Philosophy 1

Question 1

Omnipresent

Answer 1

Everywhere at once

Question 2

Omnipotent

Answer 2

All powerful

Question 3

Immanent

Answer 3

God is present in the world and the universe and can act directly in the world

Question 4

Omniscient

Answer 4

All knowing

Question 5

Monotheism

Answer 5

To believe in only one God (as in Christianity, Islam, Sikhism etc)

Question 6

Atheism

Answer 6

Belief in no God

Question 7

Ineffable

Answer 7

Something too great to be expressed in speech

Question 8

Trinity

Answer 8

The three in one - the Father, Son and Holy Spirit

Question 9

Soul

Answer 9

The part of a human being that makes humans different to other animals

Question 10

Immortal

Answer 10

Living forever

Question 11

Eternity

Answer 11

Commonly defined as “forever”, more accurate in a religious context as “without time”

Question 12

Funeral

Answer 12

The ceremony that takes place at the end of life, usually involving the physical disposal of the body in some way

Question 13

Cremation

Answer 13

Disposal of a dead body through burning

Question 14

Burial

Answer 14

Disposal of dead bodies by burning it in the ground

Question 15

Afterlife

Answer 15

The idea that people have a continued existence on some kind after death

Question 16

Heaven

Answer 16

Eternal life with God, the place of all good things

Question 17

Hell

Answer 17

Eternal life without God, a place of suffering and pain

Question 18

Purgatory

Answer 18

A Catholic belief of a place between heaven and hell where sins are paid for

Question 19

Limbo

Answer 19

An existence between two states, e.g. Life and death - ghosts are said to be in limbo; traditional Catholic belief places unbaptised babies in limbo, as being unable to enter heaven but undeserving of hell

Question 20

Resurrection

Answer 20

Physical raising of the body after death

Question 21

Judgement Day

Answer 21

The last day of the world, when all the dead will be raised by God and given new bodies

Question 22

Transcendent

Answer 22

God is outside, inside, beyond the universe and space and time

Question 23

Sin

Answer 23

Something of which God disapproves

Question 24

Mortal sin

Answer 24

A Catholic sin; a sin so bad it condemns your soul to hell, no matter what else you do in your life

Question 25

Repentance

Answer 25

Being sorry for all the things you have done wrong

Question 26

Redemption

Answer 26

Being saved from your wrongdoing

Question 27

Describe Christian beliefs about the soul

Answer 27

Christians believe that the soul is immortal, ephemeral, and something that differentiates humans from other animals. It is a part of God’s divine and holy nature and it is what creates a value for life - the Sanctity of life