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Practices in Christianity Flashcards

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Lourdes

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A town in France where the Virgin Mary appeared; now a place of pilgrimage.

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Omnipotent

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The idea that God is all-powerful.

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Incarnation

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God in human form.

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Methodist

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A Protestant Christian group founded by John Wesley in the eighteenth century.

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Mission

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An organised effort to spread the Christian message.

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Nicene Creed

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A statement of belief used in Christian services.

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Non-liturgical service

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Informal structure found in some church services.

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Infant baptism

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Ceremony to welcome a child into the Christian religion.

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Iona

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An island in Scotland with a fourth-century monastery used by Christians today as a religious retreat as it is a place of tranquility and peace.

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The Lord’s Prayer

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The prayer that Jesus taught his disciples to show them how to pray.

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Miracles

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Events that have no scientific explanation for them happening; these were performed by Jesus and described in the Gospels.

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Mass

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Another name for the Eucharist.

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The Holy Land

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The land of Israel.

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Oneness of God

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The idea that God is ‘one’.

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Holy Communion

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Another name for the Eucharist.

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Liturgical worship

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A church service with a set structure of worship.

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Ordination

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The process by which someone becomes a priest.

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Orthodox

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A branch of the Christian church.

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Messiah

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The anointed one who is seen as the saviour by Christians.

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Penitence

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To feel regret for someone’s sins.

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CAFOD

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A charity: Catholic Aid for Overseas Development.

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Gospels

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The names of the books about the life of Jesus in the Bible: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

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Grace

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Unconditional love that God shows to people who do not deserve it.

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Crucifixion

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A capital punishment used by the Romans which nails a person to a cross to kill them.

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Church army

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An evangelistic organisation founded within the Church of England.

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Non-liturgical

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A form of informal worship.

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Believers’ baptism

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A ceremony to welcome a young person or adult into the Christian religion using full immersion.

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Corrymeela

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A Christian community based in Northern Ireland promoting peace and tolerance.

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Catechism

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A summary of Roman Catholic teaching.

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Agape

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Christian love.

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Genocide

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The deliberate and indiscriminate killing of a group of people, belonging to a particular ethnic group or nationality.

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Confirmation

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An initiation ceremony carried out by a bishop bestowing the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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Baptism

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A ceremony to welcome a person into the Christian religion.

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Atonement

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The action of making amends for wrong-doing.

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Evangelism

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Preaching of the faith in order to convert people to that religion.

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Eucharist

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The Christian service/ceremony to recall the Last Supper, in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed.

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Church of England

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The Protestant Church set up by Henry VIII to be the church of the state of England, rejecting Papal authority.

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Anglican

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A worldwide denomination the includes the Church of England.

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Fundamentalist

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Christians who take the Bible literally, i.e. word for word true.

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Ascension

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Jesus being taken up to heaven on the 40th day after Easter.

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Apostles Creed

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A statement of Christian belief from the Early Church.

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Food banks

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Charity groups collecting donated food to distribute to the poor in Britain.

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Ecumenical

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Relating to the worldwide Christian church.

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Denomination

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The name for the different branches of the Christian church.

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Christian Aid

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A charity working in the developing world, providing emergency and long-term aid.

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Protestant

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A branch of the Christian church that broke away from the Roman Catholic church.

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Quakers

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The Society of Friends Christian group.

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Reconciliation

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The process of making people in conflict friendly again.

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The resurrection

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The physical return of Jesus on the third day after he died.

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Roman Catholics

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The largest Christian group, based in Rome with the Pope as its leader.

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Rosemary

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A set of beads used to count prayers especially in the Roman Catholic church.

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Sacrament

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The outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.

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Salvation

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The saving of the soul from sin.

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Secular

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Relating to worldly as opposed to religious things.

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Street pastors.

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A Christian organisation of people working on the city streets at night caring for people who need help or are involved in anti-social behaviour.

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St Paul

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A man who taught the teachings of Jesus - originally Saul of Tarsus before his conversion.

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Trinity

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The belief in God the father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

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Sanhedrin

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The ruling council of Jews in Israel.

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Tear Fund

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A Christian charity working to relieve poverty in developing countries.

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Transubstantiation

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A change in the bread and wine to become the actual body and blood of Christ.

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