Christianity Practices Flashcards

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Omnipotent

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All powerful. Almighty

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Loving

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Feeling. Showing great love and care

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Just

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Fair

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Evil

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Wicked and immoral. Some say it is a power at work in the world that seeks to do bad.

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Suffering

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When people go through hard times

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Oneness of God

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God is one

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Trinity

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There are three persons in the one God. Father, Son and Holy spirit. They are separate but one!

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Father

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God the Father

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Son

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Jesus

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Holy Spirit

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Part of the Trinity who works in the world today

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Creation

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Act by which God brought the universe into being

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The World

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Term used at the beginning of John’s Gospel that refers to Jesus.

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13
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Catholic

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Branch of Christianity

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Omniscient

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All knowing

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15
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Omnibenevolent

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All loving

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Omnipresent

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All around

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17
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Immanent

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God in the world

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Transcendent

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God outside the world

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Orthodox

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Branch of Christianity mainly in Eastern Countries.

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Protestant

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Branch of Christianity that protested against some of the practices of the Catholic Church. The Bible is the key authority.

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Denomination

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Distinct group within the Christian faith with its own organisations and traditions.

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God

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Supreme being.

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Monotheistic

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Belief in one God

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Holy

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Special and sacred. Separate and set apart for a special purpose by God.

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Benevolent

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All loving all good

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Justice

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What is right and fair according to the law. Making up for a wrong that has been committed.

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Trinity

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Three persons in the one God. Father, Son and Holy Spirit. All separate but one being.

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Son of God

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Title used for Jesus it shows the special relationship between God and Jesus

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Afterlife

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Christians believe follows life on earth.

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Ressurection

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Rising from the dead (Jesus at Easter)

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Judgement

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Decisions will be made on our actions and thoughts. God will reward or punish.

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Heaven

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State of eternal happiness in the presence of God

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Hell

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Place of eternal suffering or where God is not.

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Day of judgement

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The world will end and every soul will be judged by God and rewarded or punished.

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Purgatory

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Souls are cleansed by fire so they can get to heaven

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Satan

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The Devil. Power and source of evil

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Incarnation

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Literally ‘In the flesh’. The belief that Jesus is both fully God and fully human.

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Crucifixion

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Roman method of killing. Criminals are fixed to a cross. Jesus was killed by crucifixion on Good Friday

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Ascension

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When Jesus’ resurrected body went to heaven.

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Sin

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Action or thought that separates humans from God. Behaviour that goes against God’s laws or moral principles.

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Original Sin

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St Augustine said we are born with an urge to do the wrong thing and go against God.

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Salvation

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The belief that Jesus saves Christians from death, judgement and hell. Saving the soul, freedom from sin and entering heaven.

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Grace

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Undeserved gift or generosity. Jesus’ gift of forgiveness to the world is an act of grace. God’s love for humans which does not need to be earned.

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Atonement

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Putting right the relationship between God and people, through the life death and resurrection of Jesus.

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Law

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System of rules enforced by the state (faith group if religious laws e.g. adultery).

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Blasphemy

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Religious offence. Claiming to be God when you’re not.

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Forgiveness

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Showing grace and mercy and pardoning someone for doing something wrong.

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Mass

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Ceremony also called eucharist