Christianity Beliefs And Teachings Flashcards

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The great schism

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2 slides of the Christian empire formally breaking away from each other

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Denomination

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Branch of the Christian church

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Monotheism

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Belief that there is only one god

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Omnipotent

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God being powerful

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Omnipresent

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God being everywhere

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Omniscient

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God is all knowing

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Omnibenevolent

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God is all knowing

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Immanent

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God Existing within us

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Transcendent

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God is beyond physical human existence

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Impersonal

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Not influenced by showing or involving personal feelings

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Personal

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Affecting a particular person rather than anyone else

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Eternal

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Lasting, or existing forever, no end

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Trinity

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Belief that there are 3 people in god, the father the son and the Holy Spirit

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Problem of evil

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Realising how we have a loving powerful god and still have evil in the world

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Inconsistent triad

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If god is so loving and powerful he’d stop evil, but there is still evil therefore he can’t exist

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Atheism/ atheist

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A person who doesn’t believe in the existence of god

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Natural evil

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Evil that isn’t caused by humans (earthquakes)

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Moral evil

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Evil caused by human (murder)

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Theodicy

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An argument made towards the view of existence of evil

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“Soul making” Theodicy

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The theory that evil has to exist so humans can develop their souls and become good people

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“The fall”

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Where Adam and Eve eat the apple and are banned from the garden of Eden

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Perfect good

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God is never evil, has no fault

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Judge

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He delivers what is right and fair

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“Creation ex nihilo”

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Gods creation of everything from nothing

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Fundamentalist/literalist
People who think the words of the bible are gods and are literally true
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Creationism
Belief that the universe originates from acts of divine creation (not evolution)
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Inerrant
Incapable of being wrong
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“Logos”
Word meaning the title for Jesus Christ
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Judgement
The day of judgment is where god decides whether you go to hell or heaven
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Purgatory
A place of suffering for people who are getting rid of their sins before going to heaven
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Heaven
A place after death for god, angels and good people
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Hell
A place after death for people to suffer, fire and to be punished of sinning
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Embodied life after death
Where you have a physical form after death
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Disembodied life after death
Where you live as a spirit/ soul after death
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Parable of sheep and goats
Story that encourages Christian’s to help others. Describes the day of judgement
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Salvation
To be saved from death
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Salvation by merit
Where your actions affect your salvation
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The nativity
Story of Jesus Christs birth
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Incarnation
A person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, god or quality
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Palm Sunday
Commemorating Jesus’ triumph into Jerusalem
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Maundy Thursday
Commemorating Jesus’ last supper
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Last supper
Final meal that the gospels encounter, before Jesus dies
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Garden of Gethsemane
Garden where Jesus was arrested
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The crucifixion
Killing of Jesus
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Good Friday
Commemorating the day Jesus was crucified
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Atonement
Action of making amends for wrong
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Sin
Immoral act against the divine low (god)
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Original sin
The we are born with, being where Adam and Eve ate the apple
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Repentance
Action of repenting, since regret or remorse
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Salvation by grace
Gods unconditional love for everyone no matter if they have sinned
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Easter Sunday
Commemorating when Jesus resurrected from the dead
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Resurrection
The riding of Christ from the dead
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Ascension
The ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven after resurrecting