Terms Flashcards
Omnipresent
Present everywhere
Omnipotent
All powerful
Omnibenevolent
All loving
Immanent
‘Near’ or ‘God within all’
Transcendent
Beyond human experience
Agape
Christian love
Anglican
A worldwide denomination that includes the Church of England
Ascension
Jesus being taken up to heaven on the 40th day after Easter
Atonement
Making amends for wrong doing
Baptism
The ceremony to welcome a person into the religion
Crucifixion
A capital punishment used by the Romans which they nail a person to a cross to kill them
Denomination
The name for the different branches of the Christian church
Fundamentalist
Christians who take the bible literally
Grace
Unconditional love that god shows to people who don’t deserve it
Historic truth
Facts about historical events
Incarnation
God in human form
Inconsistent triad
Concept from JL Mackie to show that god can not be all loving and all powerful due to the existence of evil
Nicene creed
A statement of belief used in Christian services
Natural evil
Caused by nature eg-earthquake
Moral evil
Caused by humans eg-war
Mission
An organised effort to speak the message
Miracles
Events that have no scientific explanation
Messiah
The anointed one who is seen as a saviour by Christians
Lord’s Prayer
The prayer Jesus taught his disciples