Truine God Flashcards
What does trinity mean?
The three persons are the Father, son and the Holy spirit.
What does Triune God mean?
The belief that there are three persons in one God.
What does Mission mean?
Sending out people to go out and spread their faith
What does Evangelism mean?
Preaching the good news about Jesus to other people.
What does Baptism mean?
It is the sacrament in which a person becomes a child of God and a christian.
What does consubstantial mean?
Of one being, shows that the Father, the son and the holy spirit are not separate entities but one God.
What is the Magisterium?
It is the authority the Pope and Bishops have to shape the Catholic Church’s teachings.
Where does the authority of the Magisterium originate from?
-Whenever the 12 Apostles went to a new area to preach they would choose someone to lead a church there.
-They would become a Bishop, in a ceremony that involved the laying on of hands.
-The leader of the Apostles, Peter, died in Rome and since his death there has been a succession of Bishops of Rome also know as the Pope.
What is the layon on of hands ceremony?
It is a symbolic gesture that passes on the power of the Holy Spirit and the apostolic authority.
What are the two councils called?
-The council of Nicea
-The council of Constantinople
Why was the council of Nicea called?
-A priest called Arius was teaching that only God the Father was eternal, not God the Son.
-So the Bishops called a council to discuss this.
What was the outcome of the council of Nicea?
The council confirmed:
-The son is eternally begotten from the Father.
-The Father and the Son have always co-existed together.
-They are both equal and of the same nature.
Why was the council of Constantinople called?
-Disputes about the nature of the Trinity and the nature of Jesus.
What was the outcome of the council of constantinople?
Council confirmed:
-The holy spirit is the third person of the trinity and fully God.
-Jesus is both fully God and fully human
What does the Sacrament of Baptism symbolise?
-Joing in with Jesus’ death and resurrection
-A new stage of life as a christian and a child of God.
How was baptism performed in the early Church and its symbolism?
-Adults were totally submerged under water which symbolised joining Jesus in the tomb after he died.
-The person commits their life to God, the same way Jesus gave up his life to the will of God.
-Rising up from the water symbolises joining in with Jesus’ resurrection to begin a new life as a christian.
What is the importance of Baptism?
-It is the sacrament in which a person becomes a member of the church and a child of God.
-It cleanses a person of all their sins.
-Fills the person with the holy spirit
-A pledge that the person will join God in heaven after they die., giving them strength to resist evil.
What does the Nicene Creed teach about The Father?
-God the Father is the creator of all things.
What is a quote to support this?
‘I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth.’
What does the Nicene Creed teach about the Son?
-God the son is eternal
-No distinction in nature between the Father and the Son.
-Son took on limitations of human nature to become Jesus.
-Son became human out of love for all people and to save the,.
-After he died Jesus rose into heaven to take his place as the son of God.
What is a quote to support this?
‘consubstantial with the Father.’
What does the Nicene Creed teach about the Holy Spirt?
-It gives life to all things.
-Comes from both the Father and the son, uniting them in love.
-Is equal in power to the Father and the Son.
-Inspires people to let the know the will of God.
What is a quote to support this?
-‘I believe in the Holy Spirt, the Lord, the giver of life.’
What does Genesis 1 teach about the Trinity?
-Tells how God created the universe and how all three persons shared in the act of creation.
-Word ‘God’ refers to the father.
-Phrase ‘Wind from God’ means breath which shows the Holy Spirit was involved.
-God created the universe with he power of his word which is a reference to the Son.