Chapter 5: Creation Flashcards
Creator
God as the maker/constructor
Creation
The creation of our universe by God
Genesis 1
God created earth in 7 days
Genesis 2
God created humas and had adam name the animals
Omnipotent
Almighty, having unlimited power
Omniscient
All knowing
Omnibenevolant
All loving
Adam and eve
The first humans created by god but also betrayed him by eating the apple
Creation of adam
Gen 1 he was made from dust, gen 2 he was made and had life breathed into him
Free will
The idea that god gave us free will to do whatever we want
Sanctity of life
That all life is precious
Old testament
History books, wisdom books, law, prophets
New testament
Gospels, acts of the apostles, epistles revelations
History books
Stories of how Jesus guided his people and how some didn’t listen , they were there to make later generations no do the same
Wisdom books
Prayers, phsalms books of advice, poems, show how doing as god says is right
Law books
The first five books which show how the jews became people of god
Prophetic books
Containing the words of inspired figures who were sent by god to teach people about god
Acts of the apostles
A continuation of luke which tells us the events of the early church
Gospels
Matthew mark luke john, to record the teachings of jesus
Epistles
Which show christians how to live by jesus teaching and what it means to follow jesus- they are letters
Inspiration
authors and editors of the Bible were led or influenced by God with the result that their writings may be designated in some sense the word of God.
Book of revelations
An apocalyptic prophecy written by john, some believ it to be the end of the world
Magisterium
The magesterium makes the word of god relevant to the modern world
Fundamentalist
They believe that every word in the bible is accurate