paper 2: sin and forgiveness (A A B B C C D)

Question 1

Sin

Answer 1

• acting against the will or laws of God

Question 2

Absolutism

Answer 2

• the belief that there are certain actions that are always right or always wrong

Question 3

Relativism

Answer 3

• the belief that there is no moral law
• rules that are govern what is right and wrong are human inventions and change from place to place and from age to age

Question 4

Salvation

Answer 4

• the belief that through Jesus’ death and resurrection humanity has achieved the possibility of life forever with God

Question 5

Punishment

Answer 5

• the consequences of a wrong decision
• a penalty imposed by a person in authority on the person who has committed wrongdoing

Question 6

Forgivness

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Evangelism

Answer 7

• literally means spreading the “good news” which we translate as Gospel
• the sharing of the Gospel and life of Jesus with others

Question 8

Eucharist

Answer 8

• meaning “thanksgiving”
• the name Catholics use to describe the rite where the bread and wine become body and blood of Jesus and is received by the people
• also the name for the real presence of Jesus in the Sacrament of Holy Communion