Y9 Christianity Keyword Set 2 Flashcards
Word and Spirit
God’s guidance and presence: the “Word” represents God’s teachings and Jesus, while the “Spirit” refers to the Holy Spirit, which empowers and inspires believers.
Creation
Bringing the world into existence; the belief that the world is God’s loving creation.
The Fall
The Fall refers to the event in the Bible when Adam and Eve disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden, leading to the introduction of sin and suffering into the world.
Original Sin
Belief human nature is flawed, and that we all have the tendency to sin; traditional belief held by some Christians that this came from Adam & Eve’s eating of the forbidden fruit as recorded in Genesis 3.
Incarnation
Literally ‘in flesh’, or ‘enfleshed;’ belief that God took on human form in the person of Jesus.
Crucifixion
The death of Jesus; a form of the death penalty used by the Romans.