sin & forgiveness

Question 1

absolutism

Answer 1

• the belief that there are certain actions that are always right or always wrong
• the belief that moral laws exist externally and are not just human inventions

Question 2

eucharist

Answer 2

• meaning ‘thanksgiving’
• the name catholics use to describe the rite where bread and wine become the body of blood of jesus and are received by the people
• the name for the real presence of jesus in the sacrament of holy communion

Question 3

evangelisation

Answer 3

• spreading the good news
• sharing of the gospel and life of jesus with others

Question 4

forgiveness

Answer 4

• the act of pardoning someone for the offences they have caused you
• overlooking a person’s faults

Question 5

punishment

Answer 5

• the consequences of a wrong decision
• a penalty imposed by a person in authority on the person who has committed wrong-doing

Question 6

relativism

Answer 6

• the belief that there is no moral law and that rules that govern what is right and wrong are human inventions
• they change from place to place and from age to age

Question 7

salvation

Answer 7

• the belief that through jesus’ death and resurrection humanity has achieved the possibility of life forever with god

Question 8

sin

Answer 8

acting against the will or laws of god