit.
Christians believe what the “Word” was
Son of God.
What shows that Son of God was part of the creation
“In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with god and the word was God. He was with god in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made”
Christians believe that Jesus was God in
Human form
What does it mean to be in human form
Incarnation