RE Paper 1 Keywords

Question 1

Conscience

Answer 1

Human reason making moral decisions. The knowledge we have of what is right and wrong and the God-given compulsion within all human beings to do what is right and to avoid what is evil

Question 2

Evil

Answer 2

The absence of good and the impulse to seek our own desires at the expense of the good others which often results in suffering

Question 3

Free will

Answer 3

The decision-making part of a persons mind is called the will. A will is free if a person can choose right from wrong without being controlled by other forces

Question 4

Goodness

Answer 4

The quality of be like God: seeking the well-being of others selflessly

Question 5

Incarnation

Answer 5

“Made flesh” The Christian belief that God became man in the person of Jesus, fully human and fully divine

Question 6

Natural law

Answer 6

The moral laws of right and wrong which are universal and not dependent on human laws. The belief in natural law is the belief that the moral law is discoverable by every human being and is the same for all human beings in all places at all times

Question 7

Privation

Answer 7

The loss or absence of a quality or something that is normally present. Evil is a privation of good

Question 8

Suffering

Answer 8

Pain or loss which harms human beings. Some suffering is caused by other human beings (moral evil); some is not (natural evil.)

Question 9

Creation ex Nihilo

Answer 9

Creation out of nothing. Before God created the universe, nothing existed. Only God can create out of nothing

Question 10

Evolution

Answer 10

The process of mutation and natural selection which leads to changes in species over time to suit particular environments

Question 11

Imago Dei

Answer 11

In the image of God. The belief that human beings are uniquely a reflection of gods personhood. Unlike the other animals, human beings are rational, free and moral

Question 12

Inspiration

Answer 12

“God breathed.” The belief that the spirit of God guides an individual to act or write what is good are true

Question 13

Omnipotence

Answer 13

The belief that God is all-powerful

Question 14

Revelation

Answer 14

The word used to describe all the ways in which God makes himself known to human beings. God does this finally and fully in the person of Jesus Christ

Question 15

Stewardship

Answer 15

The duty to care for creation responsibly as stewards rather than consumers, and to protect it for future generations

Question 16

Transcendence

Answer 16

Existing outside of space and time; God exists in a way that makes him nothing like anything else that exists, above and beyond creation