Year 7 RE Flashcards
What is monotheism?
The doctrine or belief that there is only one God
What does omnipotent mean?
Having unlimited power - literally all powerful
Who was Anne Frank?
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Born in 1929, Anne Frank was a German girl and Jewish victim of the Holocaust who is famous for keeping a diary of her experiences. Anne and her family went into hiding in a secret annex of a house in Amsterdam for two years to avoid Nazi persecution. Unfortunately she was found found and was sent to a concentration camp where she later died of typhus aged 15.”
Why do people go to Lourdes on pilgrimage?
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Lourdes is a famous pilgrimage site in France where the waters are believed to have healing powers. In 1858, Bernadette Soubirous, a young local girl, was said to have seen the Virgin Mary at Lourdes and her friend was said to have been healed in the waters.”
What is a covenant?
In Judaism, the covenant is a promise that God made with Abraham. According to the covenant, God would offer protection and land to Abraham and his descendants, but they must follow the path of God.
What is meant by the term kosher?
In Judaism, food that is allowed is called kosher. Food that is not allowed is called trefah. (1. Land animals must have cloven (split) hooves and must chew the cud, meaning that they must eat grass. 2. Seafood must have fins and scales. Eating shellfish is not allowed. 3. It is forbidden to eat birds of prey. Only clean birds, meaning birds that do not eat other animals, can be eaten. Poultry is allowed. 4. Meat and dairy cannot be eaten together,)
Give two examples of prejudice the Jews faced during World War II
The Nazis made laws designed to remove Jews from the country’s political, economic, and cultural life. Antisemites argued that the Jews has a conscious plan for world domination. In Nazi ideology that perceived Jewishness to be biological, the elimination of the Jews was essential to the purification and even the salvation of the German people.
In which book of the bible does the story of Abraham take place?
Genesis
Name Abraham’s son that Sarah gave birth to who was the son of promise.
Isaac
How does God say that He knew that Abraham feared Him?
He did not withhold his son Isaac from God.
Where did God ask Abraham to go?
The region of Moriah
What did God ask Abraham to do?
Sacrifice his son Isaac
What happened when he was about to kill his son?
The angel of God called out “Do not lay your hand on the boy, Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld your son”.
What did Abraham sacrifice instead?
A ram
How did God bless Abraham?
God said “I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies and through your offspring, all nations on earth will be blessed because you have obeyed me”.
