RE key words

Question 1

Creatio ex nihilio

Answer 1

A Latin phrase meaning creation “out of nothing”. For Christians this is the idea that the universe was created by God form nothing

Question 2

Evolution

Answer 2

The gradual development of something. Charles Darwin believed all the different species on earth developed over time from simple life forms

Question 3

Imago Dei

Answer 3

Translated from Latin as ‘the image of God’. Humans are created in the image of God.

Question 4

Inspiration

Answer 4

Someone or something that gives ideas for doing something. Christians believe the ideas contained in the Bible were inspired by the Holy Spirit.

Question 5

Omnipotence

Answer 5

The idea that God is all-powerful

Question 6

Revelation

Answer 6

The word used to describe all of the ways in which God makes himself know to human beings

Question 7

Stewardship

Answer 7

Looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation

Question 8

Transcendent

Answer 8

The idea that God exists above the physical world