Christianity - Principle Beliefs (Yr 11)

Question 1

What do the principal beliefs of Christianity include?

Answer 1

• The divinity and humanity of Jesus
• The death and resurrection of Jesus.
• The nature of God and the Trinity
• Revelation
• Salvation

Question 2

How has Christianity affirmed the full divinity and complete humanity of Jesus Christ?

Answer 2

It is the Christian doctrine of the incarnation that Jesus was God yet became a full human.

Question 3

Who was Jesus Christ?

Answer 3

Essentially he was a human being who lived at a particular time and place with normal human limitations, yet he is also the divine Son of God whose life and death and resurrection have significance for the whole of humanity.

Question 4

True or false:
Numerous Church Councils throughout history from Nicaea in 325 to Constantinople in 680 refused all efforts to compromise or deny the fullness of both humanity and divinity in the person of Jesus.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

State a quote on the Divinity and Humanity of Jesus Christ?

Answer 5

• ”the word became flesh and made his dwelling amongst us, We have seen his glory of the One and Only who came from the father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14)
• ”but when the fullness of time was come, God sent forth his son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive the full right of sons” (Galatians 4:4-5)

Question 6

What is an example of Christians expressing the Divinity and Humanity of Jesus Christ?

Answer 6

In the Catholic denomination, Christians express this belief through the consecration of the Eucharist; during mass, adherents celebrate the ritual of the consecration of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ. Catholics are reminded of the fully divine and fully human nature that is represented by the transformation.

Question 7

What are the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ?

Answer 7

In his resurrection, Jesus defended sin and death for all humanity. Christ sacrificed himself to triumph over death and bring new life to all, by atoning for human failings and reconciling humankind with God for all time.

Question 8

Why was the Death and Resurrection of Christ important?

Answer 8

The death and resurrection of Christ provide hope for life after death, as Jesus Christ as after truly suffering and dying he was raised to new life, and entered a transformed and glorified state.

Question 9

State a quote on the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ?

Answer 9

• ”Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall live” (John 11:25)
• ”Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God” (1 Peter 1:21)

Question 10

What is an example of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ?

Answer 10

Christianity expresses this belief through Easter, which commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is the most important Christian festival and is celebrated with great joy. Churches are filled with flowers and there are special hymns and songs

Question 11

What is the belief about the Nature of God and the Trinity?

Answer 11

Christians believe that God is one and the Creator of all things. This same God is also known as three persons: Father or Creator of all, Jesus the Son of God, and the Holy Spirit. The Holy Trinity is the central mystery of the Christian faith.

Question 12

How has the Trinity been described as?

Answer 12

The Trinity has been described in relation to three key functions: creating (beginning new life to all creation), sanctifying (blessing and making holy all creation), and redeeming (turning all creation from sin and darkness and more fully towards God).

Question 13

State a quote on the belief of the Nature of God and of the Trinity?

Answer 13

• ”May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all” (2 Corinthians 13:14)
• ”Therefore go and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19)

Question 14

What is an example of a Christian expressing the belief in the Nature of God and the Trinity?

Answer 14

• Some Christian denominations express this belief in the sign of the cross, a Trinitarian gesture that acknowledges the simultaneous presence of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.
• Baptism is a significant practice in Christianity; during the ritual, the adherent is baptised ‘in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit’.

Question 15

What is the principal belief of Revelation?

Answer 15

Christians believe that revelation is not only God’s self-communication to human beings, but it is also a loving and utterly free invitation to join in friendship with God.

Question 16

What does revelation mean?

Answer 16

Refers to the disclosure by God of what was previously unknown. Revelation is knowledge given by God to human beings about persons, events and things previously hidden or only partly known.

Question 17

When does God reveal himself and how was the revelation recorded given?

Answer 17

In unique events, God revealed his will and law to humanity. The revelations were primarily given in the written forms of the Christian Bible.

Question 18

Give an example of a process of divine self-disclosure?

Answer 18

Christians see Christ’s life, death, resurrection, and sending of the Holy Spirit as the climax of the process of divine self-disclosure.

Question 19

State a quote for the principal belief of Revelation?

Answer 19

• “For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the spirit without limit” (John 3:34)

Question 20

What is an example of the principal belief of the Revelation?

Answer 20

Christians live out this belief through hearing the Bible read during mass and liturgies each week, hearing the details of the events as to how God has revealed himself to humanity

Question 21

What is definition of Salvation?

Answer 21

Is the term for being delivered from personal or collective suffering or evil. People may ask God for grace to help in their spiritual endeavours and so assist in their salvation.

Question 22

What are the three main features of the principal belief of Salavtion?

Answer 22

The initial fruits of salvation may be experienced now in the present life, but its full realisation is delayed until the next life or afterlife. Only in heaven, in the actual presence of God, will humans’ deepest desires for love, peace and justice be completely fulfilled. Salvation is, therefore ‘here now’ but ‘not yet fully complete’.

Question 23

True or False:
Obstacles in the present life make salvation difficult people cannot achieve salvation alone. It is only through the grace of God that humans can attain salvation.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Why was Jesus Christ central to Salvation?

Answer 24

Jesus Christ is central to salvation, for it is through life and death and resurrection that God has offered salvation to all humanity.

Question 25

State a quote on the principal belief of Salvation?

Answer 25

”…he will save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21)

Question 26

What is an example of the principal belief of Salvation?

Answer 26

Christian reconciliation offers individuals the opportunity to repent and therefore be saved from their sins. The Christian belief in Christ’s resurrection is central to the belief that after death, resurrection to heaven is possible for those who are forgiven.

Question 27

What was the key point during the time of the Reformation and therefore also created a division among variant of Christianity?

Answer 27

Salvation was the key point

Question 28

During the time of reformation who were the reformers? INCLUDE QUOTE

Answer 28

Reformers such as Martin Luther drew on the Five Solas to argue that salvation was only in Christ, by grace and through faith alone.

-“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9)

Question 29

What was the Catholic Church response to Martin Luther’s argument on Salvation was only in Christ, by grace and through faith alone? INCLUDE QUOTE

Answer 29

Catholic Church argued that faith also required good works. Catholics believe that they are justified by grace through faith that is active in charity and good works.

-“What good is it, dear brother and sisters, if you say you have faith but you don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone?.. So you seen, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.” (James 2:14-17)

Question 30

What are the Five Solas?

Answer 30

A foundational set of principles held by theologians and clergy to be central to the doctrine of salvation as taught by the Lutheran and Reformed branches of Protestantism.