Words and Concepts Flashcards
Trinity
Three states of existence (Father, Son, Holy Spirit)
The Incarnation
Physical manifestation of God-Jesus
Salvation
Idea of a person being saved by God.
Resurrection
Belief in the reformation of a person’s body after death on: judgement day or in a spiritual sense in the afterlife.
Parables
Stories of Jesus told, recorded in the Gospels
Gospels
Major parts of the New Testament + accounts of Jesus’ life and teachings.
Old Testament
NewTestament
Two major subsections of the Christian Bible.
Bible
The most important religious scripture in Christianity.
Soul
The eternal part of the self, living after death.
Forgiveness
The letting go of thoughts of anger and revenge about someone’s wrongdoing.
Altar
The table at the front or middle of a church where the communion - mass service is held.
Prayer
The act of trying to communicate with God through actions such as: silence, vocal words, sung words.
Worship
The act of giving praise and devotion to God.
Church
A community of believers. The term can refer to the physical building in which they meet.
Ten Commandments
The first and most important rules given by God to Moses.
Bishop
The rank above Priest,a person who leads a geographical collection of Priests.
Archbishop
The rank above Bishop but under Cardinal - (accept in the Anglican tradition that rejects the authority of the cardinals and Pope.)
Catholic
The term usually used to describe a Christian who looks to the Pope as their main spiritual authority on Earth.
Evangelical
Non-conformist protestant church (exuberant worship, associated with more literalistic beliefs in the Bible.
Denominations
Different types of Christianity. e.g. Catholic, Anglican + Evangelical.
Vicar
The term often used to describe Church of England Priests attached to specific churches.
Priest
Person who has taken holy orders and can officiate at communion/Mass services.
Christmas
The festival celebrating Jesus’ birth.
Sermon
A talk given by a priest in a service that links the bible reading to the the believers lives and the world.
Creation
The time when the universe and humanity was formed by God.
Eucharist/Holy Communion/Mass
Services that remember the last supper and the sacrifice of Jesus. (Catholic Christians believe: Wine=Jesus’ blood, Bread=Jesus’ body
Lent
Period of fasting and self denial, remembering Jesus’ 40 days + 40 nights in the wilderness.
Easter
Central Christian festival marking the death and resurrection of Jesus.
Monks and Nuns
Christians who dedicate their lives to God, living celibate lives following orders of the chief monk/nun.
Atonement
The process of paying for your sins and drawing closer to God “at-one-ment” with God
Penance
The physical act of paying for your sin either by prayer, voluntary service of financial gift.
Pastor
A religious leader from a non-conformist church
Pacifism
The belief that all violence is wrong and should be avoided. There are different degrees of pacifist belief.
Agape
Selfless love for another human being.
Cathedral
The leading place of worship for a larger geographical area, higher in status than a local church.
Revelation
Something God has given humanity to help them ‘know’ such as a prophet or object e.g Bible.
Double Effect
Something morally good having a morally bad side-effect, that was not intended.
Quaker
A non-conformist church whose beliefs centre upon the ideas of the divine presence within everyone and being able to directly receive revelation from God through the practice of silent waiting.
Baptist
A non-conformist church whose beliefs centre upon the Bible, holy spirit and adult baptism.
Nonconformist
The term for believers and churches that refused to conform and be a part of the official Church of England in the 17th century. Many of which suffered state persecution as a result.
Eastern Orthodox
The term for the churches that formed in Eastern Europe and split from the Catholic Church about the year 1000.
Theology
The study of writings and ideas about nature of God and the faith.
Stewardship
When someone looks after or manages something for someone else - for Christians its God they steward the Earth for.
Icon
A statue or painting of a religious figure, the term is usually associated with Eastern Orthodox paintings of Mary, the Saints and Jesus.
Requiem Massc
The mass said at a Catholic funeral service for the deceased.
Sacrament
ONe of the special services only priests are able to perform in the Catholic Church. Other Churches have greatly, reduced the amount of sacramental services because they believe them to be unbiblical.
Stoup
The vessel that holds blessed water near the for of a Church. Believers use this to make the sign of the cross when entering the church.
Lecturn
Raised area in a church from which the Bible is usually read.
Kingdom of God sometimes seen as the afterlife- heaven - or the actual creation of God’s Kingdom here on Earth.
Pulpit
The raised area in acurch where sermons are usually given.
Beatitudes
Famous verses of the Bible taken from Jesus’ sermon on the mount.
Ascension
Usually referring to the time when Jesus ascended into heaven and left the disciples to further establish the Christian Church.
Annulment
The official agreement that a marriage was in fact not really a marriage because of some factor that prevented it being religiously legal.
Methodist
A non-conformist church set up by John Wesley
Cardinal
The rank of priest immediately below that of Pope in the Catholic Church.
Immanent
God is within all
Transcendent
God is above all
Analogy
Using a word symbolically to suggest something else.
Monotheists
People who believe in one God, such as Christians, Jews and Muslims.
Myth
A story with is not factually true.
Symbol
A way of explaining the unexplainable, and using something to represent something else.
Omnibenevolence
All-good
Omnipotent
All-impotant
Omnipresent
All-present
Omniscient
All-knowing
