PET revision: Christianity beliefs and teachings Flashcards

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Afterlife

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The belief that there is life in some form after the death of the physical body

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Day of judgment

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A time when the world will end and every soul will be judged by god either rewarded or punished

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resurrection

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Nothing happens after death until judgment day, where the dead will be brought back to life and given an Immortal, eternal body

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Immortality of the soul

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The belief that humans have a body and a soul which survives death and after death goes to a spiritual (non-physical) place where god is

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Heaven

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A state of eternal happiness in the presence of God; the place of eternal peace ruled over by God

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Hell

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The place of eternal suffering/torture or the state of being without God

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Purgatory

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The immediate state where the soul are cleansed in order to enter heaven

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Satan

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Name for the Devil - the power and source of evil

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Omni potent

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All-powerful

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Omni benevolent

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All-loving

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Omniscient

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All-knowing

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The inconsistent triad

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The belief that there are three ideas of God, but only two of them can be true e.g. If God loves me, he would send blessings to the sick, he has not sent blessings.

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Sin

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Any action or thought that separates humans from God, behaviour which is against God’s laws and wishes or against principles of morality

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Original sin

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An Augustine Christian Doctrine that says that everyone is born with a built-in urge to do bad things and to disobey God; an important Doctrine within the catholic church

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Salvation

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Saving the soul, deliverance from sin and admission to heaven brought about by Jesus

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Grace

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A quality of God which God shows to humans by providing love and support which they do not need to earn

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Evangelical believe in…

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resurrection

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Protestant believe in…

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Immortality

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Roman Catholics believe in…

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Resurrection and immortality

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God

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The supreme being

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Denomination

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A distinct group within the Christian faith, within its own organisations and traditions

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Monotheistic

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A religion that believes that there is only one God

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Qualities of God

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He has no restrictions based on power
He does not have a human form
God is Holy, set apart from everything else for a special purpose
God will do good for all people

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The trinity

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The trinity is God; God is the father, the son and the holy spirit. There are three distinct persons, each person is God, there is only one God

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God - the father

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Creator of the universe, the father of Jesus. Loving father of all people, addressed as “our father”

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God - the son

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Jesus. Has always existed but became human (incarnated) for a time. Shows the human, loving side of god

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God - the holy spirit

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Can take any form. The giver of life. Lives in people who believe in God

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Holy week - Sunday

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Palm Sunday - The day Jesus rides into Bethlehem

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Holy week - Thursday

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Maunday Thursday - Passover, Jesus and his followers are having THE LAST SUPPER, Jesus is then arrested by the Romans and then taken to Pontius Pilate

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Holy week - Friday

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Good Friday - Jesus is beaten, whipped, they make him carry his own cross, he is then nailed to it at 9:00 am and is crucified at 15:00

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Holy week - Saturday

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Holy Saturday - Sabbath, followers spend the day mourning him. The day of rest

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Holy Week - Sunday (2)

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Jesus is resurrected

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The Last Supper

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The last supper before Jesus’s death, with his followers

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Jesus’s arrest

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Soldiers sent by Judas, they arrested Jesus

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Pontius Pilate

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Put Jesus on trial, the crowd got to choose who to set free, they chose to set free a murderer.