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omnipotence

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god is all powerful

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Transcendence

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  • Existing outside of space and time

- god exists above and beyond creation

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Evolution

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  • when animals and plants change over time

- these changes are to suit particular environments

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Imago dei

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  • image of God

- the belief that human beings are a reflection of God’s qualities

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inspiration

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  • “God breathed”

- the belief that the holy spirit guides people to write what is good and true

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Revelation

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-How God shows himself to us fully through jesus

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Stewardship

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  • The duty to care for the world God had made

- to protect the world for future generations

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Evil

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  • the absence of good

- This is often at the expense of the good of others which often results in suffering

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suffering

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  • pain or loss which harms human beings

- some suffering is caused by other human beings (moral evil); some is not (natural evil)

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Privation

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  • The loss or absence of a quality or something that is normally present
  • Evil is a privation of good
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Goodness

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  • the quality of being like god

- seeking the well-being of others selflessly

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Free-will

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  • The decision making part of a person’s mind is called the will
  • A will is free of a person is able to choose right from wrong without being controlled by other forces
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Conscience

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  • Human reason making moral decisions

- the knowledge we have of what is right and wrong given by God

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Natural law

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the laws of right and wrong are the same for all people, in all places, at all times

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Incarnation

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  • “made flesh”

- the christian belief that god became man in jesus

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Shekinhah

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the place where god’s presence rests and can be felt

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Messiah

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  • the anointed one who jews believe will bring in a new age for humankind
  • this will include rebuilding the temple and bringing in an age of universal peace
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Mitzvot

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  • there are 613 mitzvot

- duties and good deeds

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covenant

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  • a promise between two people or groups

- covenants were made between God with noah, abraham and moses

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Synagogue

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  • House of assembly

- Building for jewish public prayer, study and assembly

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Kosher

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  • Foods that can be eaten by jewish people

- it is also used to refer to the purity of objects like torah scrolls

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Torah

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  • the five books of moses e.g. genesis

- the holiest books of the Tenakh

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Shabbat

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  • day of rest

- happens every week on a Friday night to saturday

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sin

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-acting against the will or laws of God

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absolutism

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  • the belief that there are certain actions that are always right or always wrong
  • the belief that moral laws exist eternally and are not just human inventions
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relativism

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  • the belief that there is no moral law

- rules that govern what is right and wrong are human inventions and change from place to place and from age to age

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Salvation

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The belief that through Jesus’ death and resurrection people can live forever with God

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Punishment

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  • the consequences of a wrong decision

- a penalty given by a person in authority on the person who has committed wrongdoing

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Forgiveness

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  • the act of pardoning someone for the offences they have caused you
  • overlooking a person’s faults
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Evangelism

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  • means spreading “good news”

- the sharing of the Gospel and life of jesus with others

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Eucharist

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  • meaning “thanksgiving”

- the name catholics use to describe when the bread and wine becomes the body and blood of christ

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magisterium

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  • the catholic church consisting of pope and bishops

- they are given the gift of the holy spirit to guide them to make the right decisions

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Death

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  • the end of physical life

- when your body stops working completely

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Eternal life

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  • life in heaven

- how jesus describes how we need to live

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soul

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  • the part of a human being which lives on after the death of the body
  • also a name for human being’s mind
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heaven

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  • people who have accepted Gods forgiveness in this life, will love forever with god when they die
  • this meeting with God is what we call “heaven”
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hell

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  • people who have chosen to reject God’s message have chosen to live away from God forever
  • this lack of God for all of time is what we call “hell”
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judgement

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  • at the end of our life, we will be faced with a choice to choose God or reject God
  • the decision we take leads to judgement and decides whether we ‘go’ to heaven or hell
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resurrection

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  • the raising of the body to life again after death

- christians believe that jesus resurrected and that all people will experience it at the end of time

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