Key Words

Question 1

Christianity

Answer 1

Largest world faith which follows the teachings of Jesus Christ

Question 2

Messiah

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Hebrew word meaning saviour or rescuer. In Greek the word for saviour/rescuer in Christ - hence the name Jesus Christ|

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Resurrection

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Being brought back to life after dying

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Ascension

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Jesus physically rising into heaven

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Trinity

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The belief that God is one god with 3 parts Father Son and Holy Spirit

Question 6

Denomination

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A group within christianity

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Evangelism

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Spreading the Christian message in order to convert people

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Disciple

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The 12 main followers of Jesus who helped him spread his message

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Missionaries

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People who spread the Christian message, often travelling to other countries

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Persecution

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Discrimination against people who share an aspect of their identity eg. Christians, women, black people

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Gentiles

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Non Jews

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Early church

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Christians in the first 3 centuries

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Martyred

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The word ‘martyr’ comes from the Greek word meaning ‘witness’. It is when a person is killed for their beliefs.

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Scape goat

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A term used when deliberately placing the blame of an action on another person or group of people.

Question 15

Confessional

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A booth where catholics ask God’s forgiveness for the sins they have committed. (Sometimes being called absolved of your sins)

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Eucharist

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The practise of eating bread and drinking wine during a church service to remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is the reenactment of The Last Supper.
Eucharist is derived from the Greek word ‘ECHANSTA’ meaning thanksgiving.

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Penance

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Prayer or some other action to show one is sorry for committing sins

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Transubstantiation

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The belief that the bread and wine become the actual body and blood of Christ during Eucharist/holy communion to remember Jesus’ death.

Catholics believe that when the Priest repeats Jesus’ words from the Last Supper, the bread and wine actually turn into the body and blood of Jesus (although they still look the same)

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Bishop

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A Christian leader with authority over the priests and churches in an area.

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Creed

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A statement of belief which outlines the shared beliefs within a community.

Question 21

Heresy

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Beliefs that are opposed to the core beliefs of The Church.

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Religious scriptures

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Religious texts, such as the Bible.

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Excommunication

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Officially expelling someone from participating in the sacraments of services of the Christian Church.

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Indulgences

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Certificates that people bought from the Catholic Church so they would spend less time in purgatory when they died

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Protestantism

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A form of Christianity that began in the 16th Century as a protest against the Catholic Church

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Reformation

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A sixteenth-century movement to reform the Church, resulting in the division of the Western Church into Catholicism and Protestantism. It was led by Martin Luther

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Herresey

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Beliefs that are opposite to the church

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Theses

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The 95 complaints that Luther nailed to the door of the church

Question 29

Annulment

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Catholic Church teaching that a pope can declare that a marriage never really existed