Christianity Glossary Flashcards
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Agape
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Christian love
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Anglican
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A worldwide denomination that includes the Church of England
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Apostles’ Creed
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A statement of Christian belief from the Early Church
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Ascension
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Jesus being taken up to heaven on the 40th day after Easter
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Atonement
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The action of making amends for wrong doing. The idea of being at one with God
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Baptism
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A ceremony to welcome a person into the Christian religion
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Believer’s Baptism
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A ceremony to welcome a young person or adult into the Christian religion using full immersion
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Catechism of the Catholic Church
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A summary for Roman Catholic teaching
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Cafod
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A charity; Catholic Agency for Overseas Development
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Christian Aid
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A charity working in the developing world, providing emergency and long-term aid
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Church Army
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An evangelistic organisation founded within the Church of England
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Church of England
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The Protestant Church set up by Henry VIII to be the church of state in England, and rejecting Papal authority
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Confirmation
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An initiation ceremony carried out has a bishop bestowing the gift of the Holy Spirit
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Corrymeela
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A Christian community based in Northern Ireland promoting peace and tolerance
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Crucifixion
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Capital punishment used by the Romans which nails a person to a cross to kill them
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Denomination
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The name for the different branches of the Christian church
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Ecumenical
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Relating to the worldwide Christian church
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Eucharist
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The Christian service/ceremony to recall the Last Supper, in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed
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Evangelism
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Preaching of the faith in order to convert people to that religion
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Food banks
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Charity groups collecting donated food to distribute to the poor in Britain
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Fundamentalist
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Christians who take the Bible literally i.e. word for word true
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Genocide
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The deliberate and indiscriminate killing of a group of people, belonging to a particular ethnic group or nationality
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Grace
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Unconditional love that God shows to people who do not deserve it
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Gospel
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The names of the books about the life of Jesus in the Bible: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
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Holy Communion
Another name for the Eucharist
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Holy Land
The land of Israel
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Infant Baptism
Ceremony to welcome a child into the Christian religon
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Incarnation
Means God in human form
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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
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Liturgical Worship
A church service with a set structure of worship
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Lord’s Prayer
The prayer Jesus taught his disciples to show them how to pray
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Lourdes
A town in France where the Virgin Mary appeared; now a place of pilgrimage
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Mass
Another name for the Eucharist
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Messiah
The anointed one who is seen as the saviour by Christians
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Methodist
A Protestant Christian group founded by John Wesley in the eighteenth century
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Miracles
Events that have no scientific explanation for them happening; these were performed by Jesus and described in the Gospels
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Mission
An organised effort to spread the Christian message
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Nicene Creed
A statement of belief used in Christian services
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Non-liturgical worship
Informal structure found in some church services
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Omnipotent
The idea that god is all-powerful
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Oneness of God
The idea that God is ‘one’
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Ordination
The process by which one becomes a priest
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Orthodox Church
A branch of the Christian Church
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Penitence
To feel regret for one’s sins
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Protestant
A branch of the Christian Church that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church
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Quakers
The Society of Friends Christian group
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Reconciliation
The process of making people in conflict friendly again
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Resurrection
The physical return of Jesus on the third day after he died
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Roman Catholic
The largest Christian group, based in Rome with the Pope as its leader
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Rosary
A set of beads used to count prayers especially in the Roman Catholic Church
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Sacrament
The outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace
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Salvation
The saving of the soul from sin
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Sanhedrin
The ruling council of the Jews in Israel
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Secular
Relating to worldly as opposed to religious things
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St Paul
A man who taught the teachings of Jesus - originally Saul of Tarsus before his conversion
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Street Pastors
A Christian organisation of people working on the city streets at night caring for people who need help or are involved in anti-social behaviour
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Tearfund
A Christian charity working to relieve poverty in developing countries
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Transubstantiation
The change in the bread and wine to become the actual body and blood of Christ
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Trinity
The belief in God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit
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Story of Abraham - beginning (Bible Quote)
Genesis 12:1
| The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you
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Story of Abraham - slavery in Egypt (Bible Quote)
Exodus 1:8-11
11 So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh
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Bible Quotes - Nature of God
"I am the LORD your God who bought you out of Egypt, out of the land of Slavery. You shall have no other God's before me" (Exodus 20:2-3)
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Bible Quote - God as Omnipotent
"With God all things are possible" (Mark 10:27)
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Bible Quote - God as loving
"For God so loved the world that he gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16)
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Bible Quote - God as Just
"He is the Rock, His works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he" (Deuteronomy 32:4)
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Bible Quote - God as Just
"He is the Rock, His works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he" (Deuteronomy 32:4)
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Bible Quote - Creation
"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said 'let there be light' and there was light" (Genesis 1:1-3)
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Bible Quote - The Word
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made" (John 1:1-3)
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Bible Quote - The Incarnation of Jesus
"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us" (John 1:14)
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Bible Quote - Original Sin
Genesis 3
10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
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Bible Quote - Ascension
"When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into Heaven" (Luke 24:50-51)
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Bible Quote - Afterlife
"So it is with the resurrection of the dead (…) If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body" (1 Corinthians 15:42-44)
"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me" (John 14:6)
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Bible Quote - Origin of Sin
"But you must not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die" (Genesis 2:17)
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Bible Quote - Salvation Through Grace
"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 6:23)
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Bible Quote - Atonement
"He (Jesus) is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world" (1 John 2:1)
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Bible Quotes - Salvation
"The one who sins is the one who will die" (Ezekiel 18:20)
| "For by grace, you have been saved through faith..." (Ephesians 2:7)
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Lord's Prayer
Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen
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Bible Quote - Baptism
"I Baptise you with water for repentance, but one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire" (Matthew 3:11)
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Bible Quote - Baptism / Evangelism
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit" (Matthew 28:19)
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Bible Quote - Eucharist
"For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes" (1 Corinthians 11:26)
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Bible Quote - Birth of Christ
Luke 2:1-20
16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.
17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child
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Bible Quote - Community
"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me" (Matthew 25:35-36)
Parable of the Sheep and the Goats (Matthew 25:31-46)
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Bible Quotes - Supporting the Community
"If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, lets not love with words and thoughts, but with actions and in truth" (1 John 3:17-18)
"Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead" (James 2:17)
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Bible Quotes - Mission and Evangelism
"Come follow me... and I will send you out to fish for people" (Matthew 4:19)
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising the name of the Father, the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you" (Matthew 28:19-20)
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Bible Quotes - Persecution
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him" (Romans 8:28)
"Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven" (Matthew 5:10)
"I want to know Christ - yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his suffering" (Philippians 3:10)
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Bible Quotes - Response to Persecution
"Do not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good" (Romans 12:21)
"Jesus said 'if someone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also'" (Matthew 5:39)
"If one part suffers, every part suffers with it" (1 Corinthians 12:26)
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Bible Quote - Reconciliation
"All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation" (2 Corinthians 5:18-19)
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Bible Quote - World Poverty
"If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered" (Proverbs 21:13)
