UNIT 1- Key words

Question 1

Ascension

Answer 1

Ascension: Jesus being taken up to heaven on the 40th day after Easter

Question 2

Incarnation

Answer 2

Incarnation: Means God in human form

Question 3

Nicene Creed

Answer 3

Nicene Creed: A statement of belief used in Christian services

Question 4

Protestant

Answer 4

Protestant: A branch of the Christian Church that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church

Question 5

Sacrament

Answer 5

Sacrament: The outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grade

Question 6

Transubstantiation

Answer 6

Transubstantiation: The change in the bread and wine to become the actual body and blood of Christ

Question 7

Denomination

Answer 7

Denomination: The name for the different branches of the Christian Church

Question 8

Sanhedrin

Answer 8

Sanhedrin: The ruling council of the Jews in Israel

Question 9

Messiah

Answer 9

Messiah: The anointed one who is seen as the saviour by Christians

Question 10

Lord’s Prayer

Answer 10

The prayer Jesus taught his disciples to show them how to pray

Question 11

Moral evil

Answer 11

evil/wrongdoing by humans, freedom of choice, greed, selfishness, hatred.

Question 12

Natural evil

Answer 12

natural disasters - earthquakes, tsunamis

Question 13

examples of trinity symbols

Answer 13

shamrock, equilateral triangle, borromean rings

Question 14

trinity

Answer 14

refers to God being 3 persons in 1. The Father, the son and the Holy Spirit

Question 15

Omniscience

Answer 15

Omni – All, Scient – Knowing, The idea God is all-knowing

Question 16

Omnipotent

Answer 16

All powerful, able to do anything

Question 17

Omnipresent

Answer 17

everywere

Question 18

Omnibenevolent

Answer 18

all loving

Question 19

Transcendent

Answer 19

Outside of our understanding

Question 20

Imminent

Answer 20

here in our world

Question 21

Purgatory

Answer 21

is an intermediate state after physical death in which those destined for heaven have the souls purified.

Question 22

Heaven

Answer 22

a place regarded in various religions as the abode of God (or the gods) and the angels, and of the good after death.

Question 23

Hell

Answer 23

a place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and suffering after death.

Question 24

Justice

Answer 24

moral rightness, fairness

Question 25

Unconditional love

Answer 25

love that God shows to people who do not deserve it

Question 26

Atonement

Answer 26

making amends for Original Sin

Question 27

Crucifixion

Answer 27

a form of capital punishment/death penalty used by the Romans.

Question 28

Sacrifice

Answer 28

give up something for others

Question 29

Sin

Answer 29

Any action or thought that separates humans from God

Question 30

Salvation

Answer 30

The saving of a soul from Sin