Christianity - beliefs and teachings Flashcards
what are 6 characteristics of God and their meaning?
- omnipotent - all powerful
- omnibenevolent - all loving
- omniscient - all knowing
- transcendent - eternal/ not in time
- immortal - lives forever
- omnipresent - present everywhere
What is a quote for God’s omnipotence?
‘Nothing is impossible with God’
- Luke 1:37
What is a quote for God’s omnibenevolence?
‘Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.’
- 1 John 4:8
- John 3:16
What is a quotes that shows God is just?
‘For God shows no partiality.’
- Romans 2:11
What quote shows that God is omniscient and eternal?
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‘… The Lord is the everlasting God… his understanding is unsearchable’
- Isaiah 40:28
what is a denomination?
a group of Christians with their own traditions
What is the nature of God?
Christian beliefs about God’s characteristics and personality
What is the holy trinity?
God the Father - creator of things
God the Son - Incarnate of God
God the Holy Spirit - the unseen power of God , influence and guidance for Christians
What happened on each day of the creation story?
Day 1: God created day and night
Day 2: God separated water and created the sky
Day 3: God created vegetation and trees
Day 4: God created the stars and the moon
Day 5: God created living creatures
Day 6: God created Adam and Eve
Day 7: God rested
What quote suggest Jesus was there during the creation story?
’ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.’
- John 1:1-3
what does incarnation mean?
becoming flesh, taking human form
what does crucifxion mean?
Roman method of execution by which criminals are fixed to a cross
what does resurrection mean?
rising from the dead
what is blasphemy?
a religious offence which includes claiming to be God
what is ascension?
the event, 40 days after the resurrection, when Jesus returned to God in heaven
What is heaven?
a state of eternal happiness in the presence of God; the place of eternal peace ruled over by God
Which group wanted Jesus dead?
The Sanhedrin
What is hell?
the place of eternal suffering or the state of being without God
What is purgatory?
the intermediate state where the soul is cleansed to enter heaven
what is salvation?
to be saved from sin and the consequences of it and be granted eternal life
Reasons for and against
‘ it is impossible to sin’
For:
- original sin
- sin has taken over the world
- Satan is always tempting us
Against
- baptism
what is atonement?
What is the difference between original sin and sin?
The original sin is the built in tendency to do bad things and disobey God
Sin is actually doing the bad and disobeying God
