Christianity Beliefs and Techings Quotes Flashcards
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Monotheism
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- “You shall have no other gods before me”
2
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God is fair
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- “He will judge the world in righteousness”
3
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God the Father as the creator
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- “I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth”
4
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Jesus as the Son of God
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- Apostles’ Creed: “I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary”
5
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The Holy Spirit
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- “All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them”
6
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All creation was…
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- “good”
- By the end of day 6, “very good”
7
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Humans in the Creation
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- “God created mankind in His own image”
- “Rule (…) over every living creature”
8
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1st law given to humanity
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- “you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die”
9
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Role of the Spirit in the Creation
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- “the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters”
10
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Role of Jesus in the Creation
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- “the Word was God”
- “through him all things were made”
- “the Word became flesh”
11
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The Fall
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- “‘you will not certainly die,’ the serpent said to the woman. ‘For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened’”
- “she also gave some to her husband”
12
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Punishments from the Fall
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- “through painful toil you will eat food”
- “I will make your pains in childbirth very severe (…) Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you”
- “sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned”
- “for as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive”
13
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Jesus’ roles
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- “the Lord will give you a sign: the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel [which means God with us]”
- “Look your king is coming to you! He comes triumphant and victorious, but humble and riding on a donkey”
- “He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our sins; the punishment that brought us peace was on him”
14
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Beatitudes
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- “blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God”
- Pure in heart: selfless and God-focused
- “blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven”
15
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Jesus and the Law (oaths)
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- “do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black (…) this comes from the evil one”
16
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True righteousness
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- “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?”
17
Q
The Narrow Gateway
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- “Not everyone who says to me ‘Lord, lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven”
18
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Building on solid foundations
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- “everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock (…) but everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand”
19
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Audience of Jesus’ message
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- “I have not come to call respectable people, but outcasts”
20
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Love
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- “love your neighbour as yourself”
- “love the Lord God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind”
21
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Resurrection
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- “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me will live even after he dies”
- 1 Corinthians: was seen by 5000 people after his death
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Ascension
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- “he was taken up to heaven as they watched him, and a cloud hid him from their sight”
- Jesus said he was going to prepare a place for the believers
23
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First Covenant
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- “without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins”
- “on this day shall atonement be made for you (…) from all your sins you shall be clean before the Lord”
24
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Second Covenant
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- “we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all”
- “it is by grace you have been saved, through faith”
25
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Heaven
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- “there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain”
26
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Hell
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- “it is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell”
27
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Purgatory (name)
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- Catholic Catechism: “the final purification of the elect”
