SIN AND FORGIVENESS

Question 1

sin

Answer 1

• acting against the will or laws of god

Question 2

absolutism

Answer 2

• the belief that there are certain actions that are always right or always wrong
• the belief that moral laws exist eternally and are not just human inventions

Question 3

relativism

Answer 3

• the belief that there is no moral law
• rules that govern what is right and wrong are human inventions and change from place to place and from age to age

Question 4

salvation

Answer 4

• the belief that through jesus’ death and resurrection humanity had achieved the possibility of life forever with god

Question 5

punishment

Answer 5

• the consequences of a wrong decision
• a penalty imposed by a person in authority on the person who has committed wrongdoing

Question 6

forgiveness

Answer 6

• the act of pardoning someone for the offences they have caused you
• overlooking a persons fault

Question 7

evangelism

Answer 7

• literally means spreading the “good news” which we translate as gospel
• the sharing of the gospel and life of jesus with others

Question 8

eucharist

Answer 8

• meaning “thanksgiving”
• the name catholics use to describe the rite where the bread and wine become the body and blood of jesus and is received by the people
• also the name for the real presence of jesus in the sacrament of holy communion