Redemption Flashcards
Lectern
Reading standard, from where Bible readings are given.
Lectern features
Readings from the Old Testament remind Christians how God has guided his people from the beginning, while readings from the New Testament tell Christians about Jesus’s actions and teachings.
As Jesus is the Word of God made flesh, Christ is truly present when the word of God is proclaimed
How were Catholic Churches built before 1965?
Facing east towards Jerusalem, as this is the city where Jesus died and rose again.
In the shape of a cross, as a reminder of the cross on which Jesus died.
With the altar against the east wall - before 1965 the Mass was said by the priest in Latin, who’d speak quietly and with his back to the audience,so people attending Mass didn’t feel involved in his service
After 1965, how were Catholic Churches built:
To ensure as many people as possible can see and join in with the Mass
With the altar more towards the centre of the church, and seats for the congregation some/all the way around the altar
Main purposes of church(for Catholics):
1) To provide a space where they can meet to worship together. Mass is centred around the altar, so the altar should be the central focus of the church.
2) To provide a space for individual prayer. This means that the church should provide a quiet, peaceful space inspiring people to pray to God
Most important service in Catholic worship
Mass
What images inspire Christians to reflect on Jesus’s suffering
Images like the Stations of the Cross
Features churches have to help and inspire worship
Statues of saints
Stations of the Cross
Side chapels
Significance of side chapels in church
Side chapels are smaller areas where believers can pray in a quiet place
Altar
Place of sacrifice, from where the bread and wine are offered to God at Mass
Features of altar
During the consecration this offering joins with Christ’s offering of himself to the Father through his death on the cross, and the Bread and Wine becomes the Body and Blood of Christ.
Christ is truly present on the altar, offering himself to the Father on behalf of humanity
Main parts of a Catholic Church
Lectern
Crucifix
Altar
Alternative uses to altar(to emphasise the Last Supper and Jesus’s crucifixion)
A table
How a table remembers the Last Supper and Jesus’s crucifixion
Using a table of Mass is a reminder for how at the Last Supper, Jesus gave himself to his disciples in the form of bread and wine, showing he was giving them a suare in the effects of his sacrifice.
Alternatives to crucifix
Cross
Risen Christ
Cross symbol
A cross without the figure of Christ on it.
Cross significance
Christ not being on the cross a symbol of his victory over sin and death.
Christians wary about portraying Jesus through art may prefer to use a cross.
Risen Christ significance
Focuses on Christ, as the risen, glorified Saviour.
Reminds Catholics in Holy Communion, they receive the Body, Blood,Soul and Divinity of the Risen Christ
Original sin
The Catholic Church teach all people are born with the inbuilt tendency to commit sin
Significance of Jesus’s death, resurrection and ascension
Restored relationship between God and humans that had been broken by sin - life after death possible
Jesus’s resurrection helped to restore the harmony of creation.
Jesus’s resurrection and ascension helped restore cosmic order, making the whole of creation as perfect as God intended it to be.
Evidence Jesus’s resurrection is of central importance to the Christian faith
“If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.”1 Corinthians 15:17
Significance of Jesus’s ascension
Shows Jesus is with the Father, sharing his glory for all eternity.
Just before Jesus ascended to heaven, he promises to spend his Spirit to all people- Jesus continues to work in through his believers.
Jesus’s ascension gives believers faith they’ll also go up to heaven
Quote showing Jesus continued to show love even in his death and burial
Luke 23:34- he forgave his executioners
Significance of Jesus’s death, burial and resurrection(for the dead before him)
Christians believe when Jesus died and was buried he joined everyone who had died before him, showing God’s with Christians even in death.
When Jesus was resurrected, all those who’d died before had rose up to heaven with him.