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Christianity Key Terms Flashcards

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Ascension

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The event that happened 40 days after the Resurrection where Jesus Returned to God, the Father, in heaven - recorded in Luke 24

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Atonement

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Litterly ‘at-one-ment’, it refers to the reconcilliation between Jesus and God and humanity that was sealed by the crusifixtion

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Bible

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The sacred book for Christians

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Catholic

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The tradition within the Christian Church which is led by the pope

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Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)

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A christian charity that provides emergancy and long term aid to the developing world

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Christ

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The leader promised by God to the Jews. The word litterly means “Anoited one” in Greek. Christian believes Jesus to be the christ

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Christain

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Someone who believes in Jesus Christ and follows the religion based on his teachings

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Church

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  • The holy people of God, also called the Body of Christ
  • -Members of a particular Christian denomination/ tradition
  • a building in which christians worship
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Creation

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Christains believe that the world is God’s creation

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Crucifxion

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  • roman method of execution

- The exucution of Jesus on Good Friday

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Easter

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The religious season celebrating the resurection of Jesus from the dead. It starts on Easter day and finishes with the feast of Pentecost

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Eucharist

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Literlly ‘tanksgiving’. Another name for holy communion

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Evangulism

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Preaching the gospel of good news about god. This is as they try to convert people to christainity

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Evil

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The opposite of good. A force that is seen in many traditions as destuctive and against God

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The Father

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One of the three personas of God - thought to be the creator

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food banks

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This relates to christan charities collecting food to distrubute

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grace

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the unconditional love of god

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heaven

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the state after death of being with and enjoying eterity with God

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hell

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the place of eternal suffering or the state after death of seperation from God for those who want no relationship with them

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Holy Spirit

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the third persona of good - thought to be able to influance Christians around the world. Decended as the dove in Jesus’ batism

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Incartion

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Litterly ‘flesh’ - God taking form in a human body (Jesus)

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Jesus

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The incarnation of God. The 1st Jewish teacher and holy man

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Judgement

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When God decides to wheather each person should recieve eteral life

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Just

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This refers to the nature of God as one who treats each induvidual human fairly

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Law

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This refers to the law of god, revealed in the bible, which christains are called to obey. St Paul made it clear, however that salvation is not erned by obediance to the law but it’s god gift

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omnipotent

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quality of God - all powerful

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the oneness of God

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god is one being - regardles of the trinity

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original sin

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The first sin made by adam and eve in the garden of eden, when eating from the tree of knowledge

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Persucution

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Throught the centuries and still in some parts of the world, christians get punished for there belief

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Reconsiliation

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  • the process of restoring harmonay after relationships between people has broken down
  • a sacrement in the roman catholic chruch
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Resurection

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christains believe that Jesus rose from the dead =`

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Salvation

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Being saved from sins

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sin

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actions or thoughts against God

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The son

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A persona of god - Jesus

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Son of God

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A title used for Jesus

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Sources of wisdom and authority

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Christains believe that the bible, religous leaders and satements of belief, should be respected

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suffering

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When people have to face and live in unpleasent conditions

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Trinity

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The beleif that there are three personas in the one gog

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word

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st’ johns gospel 1 describes the incarnation of God as the word

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