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Historical Context (x2)

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  • Christianity was formed from Judaism

- Jews had been conquered by many groups, like Romans, and were looking for God’s help and a saviour

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Cultural Context (x4)

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  • Christianity was formed in a time of significant religious and political tension
  • Judaism itself was also quite divided

These tensions made following a faith, particularly Jesus, difficult

  • Christianity was formed in an area that had many different groups. Christianity adapted religious ideas and was influenced by Greeks, Romans and Persians.
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Principal events of Jesus’ life (x6) AMPCRA

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  • The Annunciation: The announcement made by Angel Gabriel to Mary that God had chosen her to be the Mother of Jesus
  • Ministry: The years that Jesus spent ministering to people, e.g. healing, teachings, preaching
  • The Passion: The suffering of Jesus during the last two days of His life - The Last Supper, praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, His arrest, questioned by High Priests, trial before Pontius Pilate.
  • The Crucifixion: Jesus was stripped and nailed to a cross and left to die of exposure, hunger, thirst and suffocation
  • Resurrection: When Jesus came back to life and rose from the dead, and so won a victory over evil and death.
  • Ascension: The day when Jesus left His disciples and went to His Father in Heaven.
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Explain why Jesus is the role model for Christian life (x6)

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  • Jesus lived out His faith in God through every action and word that He made
  • Jesus can be described as divine, pure and the Son of Mary
  • He shows how to live for others rather than oneself
  • He repeatedly offered forgiveness
  • He displayed concern for people and was always prepared to help
  • He had a deep faith in the Divine
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Describe the early development of the Christian communities after the death of Jesus (x6)

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  • When Christianity began in Jerusalem, it met strong resistance from the Jewish community.
  • One of the leading oppressors was a Pharisee named Saul of Tarsus, converted and became known as Paul, forming Christian communities.
  • St Paul established and developed many early Christian communities including: Corinthians, Ephesians and Galatians
  • House churches were often used as meeting places and for the Eucharist.
  • They were kept secret and used symbols to notify other Christians of their presence.
  • Christianity was eventually accepted with the reign of Emperor Constantine, who allowed Christianity as an official religion in 312CE
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Anglicanism HLWR

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Historical Background: Formed after the Protestant Reformation. Act of Supremacy 1534 gave King Henry VIII authority as head of the Church of England and separated from Rome.

Leader: Led by Archbishop of Canterbury and Head of Commonwealth

Worship: Significance placed on the Bible as the main authority and personal conversion

Rituals: 2 Sacraments- Baptism and Lord’s Supper

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Catholicism HLWR

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Historical Background: Formed out of the East West Schism

Leader: Led by Pope in Vatican City

Worship: Significance placed on Eucharist and transubstantiation (bread and wine transforming into body and blood)

Rituals: 7 Sacraments; Baptism, Confirmation, Reconciliation, Eucharist, Marriage, Holy Orders, Anointing of the Sick

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Orthodox HLWR

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Historical Background: Originated from the early church and later separated under the Great Schism in 1054.

Leader: Led by a Patriarch

Worship: Significance placed on Eucharist and the mystery of it (they use an iconostasis or screen to hide the actions)

Rituals: Similar to Catholics but Baptism, Chrismation and Eucharist are done together and priests can get married

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Pentecostal HLWR

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Historical Background: Their origin goes back to Kansas and California in the early 20th century. In Australia, this includes churches such as Hillsong

Leader: Led by individual leaders

Worship: Significance placed on Holy Spirit always being present and enthusiastic/joyous worship

Rituals: 1 Ritual; Baptism

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Protestant HLWR

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Historical Background: The Protestant Reformation revolved around who had authority to interpret the Bible. The key founder was Martin Luther.

Leader: Led by individual leaders depending on specific church Includes churches like Lutheran, Presbyterian, Calvinist

Worship: Significance placed on the Bible as the main authority with a strong focus on the use of scripture in daily life

Rituals: 2 Sacraments; Baptism and Lord’s Supper

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Outline the principal beliefs regarding the divinity and humanity of Jesus Christ (x4)

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  • Jesus is both fully human and fully divine.
  • Jesus’ humanity shows that his suffering and death were real and experienced by him. It also emphasises that his everyday example can be followed.
  • The divinity of Christ is expressed through Gospel testimonies regarding his miracles, healing and witness to his death, resurrection and ascension.
  • Jesus’ divinity makes sense of his role on earth- to be the salvation and defeat death.
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Explain the importance of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ for Christians (x5)

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  • Life: He taught radical new ideas during his short public ministry.
  • Death: He was then taken from the cross and placed in a tomb.
  • Resurrection: After three days he rose from the dead and remained in full humanity for 40 days until he ascended body and soul, into heaven.
  • The death and resurrection provides proof of His Godhood and the hope of life after death.
  • In His resurrection Jesus defeated sin on earth for all humanity.
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One God (x6) (T&I)

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  • Monotheistic Religion
  • There is only one almighty God who is to be - worshipped and served.
  • God is revealed to Christians in the Old and New Testament.
  • God is creator, unique, omnipotent, eternal, beyond human understanding.
  • God is transcendent as the Creator of all things.
  • God is immanent as God was present to and joined to His creation
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Three qualities of the trinity (FSH) (CRS) (x3)

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  • Creator: Father or Creator of all, bringing new life to creation
  • Redeemer: Jesus the Son of God, turning creation from sin and darkness and more fully toward God
  • Sanctifier: Holy Spirit, blessing and making holy all creation
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Revelation (x3)

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  • God has revealed himself to humanity and offers himself in loving relationship to all
  • God has revealed himself in creation, through the teachings and writings of the prophets, through the Holy Spirit and most fully in the person, life and teaching of Jesus Christ
  • God’s revealing of himself is his offer of an unconditional loving relationship with mankind. Faithful people are called to live according to his will.
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Salvation (x5)

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  • All people are created in the likeness and image of God with infinite potential for good
  • All people are created with ‘free will’ to choose good or to turn away in self-interest
  • This potential to choose self over God sometimes turns people towards sin
  • Christians believe that God freely offers salvation in the person of Jesus Christ
  • Christians believe in eternal life after death, but not earthly reincarnation.
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Overview of the Bible (x3)

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  • The Bible is a collection of books which can be separated into 2 main sections; The Old Testament and the New Testament
  • The Old Testament contains stories of creation (Genesis 1), prophets, laws (Exodus 20), proverbs and information about Jewish heritage
  • The New Testament focuses on the teachings of Jesus and the formation of early Christian communities.
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Old Testament - importance (x2)

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  • The Christian tradition recognises its Jewish heritage and accepts the holiness of the Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament, including the five books of the Torah which include:
    • The Pentateuch
    • Historical Books
    • Wisdom & Poetry
    • Prophets
  • Jesus fulfilled many of the prophecies made in the earlier Hebrew Bible.
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New Testament - Importance (x4)

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  • The New Testament focuses on the teachings and ministry of Jesus, his death and resurrection and the beginning of the early Church, expressed through:
  • The Four Gospels: Tell the story of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection.
  • The Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles: Describe the formation of the early Church and letters from St. Paul to early Christian communities guiding their beliefs and worship.
  • Book of Revelation: Prophetic book which is a richly symbolic description of supernatural events at the end of time.
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Importance of The Bible to Christians (x8)

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  • It is the most authoritative source of Christian Ethics
  • It records the Revelation of God and Christ to Humanity
  • It contains the laws and guidelines of how to live the life of God or a morally good life
  • It contains the examples of how to live in service of others and how to earn eternal life and salvation
  • It contains the earliest records of Christ, the history of the Jewish people and the life of the early Church.
  • It expresses beliefs, particularly in One God and beliefs relating to Jesus
  • It can be applied to ethics, used as guidance when making decisions
  • It supports rituals: scripture is often read out during rituals, scripture often outlines rituals e.g. Baptism and Eucharist
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Christian Ethics (x4)

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  • Christian Ethics is based on God’s revelation about how a person can achieve salvation through love of: God, Neighbour and Self
  • It is a call to relationship
  • Jesus Christ is the foundation of Christian ethical teaching and the model for Christian life.
  • Christian ethics go beyond a minimum fulfilling of the Law, demanding actions that care for all outcasts, to seek out the marginalised and to place the needs of oneself last.
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Ten Commandments

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In the Old Testament when God renewed His covenant with the Hebrews in the desert, He gave them 613 laws. Of these, 10 are especially cherished by Christians and were given to Moses by God.

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The Beatitudes & what they describe (x2)

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  • The Beatitudes form the foundation of Christian ethics. The Beatitudes is the name given to a well known portion of the Sermon on the Mount, recorded in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.
  • The Beatitudes describe the characteristics of those who are deemed blessed by God.
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Jesus’ Commandment of Love (x2)

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  • The New Testament gives the basic instructions from Jesus to love one another.
  • He also supports the Old Testament commandment of loving God as God loves humanity
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Importance of ethical teachings in the life of adherents (x7)

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  • Christian morality is based on the will of God.
  • God revealed to humanity His will and how to live a morally guided life. This is done through Jesus’ life and teachings.
  • By living a morally guided life that uses Christ as its model and engages every action and word with ‘Agape’ (selfless love), a person can earn ‘salvation’ (eternal life in Heaven through forgiveness of sins)
  • Helps to lead a person to achieve salvation
  • Assists people to live out God’s word and the way of Jesus
  • Guides human behaviour in challenging times
  • Helps people to express and apply beliefs
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Different forms of personal prayer (x5)

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  • Prayers may be written form or extemporary form (not written or memorised)
  • Extemporary prayers are those that are said ‘off the cuff’ without being written down or memorised. They are prayers from the heart. Prayers may be spoken, silent, meditation or contemplative.
  • Prayers can be accompanied by: Bible readings, common in Protestant variants, Rosary beads: used by Catholics
  • Prayer can include love, devotion, thanks to God or confession of sin.
  • An example of a prayer is The Lord’s Prayer. Taught by Jesus It is found in Matthew 6:9-13 This praises God and asks for remission of sin and hopes that the one praying will be delivered from evil.
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Mental Prayer (x3)

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  • Meditation is a form of mental prayer.
  • It is the application of the soul, intellect, imagination, memory and will to the contemplation of some Biblical mystery or truth in order to enhance one’s spirituality and achieve closer unity with the divine.
  • The regular practice of meditation develops a habit of centring the attention on the Divine, and distractions, external and internal, become more easily avoided
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Vocal Prayer (x3)

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  • Uses verbal expression to accompany the internal act of prayer.
  • This vocal action helps to keep adherents attentive in prayer and adds to its intensity.

Vocal prayer may use set prayers or hymns or it may consist of personal praise, thanks and petition.

  • Singing in the Catholic Church is one of the highest forms of Prayer
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Private and Public Prayer (x3)

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  • Private prayer: Whether in or out of the presence of others, this form of prayer is for the needs of oneself or others
  • Public prayer: All prayer offered officially or liturgically and is usually offered in churches or chapels. For example, Sunday Worship.
  • However, private prayer is possible during public prayer - e.g. Private reflection after receiving the Eucharist in the Catholic Church
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Explain why Jesus is the role model for Christian life through his belief in the afterlife (x2)

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  • Through His practice of universal love for humanity and faithfulness to God, Jesus perfectly demonstrates the Christian way to eternal life
  • His belief in the afterlife provides hope for many and acknowledges to achieve happiness in the afterlife we need to treat others as we want to be treated
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The divinity and humanity of Jesus Christ (x3)

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  • The Councils of Nicea (325), Ephesus (431) and Chalcedon (451) ruled that Jesus was at once fully human and fully divine, equal in nature and without sin.
  • Council of Ephesus bestowed upon Mary the title ‘Mother of God’. This emphasised the complete humanity that brought the suffering of Christ’s crucifixion to reality and the divinity that brought about the glory of the resurrection.
  • Jesus is referred to as the ‘Son of God’ and ‘Son of Man’ in the New Testament
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The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ (x3)

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  • Christ, in his fully human nature, suffered the pain and humiliation of his trial and crucifixion as redemption for the sins of all people
  • In this loving act he brings all people back to the potential of a loving relationship with God.
  • After his death, Christ, fully divine, rose from death and ascended into heaven to overcome the finality of sin and fulfil the promise of eternal life with God
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The Trinity (x2)

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  • There is one god, who is the creator of all things.
    God revealed himself to humanity in three forms: God the Father, God the Son and as the Holy Spirit. There are 3 divine persons within that one God
  • The Trinity is a ‘mystery of faith’.
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Salvation definition

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Being forgiven of sin and united with God

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The tradition of Christianity and Jesus’ public ministry message (x2)

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  • The tradition of Christianity is based on the historical life, death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth
  • During His short public ministry Jesus taught a radical new message: People should love God, love each other and love themselves.

SOR 1 Christianity (1 decks)

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