Christianity Glossary Flashcards
Agape
Christian love
Anglican
A worldwide denomination that includes the Church of England
Apostles’ Creed
A statement of Christian belief from the Early Church
Ascension
Jesus being taken up to heaven on the 40th day after Easter
Atonement
The action of making amends for wrong doing. The idea of being at one with God
Baptism
A ceremony to welcome a person into the Christian religion
Believer’s Baptism
A ceremony to welcome a young person or adult into the Christian religion using full immersion
Catechism of the Catholic Church
A summary for Roman Catholic teaching
Cafod
A charity; Catholic Agency for Overseas Development
Christian Aid
A charity working in the developing world, providing emergency and long-term aid
Church Army
An evangelistic organisation founded within the Church of England
Church of England
The Protestant Church set up by Henry VIII to be the church of state in England, and rejecting Papal authority
Confirmation
An initiation ceremony carried out has a bishop bestowing the gift of the Holy Spirit
Corrymeela
A Christian community based in Northern Ireland promoting peace and tolerance
Crucifixion
Capital punishment used by the Romans which nails a person to a cross to kill them
Denomination
The name for the different branches of the Christian church
Ecumenical
Relating to the worldwide Christian church
Eucharist
The Christian service/ceremony to recall the Last Supper, in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed
Evangelism
Preaching of the faith in order to convert people to that religion
Food banks
Charity groups collecting donated food to distribute to the poor in Britain
Fundamentalist
Christians who take the Bible literally i.e. word for word true
Genocide
The deliberate and indiscriminate killing of a group of people, belonging to a particular ethnic group or nationality
Grace
Unconditional love that God shows to people who do not deserve it
Gospel
The names of the books about the life of Jesus in the Bible: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
Holy Communion
Another name for the Eucharist
Holy Land
The land of Israel
Infant Baptism
Ceremony to welcome a child into the Christian religon
Incarnation
Means God in human form
Iona
An island in Scotland with a fourth-century monastery used by Christians today as a religious retreat as it is a place of tranquility and peace
Liturgical Worship
A church service with a set structure of worship
Lord’s Prayer
The prayer Jesus taught his disciples to show them how to pray
Lourdes
A town in France where the Virgin Mary appeared; now a place of pilgrimage
Mass
Another name for the Eucharist
Messiah
The anointed one who is seen as the saviour by Christians
Methodist
A Protestant Christian group founded by John Wesley in the eighteenth century