Christianity beliefs

Question 1

What are the 3 main branches of Christianity?

Answer 1

Protestant, Orthodox and Catholic

Question 2

What is the meaning of the word Catholicism?

Answer 2

A branch of Christianity based in Rome and led by the Pope.

Question 3

What is the meaning of the word Protestant?

Answer 3

A branch of Christianity who agree on the central belief that the Bible is the only authority for Christianity

Question 4

What is the meaning of the word Orthodox?

Answer 4

A branch of Christianity mainly practiced in Eastern Europe.

Question 5

What is the meaning of denomination?

Answer 5

A distinct group within the Christian faith, with its own organisation and traditions.

Question 6

What is the meaning of God?

Answer 6

The perfect supreme being

Question 7

What is the meaning of the word monotheistic?

Answer 7

Only one God who is believed to have created and sustains all that exists.

Question 8

What is the meaning of the word holy?

Answer 8

Something set apart from everything else for a special purpose, and worthy of worship.

Question 9

What qualities does God possess?

Answer 9

He has the qualities of omnipotence, omnibenevolence and omniscience

Question 10

What does omnipotent mean?

Answer 10

all-powerful

Question 11

What does omnibenevolence mean?

Answer 11

all loving

Question 12

what does omniscience mean?

Answer 12

all knowing

Question 13

What is the Inconsistent triad?

Answer 13

This is that god has omnipotence, omni-benevolence and omni-science but evil still exists. This creates a problem because if God is all knowning then he knows about the evil, if he is all loving he would want to stop the evil and if he was all powerful then he would have the power to stop the evil.

Question 14

What is another name for the Inconsistent triad?

Answer 14

The problem of evil

Question 15

What is natural evil?

Answer 15

This is evil such as natural disasters and diseases. It is evil that naturally occurs.

Question 16

What is human evil?

Answer 16

This is evil that has been caused by humans, such as murder and war.

Question 17

What are the defences for the problem of evil?

Answer 17

1. God gave us free will to do whatever we want with (doesn’t explain natural evil)
2. Evil gives a contrast - good wouldn’t be good without evil.
3. Courage and compassion are qualities that would not be possible without evil.
4. We know God loves us as he gave his only son.

Question 18

What is the Holy Trinity?

Answer 18

It is made up of The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit. They are all 100% God, but they are not the same as each other. This is a 4th dimension that we can’t comprehend as it isn’t possible in our world. It is a bit like looking at God from different perspectives.

Question 19

What does The Father do?

Answer 19

He is the creator of all things

Question 20

What does The Son do?

Answer 20

This is Jesus: he sacrificed himself for us to show God’s love and allows us to go to heaven. He judges who should and who shouldn’t go to heaven.

Question 21

What does the Holy Spirit do?

Answer 21

The Holy Spirit is an invisible force that flows through all who believe to give them the courage and strength to spread the word of God.

Question 22

At what point in the Bible are all three parts of the Trinity present?

Answer 22

Jesus’ baptism

Question 23

What happened in Day 1 of the Creation Story?

Answer 23

Light was created (‘let there be light’)

Question 24

What happened in Day 2 of the Creation Story?

Answer 24

God created sky and water (‘let there by a vault between the waters . . . God called the vault sky’)

Question 25

What happened in Day 3 of the Creation Story?

Answer 25

God created land and grew vegetation (‘let dry land appear . . . let the land produce vegetation’)

Question 26

What happened in Day 4 of the Creation Story?

Answer 26

God made the Sun, Moon and stars (‘God made two great lights . . . He also made the stars’)

Question 27

What happened in Day 5 of the Creation Story?

Answer 27

God made the birds in the sky and the sea creatures in the water.

Question 28

What happened in Day 6 of the Creation Story?

Answer 28

God made land animals and humans

Question 29

What happened in Day 7 of the Creation Story?

Answer 29

God rested.

Question 30

What is a Fundamentalist Christian?

Answer 30

A Fundamentalist Christian believes every word the Bible says is correct and takes its literal meaning.

Question 31

What is a Liberal Christian?

Answer 31

A Liberal Christian believe the Bible is a metaphor and read between the lines a bit more, allowing for more flexibility in the story.

Question 32

How would a Fundamentalist Christian interpret the Creation story?

Answer 32

They would believe that God created the world in exactly 7 days, and that evolution did not happen.

Question 33

How would a Liberal Christian interpret the Creation story?

Answer 33

They wouldn’t believe that God created the world in exactly 7 days, and would instead believe that the Creation story is just a simplified version of what happened, and therefore evolution could have happened and science can still be right.

Question 34

What is immaculate conception?

Answer 34

This is how Jesus was conceived. People used to believe that sin was passed through the sperm and because there was no sperm involved, Jesus had no ‘original’ sin.

Question 35

What is the meaning of the Messiah?