Christianity: Living the Christian life

Question 1

What is worship?

Answer 1

An act of expressing love, devotion or respect to God

Question 2

What is liturgical worship?

Answer 2

Worship that follows a set patterns of words

Question 3

What is non-liturgical worship?

Answer 3

Worship that is flexible and free, which doesn’t follow a set pattern of words

Question 4

What are the advantages of liturgical worship?

Answer 4

• familiar words are comforting
• words have been authorized by the Church
• service is always the same length
• gives a sense of unity and community

Question 5

What are the advantages of non-liturgical worship?

Answer 5

• gives people a freedom to express themselves
• more personal and meaningful to each individual
• flexible (eg. the service can be changed in certain circumstances)

Question 6

What are the seven sacraments in Catholism?

Answer 6

baptism
confirmation
eucharist
marriage
taking holy orders
reconciliation
anointing the sick

Question 7

What is baptism?

Answer 7

When a person formally becomes a member of a church
can be full immersion (being dunked in water) or infant baptism (being baptised as a baby by pouring water over the child’s head)

Question 8

What is confirmation?

Answer 8

When someone who has already been baptised chooses to restate the promises made at their baptism to confirm their beliefs and that they are a member of the church

Question 9

What is eucharist?

Answer 9

Holy Communion or Mass
The way Christians remember the last supper by sharing bread and wine (symbolic of Jesus’s body and bread sacrificed for them)

Question 10

What is marriage?

Answer 10

The legal union of a man and woman who promise before God to love each other for the rest of their lives

Question 11

What is taking holy orders?

Answer 11

Becoming a deacon, priest or bishop

Question 12

What is reconciliation?

Answer 12

When a person confesses their sins to a priest in order to be forgiven by God

Question 13

What is anointing the sick?

Answer 13

When an ill person is prayed for and anointed with oil

Question 14

What is prayer?

Answer 14

a way of communicating to God

Question 15

What is the purpose of prayer?

Answer 15

thanksgiving
contrition
worship
supplication
intercession

Question 16

What is contrition (in prayer)?

Answer 16

telling God what you have done wrong and asking for forgiveness

Question 17

What is supplication (in prayer)?

Answer 17

asking God for something

Question 18

What is intercession (in prayer)?

Answer 18

asking God to help other people

Question 19

What is pilgrimage?

Answer 19

A journey taken to strengthen their faith, usually to a religious or holy place

Question 20

Why do Christians go on pilgrimage?

Answer 20

• to get closer to God
• to find time for prayer
• to learn more about faith
• to have a spiritual experience
• to seek a cure

Question 21

Name some important pilgrimage sites for Christians

Answer 21

Jerusalem
Iona
Taize
Walsington

Question 22

What is Holy week?

Answer 22

the week leading to Easter Sunday

including: Palm Sunday, Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday, Holy Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday

Question 23

Name some Christian celebrations

Answer 23

Easter
Advent
Lent
Christmas

Question 24

What is evangelism?

Answer 24

Sharing the Christian faith

Question 25

What is the purpose of missionary work?

Answer 25

spreading Jesus' teachings evangelism establishing/running churches and schools working among poorer communities to improve their lives

Question 26

Why is evangelism important?

Answer 26

Jesus commanded his disciples to "go into all the nations to spread the world of God" brings new Christians into the church enables more people to have a relationship with God helps give the suffering hope encourages other Christians to talk about their faith

Question 27

What is a parish?

Answer 27

community of Christians in the same area with at least one Church

Question 28

How does the local Church support the community?

Answer 28

through. .. - education - evangelism - supporting those in need - social justice - community spaces

Question 29

What are the roles of the Church?

Answer 29

- to help those in need - to spread the gospel to everyone - to bring Christian communities together - missionary work - encourage peace/harmony between individuals and communities

Question 30

What is ecumenism?

Answer 30

a movement trying to create unity and friendship between different Christian denominations to reduce conflict between denominations and to give Christians a better understanding of what other Christians believe

Question 31

What is persecution?

Answer 31

the ill-treatment of a group based on their religion, ethnicity or views

Question 32

What is the importance of charity?

Answer 32

to help those in need to follow Jesus' example, share God's love and to rewarded with eternity in Heaven