Definitions Flashcards
Omnibenevolent
meaning all loving, god is omnibenevolent
Omnipotent
Meaning all powerful, god is all powerful
Moral evil
The result of people getting things wrong for whatever reason. People make mistakes or purposely choose to do something morally wrong because of greed, hatred, ignorance.
Natural evil
Simply a result of the way the world worked, I.e. cause and effect. A virus can cause suffering and death. The effects of an earthquake or hurricane may be tragic.
Malevolent
Evil
Incarnation
God in the flesh
Resurrection
Rising from the dead, Christians believe that on the last judgement we will resurrect as Jesus did on Easter Sunday.
Holy trinity
God the father, Jesus the son of god, the Holy Spirit.
Atonement
Making up for wrongdoing, saying sorry
Blasphemy
Insulting god
Literal or fundamentalism
A literal view I.e. most Christians believe everything in the bible is true
Non-literal
It’s not all true
Eschatology
Ology meaning the study of and eschat mean the end of time or things
Personal judgement
When you die Christians believe you have a personal judgement with good as explained in the parable ‘Lazarus the beggar and the rich man’
Final judgement
When the world ends and time and space stops christians believe there will be a final judgement anyone who has ever lived will resurrect and Jesus will judge everyone. He will divide people up in two sides of good and evil and explained in the parable if the sheep and the goats. Anyone who is put to the evil side with be cut of from god. Everyone who is good will have a glorified body and live in the perfect existence.
