Revelations

Question 1

Define ‘General Revelation’

Answer 1

When believers feel God is revealed through the Natural World or experiences anyone can have.

Question 2

Define ‘Special Revelation’

Answer 2

The belief that God is revealed in a special way such as a miracle or a vision.

Question 3

Define ‘Numinous’

Answer 3

The feeling people get when they look at the Natural World and think there must be something greater than themselves.

Question 4

Define ‘Conscience’

Answer 4

Theists believe that this is the voice of God.

Question 5

Define ‘Conversion’

Answer 5

People converting from atheism to theism.

Question 6

Define ‘Transcendent’

Answer 6

The belief that God is supreme and above this world.

Question 7

Define ‘Immanent’

Answer 7

God is involved in the world.

Question 8

Define ‘Personal’

Answer 8

Humans can know and talk to God.

Question 9

Define ‘Impersonal’

Answer 9

Humans are unable to know or understand God.

Question 10

Define ‘Omnipotent’

Answer 10

All powerful.

Question 11

Define ‘Omniscient’

Answer 11

All knowing.

Question 12

Define ‘Omnibenevolent’

Answer 12

All loving.

Question 13

Define ‘Illusion’

Answer 13

The idea that revelations are just made up and imagined.

Question 14

Briefly explain Nicky Cruz’s story.

Answer 14

• Unwanted by abusive family
• Became leader of a gang
• Met a preacher, David Wilkerson
• Cruz didn’t care for what Wilkerson had to say
• Went to kill him, “You could chop me into a thousand pieces and every one of them would still love you”
• Cruz converted
• Went about attempting to convert as many people as he could

Question 15

Briefly explain the conversion of Saul.

Answer 15

• Saul persecuted Christians
• Travelling along the road to Damascus, blinded by a bright light
• The light was Jesus and he spoke to Saul
• Saul converted to Christian and became St Paul

Question 16

Briefly explain St Bernadette’s story.

Answer 16

• Bernadette was a young, uneducated girl who lived in Southern France
• Whilst walking, she had a vision of the Virgin Mary
• She said “I am the immaculate conception”
• Being uneducated, Bernadette did not understand this, leading to many people believing her story as she could not have made it up.
• She saw the Virgin Mary a further 18 times.

Question 17

Briefly explain Sally McCloy’s story.

Answer 17

• Travelled to Lourdes very sick with cancer
• Expected to die there
• Felt the pain leave her, upon examination by the doctors, the cancer was gone.