RE Flashcards
How many Catholics are there worldwide?
more than 1 billion
Who is the leader of the RC church?
Pope Francis
Where does the pope rule?
Vatican city in Rome, Italy
How do Christians believe god spoke to them?
Through the bible
What happened to the people who wrote the bible?
They were guided by the holy spirit throughout their life
How Christians grow closer to god?
By reading the bible and praying
Name three Christian religions?
Orthodox, Catholic, Baptist
What do Christians call the bible?
The word of god, and how god speaks to them.
What does the old testament contain?
The old testament is the part of the bible written before Jesus’ life and contacts the history and faith of Jewish people
Why do Catholics read the old testament?
Catholics
What does the new testament contain?
It contains the account of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus and the early history and faith of those who follow Jesus, who we now call Christians.
Black and British - Who was Olive Morris?
She was the first black British bishop of Dover? She led the prayers for Prince Harry and Meghan’s wedding. She was born on June 26th 1952.
What did Olive Morris do?
Olive Morris was one of the founders of the organisation for women of Asian and African descent and the Brixton black women’s group.
She campaigned for racial equality, gender equality and squatters rights.
Who was Diane Abbot?
She was a British a labour party politician who has served as a member of parliament for Hackney.
Where did Diane’s education begin?
Diane’s education began in Harrow County School for girls and finished in Cambridge.
When was Diane Abbott born?
Born on 27th Sept 1953
Black and British - Who was Reveren Rose Hudson Wilkin?
She was British Anglican Prelate who served as suffragan bishop of Dover in the diocese of Canterbury.
Who was the first black British woman to become church of England bishop?
Rose Hudon Wilkin - elected on 19th Nov 2019
Who is God?
God is the one supreme being, who creates and sustains everything
What is revelation?
Revelation is the way in which God is made known to humans which Catholics believe is most perfectly done through Jesus.
What is stewardship?
The duty to care for something, Catholics believe that god gave them the duty to care for the earth and everything in it.
What is prayer?
The way in humans communicate with god
What do Catholics believe?
They believe that god created all life and everything that is created comes from god alone.
What does Covenant mean?
literally a contract between god and his people in which god makes promises to his people and usually requires certain conduct from them. In the old testament - god made agreements with Noah, Abraham and Moses.
How do humans know about god?
Christian religions -Orthodox, Eastern Orthodoxy, Orthodoxy, Baptist, Catholic, Anglicanism, Protestantism, Oriental, Assyrians,
What is reason
Reason is our ability to think things through and weigh things up. We can
think about big questions and conclude that the answers are in god. For example how the universe began.
What is divine revelations?
By reading the world of god and understanding church teachings this is called divine revelations e.g. the belief that Jesus Christ is god becomes man can only be known through the bible.
Why do they call it the word of god?
They call it the word of god because this is how god spoke to them.
Old testament
written before Jesus,
contains the history and faith of the Jewish people
Christianity grew from and developed into an independent religion
Catholics read this to know how god made covenants with people who place their faith in god
new testament
part of the bible written after Jesus,
life, death and resurrection of Jesus and the early history and faith of those who follow Jesus who we now all Christians
how do humans know about god?
the mass - Catholics on Sunday
hear reading from the bible and the priest will preach about it in his sermon
helps Catholics to hear the meaning of God’s word so that if we can help them to follow God’s teaching more faithfully
eucharist means
means meal - when we remember the last supper
How should we read the bible?
We should read the bible in the literal sense
How many books in the bible?
66 books
How many books in old testament
39 books
How many books in new testament
27 books
gospels
Matthew Mark Luke and John - all in new testament
Books in the Old Testament?
Genisis, Sam 1 and 2, Josuha, Jonah, Job, numbers
What does eternal mean?
Eternal means without a beginning or end
What is transcendent mean?
Existing outside of time and space - for example god
What does omnipotent?
Means all powerfel - like god
What does creatioexnihilo?
Creation out of nothing - god
What does literally means?
reading or understanding the text word for word
What does non literally mean?
Reading between the lines
