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Catholic Christianity Practices Flashcards

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What are the seven sacraments?

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Baptism
Eucharist
Confirmation
Reconciliation
Marriage
Ordination
Anointing of the Sick

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What is a sacrament?

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A sacrament is an outward sign of an inward grace instituted by Christ. In order to give grace to a human being

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Why are sacraments essential in the life of Catholics?

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Help Catholics relive the Grace of God, helps them strength their faith, brings Catholics closer to God and marks journey of faith from birth to death

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What is baptism?

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The initiation to the Church making them a Christian, it gets rid of their original sin. The outward sign in the pouring of water, blessing by priest and inward sign in the person now belongs to Jesus

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Why is baptism important?

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The person becomes a member of the Church, Baptism washes away original sin, Baptism shows publicly the person is a Christian, copies Jesus as he was baptised in the Bible, have to do this sacrament to do the others and seen necessary for salvation

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What is reconciliation?

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When yours sins are forgiven as Jesus told the apostles to forgive sins in his name, this authority has been passed down from pope to pope to bishops to priest

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Why is reconciliation important?

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It allows Catholics to be released from their sins, Jesus took Catholics sins so they can enter heaven, allows presets to give advice on living a better life and it allows Catholics to see the mercy of God

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What is the Orthodox view on sacraments?

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Same as Catholics however have different traditions when performing them like the dunk children in Baptism

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What is most Protestant’s view on sacraments?

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That there is only two; Baptism and Holy Communion as these were the only ones done by Jesus in the Bible

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What are some Christians anti-sacraments beliefs?

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They believe should focus on word of God and on living a good life instead,

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What type of Protestant’s have no sacraments?

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Quakers and the Salvation Army

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What are the Quaker testimonies to live by?

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S- simplicity
P- peace
I- interfaith
C-community
E- equality

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What is the liturgical year?

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Catholics move through different periods where the focus of the worship changes, like between Easter and Christmas

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What is liturgical worship?

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When a Church service has set rituals, prayers and patterns, for exmaple in Catholic Church the always have the same structure outlined in the Order of Mass

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What is the Order of Mass for Catholics?

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Introduction Rights, penitential rite(acknowledge sin), a set scripture is read, liturgy of eucharist, Eucharistic prayer, Eucharist and concluding rite

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Why is Mass important to Catholics?

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During mass, bread and wine is turned into the body and blood to Jesus through transubstantiation and participation in Mass forgives venial sins and is a celebration of the gift of salvation and so helps Catholics get to heaven

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Why might someone think liturgical worship is better than non-liturgical worship?

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It helps people focus only on worshipping God and not just what randomly comes into their head and is Catholics way of living out what ahppened at the last supper

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Why might someone think non-liturgical worship is better than liturgical worship?

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It helps prayer be personal and authentic and helps people listen to what God is saying to them rather than traditional rules and prayers

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What happens at a Catholic Funeral?

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The Vigil, Introductory rites, Liturgy of the Word, Liturgy of the Eucharist, Final commendation, Rite of Committal, Communion with the deceased, The Communion of the Community and The proclamation of eternal life

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Explain two things in detail that happen at a Catholic funeral?

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Liturgy of the Word - Reading chosen from the Bible, they will Jesus on the hope the Church has in Jesus and eternal life and as a source of hope in the face of death and darkness.
The vigil - the community gathers evening before funeral to pray and keep watch on the family

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Why might come people believe a Catholic funeral is not useful?

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Humanists and Atheists do not believe in God so wouldn’t want to involve him in their loved ones funeral, a Catholic funeral may not be right for them in dealing with their grief

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What are the three types of prayer for Catholics?

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Vocal (worship out loud). Meditation (reflection) and Contemplation (bring themselves to God)

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What are the five purposes of prayer?

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Adoration, Thanksgiving, Repentance, Intercession and Petition (should not be the first and only reason for praying to God)

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What are the two different ways Catholics can pray?

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Through set prayers or through informal prayer

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Why might someone prefer set prayers over informal prayers?

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They help make sure cover all four purposes of prayer so they focus only on praying or may be used at a specific occasion

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Why might someone prefer informal prayers over set prayers?

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Helps their personal relationship with God and express their innermost thought to God as aren’t confined to certain words

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Why is the Our Father important for Catholics?

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It comes directly from Jesus, can be used as a model prayer as its Jesus’ response when a disciple asks him how to pray to God. Personal as address God as ‘Father’

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When do Catholics pray?

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No set times but usually when do to mass or prayer groups and maybe also when they wake up or go to sleep

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Why do Catholics pray?

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Jesus say they should pray, helps deepen their relationship with God, prayers of gratitude help a person not to be selfish, fulfil Gods commandment of loving him and prayers of confession help a person come to reconciliation with what they have done

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What are the three types of worship?

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Worship at home, Private worship and Public worship

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Why might someone prefer worshipping at home?

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Because this is the heart of peoples’ lives and where they feel comfortable also worshipping as a family brings them closer together and to God

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Why might someone prefer worshipping in private?

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Because it means express emotion they may not want to in front of others and create a personal relationship with God by communicating with him with no one around to be pressured by

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Why might someone prefer worshipping in public?

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Because it gives a sense of belonging to a community of believers and an opportunity to communicate with God in Church (a holy place)

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What do Christians believe about worshipping with idols and statues?

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Orthodox and Catholic denomination believe that they help guide them in worship whereas Protestants use no symbols at all as believe they should be focusing on God

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What is popular piety?

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Common ways Catholics how their devotion to God that may not be in Bible but encouraged

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What are three example of popular piety?

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The Rosary, Eucharistic Adoration and Stations of the Cross

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Why might The Rosary help Catholics?

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Helps Catholics reflect upon the main events in Jesus’ life and it also provides a structure for quiet prayer time so they can solely focus on God

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Why might The Stations of the Cross help Catholics?

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It gives Catholics a chance to understand the suffering Jesus went through and the gift of salvation

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Why might some Christians be against Popular Piety?

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They do not always see it as helpful and may be distracting from actually worshipping God, for example Protestants do not believe in transubstantiation so Eucharistic adoration would be unhelpful

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What is a pilgrimage?

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A journey made to religiously significant place with a religious purpose

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Where may Christians go on pilgrimages to?

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Modern day ones such as Vatican City, Lourdes or the Camino de Santiago or the earliest documents of the Church suggest soon after Jesus’ death people began visiting places such as Bethlehem or Jerusalem

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What may be the purposes of a pilgrimage?

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To walk in the footsteps of Jesus or other religious figures, renewal of faith, ask for forgiveness, act of devotion,

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What are some opposing views to pilgrimages?

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Protestants believe that they can encounter God the same anywhere and that praying to saints or to Mary doesn’t help

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What are some of the positives Catholics believe they can get out of a pilgrimage?

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Going tot the places where the Gospels occurred helps them understand it more, getting away from daily lives and responsibility can help Catholics focus on God and their relationship with him

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What is Catholic Social Teaching?

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It is about how society should have Justice, Peace and Reconciliation and that Catholics should help provide this though charities should as CAFOD

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What does CAFOD do and why do Catholics support them?

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They carry out works of mercy across the world and are based of the story of the Good Samaritan helping those suffering from wars, illness, inequalities, natural disasters and more, and this benefit society making it more peaceful

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What individual acts can Catholics do?

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They can forgive others, help neighbours, give to charity, visit the sick and more

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What is Catholic Social Teaching based off?

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The story of the Good Samaritan, parables of Jesus helping others, Rich man and Lazarus, parable of the sheep and goat and Jesus saying love thy neighbour as thy self

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Why do Catholics believe they should help those in need?

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Sin is not only what they do but also what they fail to do - by not helping others they are sinning, not helping others will lead to hell, its what Jesus did

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What are Catholic Missions and Evangelism?

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Where a Catholic will be sent somewhere to bring people to Jesus and spread the word of God

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What is the Great Commision?

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Jesus’ final wrods to the disciples telling them to spread the word of him.

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What are the History of Missions?

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It started with the disciples and St. Paul and then leads to when Europeans colonised America and Africa and tried to spread the word their however this has negative connotations as is related to colonialism.

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What are the three types of missions you can have?

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Local, National and Global Missions

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What happens in Local Missions?

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Provide social facilities such as a youth group and support local Christian schools

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What happens in National Missions?

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Courses such as the Alpha course to help introduce people to the Christian faith and SVP which does community works and helps others whilst evangelising

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What happens in Global Missions?

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In Catholic Church Missions are organised by the Society for Propagation of Faith which helps convert people to Christianity. Pope Francis said that Charity is not enough and without faith they will not be full

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Why might people be against evangelical work?

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Because the world has more faiths than just Christianity and forcing it onto to others is not correct especially after it happened a lot in colonisation also may lead to fighting

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What is Catholics response to those agaisnt evangelical work?

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That evangelical work is just teaching about Christianity and forcing it onto people is a whole different thing however people ay still not want to be taught about something not related to the especially if they have their own religion

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Gcse Religious Studies Edquas (4 decks)

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