RE - Vocab -Term 3

Question 1

Creation

Answer 1

1. The divine act by which the world was brought into existence.
2. The world and everything in it.

Question 2

Stewardship

Answer 2

The careful and responsible management of something entrusted to ones care

Question 3

Bible

Answer 3

The collection of sacred writing of Christianity and Judaism.

Question 4

Assumption

Answer 4

To be taken body and soul into heaven

Question 5

Original sin

Answer 5

The human tendency to disobey God inherited from the first parents of the human race.

Question 6

Salvation

Answer 6

God’s saving action on behalf of the human race, which brings full unity with God and his people.

Question 7

Last Judgement

Answer 7

When the world ends, Jesus returns in glory and all who have died will be raised from the dead.

Question 8

Genesis

Answer 8

‘Beginning’. The first book in the bible.

Question 9

Harmony

Answer 9

A consistent, pleasing or congruent arrangement of parts into a whole.

Question 10

Justice

Answer 10

Concern for right relationship

Question 11

Priestly Creation Account

Answer 11

The first creation story found in the bible; recorded by priests from the newly restored Temple in Jerusalem around 500BC.

Question 12

Sabbath

Answer 12

The seven day of the week. A holy day marked by rest from work

Question 13

Yahweh

Answer 13

One of the names for ‘God’, first revealed to Moses.

Question 14

Grace

Answer 14

The free gift of the presence and action of God in the world and the lives of believers.

Question 15

Satan

Answer 15

A powerful angel created by God who wanted to replace God as supreme being. Satan disobeyed God and sinned against him.

Question 16

Soul

Answer 16

The life spirit of a person.

Question 17

Church

Answer 17

The community or the ‘assembly of baptised believers’ within whom God dwells.

Question 18

Redeemer

Answer 18

A person who said paid a debt to free another from slavery. One of the titles of Jesus

Question 19

Resurrection

Answer 19

The event where Jesus overcame the power of death by God’s saving power.

Question 20

Liturgy

Answer 20

The official public worship of the Church during which people gather to remember and celebrate all that God has done for them.