Christianity Beliefs And Teachings Flashcards
What three major things do Christians believe about God?
That he is omnipotent, omnibenevolent and omniscient
What is the name given to believing in only one god?
Monotheism
What are the three different aspects that God has with different roles?
The Trinity (The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit)
What are the four stages of Jesus’ death and ressurection?
- Incarnation
- Crucifixion
- Atonement
- Salvation
Basic beliefs about Jesus
- He was born of the Virgin Mary
- He was crucified, buried and rose from the dead, ascending to heaven
- He was a moral teacher
- He was both fully human and fully God
- His resurrection proves there is life after death
What does Epicurus’ Problem Of Evil state, and what are the Christian solutions to this?
It states that if God is all powerful, all loving and all knowing, then he can stop evil. but evil exists, so this God can not exist.
Christian solutions to this include;
-God’s ways are above human understanding
-We must have faith in God and his plan
-And evil and suffering make us better people, it is soul-shaping.
What is Heaven?
A place after death where people who have faith in God go, and where God sits
What is Hell?
A place after death where people who don’t have faith in God go and is the absence of God. It is a place of suffering and damnation