Christianity Key Terms

Question 1

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

Question 2

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

Question 3

Bible

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The sacred book for Christians

Question 4

Catholic

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

Question 5

Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)

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

Question 6

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

Creation

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Christains believe that the world is God’s creation

Question 10

Crucifxion

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• roman method of execution

- The exucution of Jesus on Good Friday

Question 11

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

Question 12

Eucharist

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Literlly ‘tanksgiving’. Another name for holy communion

Question 13

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

Question 15

The Father

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

Question 16

food banks

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This relates to christan charities collecting food to distrubute

Question 17

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

Question 20

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

Question 21

Incartion

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

Question 22

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

Question 25

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

Question 26

omnipotent

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quality of God - all powerful

Question 27

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

Question 29

Persucution

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

Question 30

Reconsiliation

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

Question 31

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

Question 36

Sources of wisdom and authority

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

Question 37

suffering

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When people have to face and live in unpleasent conditions

Question 38

Trinity

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The beleif that there are three personas in the one gog

Question 39

word

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