significant religions in the uk

Question 1

key features of christianity

Answer 1

-teachings of jesus
- jesus and the bible

Question 2

features of the catholic church

Answer 2

-pope in rome split
- roman catholic church slight differences in belief and worship emerged

Question 3

features of orthodox church

Answer 3

-when churches split from the pope
- popular in eastern europe
-greek orthodox and russian orthodox churches

Question 4

key features protestant church

Answer 4

-people unhappy with catholic church slight differences
-new reformed church grew
-believed catholic church had become too rich and powerful
- calvin gave protestant churches an organised structure

Question 5

key features of church of england

Answer 5

• challenged authority of the pope
  -henry vIIII made himself head of church
• elizabeth was crowned queen and establish church of england come,use between protestantism and catholicism

Question 6

key features of methodist church

Answer 6

• protestants refused to conform to established churches and began to set up their own
  -preached large open air congregations
• goal was to lead ordered and disciplined lives

Question 7

key features of baptists

Answer 7

-believed head of their church was jesus and not a king or queen

Question 8

key features of jehovahs witnesses

Answer 8

• believe jesus will replace human rule and reign for 1000 years
  -live strict by moral code of the bible and meet in halls known as kingdom halls

Question 9

key features of mormons

Answer 9

-suggest america will be one of the two places which jesus will rule when he comes again

Question 10

key features of quakers

Answer 10

-believe each prsn has a direct Rs with God
-don’t have priests or rituals
- meet in meeting houses and usually silent until someone feels moved to speak

Question 11

key features of pentecostalists

Answer 11

-named after the pentecost rhe day 50 days after the resurrection when Gods spirit is said to have come to the disciples in the form of wind and fire
-worship involves spontaneous and speaking in tongues

Question 12

key features of seventh day adventists

Answer 12

• believe christs second coming is very close
  -live by teachings of the bible

Question 13

what did 2021 census show ab christianity in the uk

Answer 13

-46.2% of GB pop christianity has gone down from 59.3% in the 2011 census

Question 14

what did it show those with no religion ( religious nones )

Answer 14

• showed that 37.2% of people described themselves as having “no religion” compared to 25.7% in the 2011 census