World Religions Flashcards
5 Fundamental Beliefs of SDA
Sabbath,Second Coming, Sanctuary, Steak, State of the Dead
Sacrament
Dispensation of grace;an outward and visible sign of inward and spiritual divine grace
Celestial kingdom
Highest kingdom; those in kingdom will dwell forever in the presence of God and Jesus;goal is to inherit celestial glory
Terrestrial kingdom
Will receive presence of the Son but not the fullness of the Father;bodies are terrestrial;honorable people
Telestial kingdom
People who didn’t receive the gospel of Christ or the testimony of Jesus;non Mormons
Maroni
Angel who told Joseph Smith where golden tablets were
Mormon requirement
Your own blood
Mormon founder
Joseph Smith
Old Mormons
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Mormon events
The Book of Mormon was published
The Mormon Church was established
Why family genealogy is important to Mormons
Person can intercede for their family member to be saved
Methodist founder
John Wesley
Major reason for separation from John Calvin
Predestination
Reason for Methodist name
First known as Holy Club;they were methodical in how they acted and were named Methodists as an insult
How many people will rule with God according to the Jehovahs Witness
144000
Influential preacher of Jehovahs Witness and SDA
William Miller
How long JWs believe Creation took
7,000 years
Reason for JWs name
Jehovah is a personal name for God; a witness proclaims the truth they believe; they are a group who proclaims the truth about Jesus
Which holiday for JWs
No holiday
JW founder
Charles Taze Russell
Anglican priest of Methodist Reformation
John Wesley
John Wesley’s three precepts
Do no harm
Do good
Stay in love with God
What major issues did Wesleyan Church leave Methodist Church
Slavery
Hindu trinity gods & roles
Brahma: Creator
Vishnu: preserver
Shiva: destroyer
Moksha-Hindu
Release from cycle of rebirth; transcendent state
The Path of Moksha
Knowledge, good works, devotion, meditation
Highest Hindu caste
Brahmin- priests and teachers
Second Hindu caste
Kshatriya- protect the society by fighting in war and governing in peace
Third Hindu caste
Vaishyas- landowners, traders and money lenders
Fourth Hindu caste
Shudra- serves the other three caste
What determines your state of Reincarnation
Karma
Karma
Sum of persons actions
God’s Acre
Cemetery of the Moravians
Founder of Presbyterian
John Calvin
Predestination according to Presbyterian
Fate determined by God before birth
OG name of Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama
Truth of Dukkha
All conditional phenomena and experiences aren’t ultimately satisfying
Truth of the Origin of Dukkha
Craving for and clinging to what is pleasurable and averting the unpleasant; results in becoming,rebirth, dissatisfaction, and redeath
Truth of the Cessation of Dukkha
Putting an end to craving means that rebirth ,dissatisfaction, and redeath are no longer
Truth of the path of liberation from Dukkha
By following the Noble Eightfold Path can end craving, clinging, becoming, dissatisfaction, and redeath
Which religion has the Vedas
Hindu
Which religion has the Watchtower
JWs
Which religion has the Ordung
Amish
Whose motto is “ in essentials,unity; in non essentials, Liberty; in all things, love”
Moravian
Salat are prayers 5x a day in
Islam
This is the place
Salt Lake, Utah
JWs invisible appearing of Jesus
Parousia
Relationship betw. Baptist belief of oce saved always saved and the notion of free will
They do not coexist because the free choice disappears
1st Path
Right understanding
2nd Path
Right thought
3rd Path
Right Speech
4th Path
Right action
5th Path
Right livelihood
6th Path
Right effort
7th Path
Right mindfulness
8th Path
Right concentration
Greatest goal of Buddhism
Nirvana
Where did Buddha achieve the goal
Bodhi tree
Why were Anabaptists persecuted
The State Church saw them as a threat
They did infant baptism
Challenged priestly authority
Refused to bear arms
Major doctrinal of Anabaptist
Adult baptism
Non resistance
Social shunning
Who persecuted the Anabaptists
Protestant and Catholic Church
What does Anabaptist mean
Rebaptizer
What led to the divide of the Mennonites
They were too liberal
Amish in electricity
Sin
Rumspringa
Teens are given freedom to leave the community and do what they want
They can choose to come back or not
Major concept separating Amish&Mennonites
Too lax
Immaculate Conception
Mary was sinless
Why Catholics pray to Mary
There’s a higher possibility of Jesus answering by praying through Mary
Transubstantiation
Changed substance
Consubstatiation
Bread and wine coexist with the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist
Baptism
First step of commitment
Eucharist
Communion;a sacrifice and a meal; nourished spiritually
Reconciliation
Conversion, confession, celebration
Confirmation
Mature Christian commitment
Marriage
Public sign that one gives oneself totally to the other
Holy Orders
Priest being ordained leads Catholics to sacraments
Anointing of sick
A ritual of healing
Purgatory
Place you go after you die to be purged of your sine
Shorten time with good deeds
Vicar
Representative
Who created Anglican Church&why
King Henry VIII
To secure a divorce
5 pillars of Islam
Shahada Salad Zakat Swam Hajj
How many wives for Muslim
4
Muslim & Islam
Muslim is the follower
Islam is religion
The pearl of great price
Mormon
New world translation
JWs
Shunning as a method in what religion
Amish
Foundation of Christian theism
A personal creator exists
Created life has meaning
God reveals purposes
Deism
A God
Polytheism
Many God’s
Monism
All is one
General revelation
Knowledge through created works
Special revelation
Deeper insights revealed through His Word