Beginning Of Year/ Trinity Flashcards
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Polytheism
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The belief in many gods
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Monotheism
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The belief in one god who is the creator of everything
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Who came up with the 5 proofs of god
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St Thomas aquinas
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3 proofs of god’s existence
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- Something can’t come from nothing
- Something lower has to come from something higher
- Things go from order to chaos
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Old Testament
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- bc
- first book: genesis-creation story
- prophets
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New Testament
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- ad
- gospels- Jesus birth, life, death, resurrection
- acts of the apostles
- letters/epistles
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Why did god create us?
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To know him, love him, and serve him in this world so that we could be happy with him in the next
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Why did we need a savior?
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- Because Adam and Eve sinned
- To repair the gap between god and man
- Perfect sacrifice
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Incarnation
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God the son became man as Jesus Christ
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Three names for bible
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- scripture
- sacred scripture
- word of god
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Holy Spirit
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- inspired authors of the bible
- third person of blessed trinity
- active in the Old Testament
- guides the church today
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Trinity
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Three persons in one god; the father son and Holy Spirit
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3 characteristics of god
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All loving
All just
All merciful
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God the son
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- 2nd person of the blessed trinity
- one with the father
- savior
- incarnation
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God the father
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- Creator of everything
- 1st person of the blessed trinity
- 1 with the son
- sent his only son into the world
- chose the Jewish people to be his chosen people
