Module 2 Flashcards
What is religious belief?
A religious belief is a conviction about an idea central to a religion and expresses a religious truth. Religious beliefs offer particular insights and understandings about life. These find expression in a variety of ways.
What is revelation?
Revelation is the continuing and dynamic process by which God communicates personally with people.
Name the three covenants that involve a personal relationship with God
- Promises by God
- Obligations
- Greater intimacy with God provided people lived the covenant faithfully
State one term for the formal declaration of a list or set of religious beliefs
Creed
- Identify one important religious belief for a religion you have studied
- Name two sources of information or evidence for this religious belief
- Outline 3 key features of this religious belief
- Explain how these key features reflect the nature of religion
- God is a trinity of persons
- Bible
- Teaching
- Father, Son & Holy Spirit
- Full divine & human
- Communion of people
- It relates to the Revealed religion of God and the catechism states this is central mystery of the Christian faith.
Explain how the concept of “convenant” helps people today to understand the Catholic religious belief about revelation
Catholic religious beliefs has many concepts throughout the history of humanity and one of them is the concept of covenant. This concept has helped people to understand about revelation through God’s revelation to Abraham. Abraham, who is known as a covenant mediator, had a calling from God where he and his wife are promised to many children, but after a few years of waiting, they finally receive a baby boy. This teaches the importance of trusting in God and always have faith in him.
Religious rituals = ???
An expression of religious faith
Religious practices = ???
A recognised way of doing something religious