Christian Beliefs- Key Terms

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Agape

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Christian love

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Anglican

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A worldwide denomination that includes the Church of England

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Ascension

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Jesus being taken up to heaven on the 40th day of Easter

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Atonement

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The action of making amends for wrong doing

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Baptism

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A ceremony to welcome a person into the Christian religion

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Crucifixion

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A capital punishment used by the Romans which nails a person to a cross to kill them

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Denomination

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The name for the different branches of the Christian church

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Fundamentalist

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Christians who take the bible literally, i.e word for word true

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Gospel

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The names of the books about life of Jesus in the bible: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

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Grace

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Unconditional love that God shows to people who do not deserve it

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Historic Truth

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Facts about historic events, usually from evidence

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Incarnation

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God in human form, God made of flesh

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Imminence

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The idea that God is in the world and knowable

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Inconsistent triad

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Concept developed by JL Mackie to show that God cannot be both all loving and all powerful due to the existence of evil

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Irenaeus

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Stated that God created the best of all possible worlds to enable humans to develop empathy and love for each other by learning from suffering

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Lord’s Prayer

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The prayer that Jesus taught his disciples to show them how to pray

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Messiah

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The anointed one who is seen as the saviour by Christians

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Miracles

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Events that have no scientific explanation for them happening: these were performed by Jesus and described in the gospels

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Mission

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An organised effort to spread the Christian message

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Moral evil

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Caused by human action e.g war

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Natural evil

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Caused by nature but directly impacts on humanity e.g earthquakes but also due to human action e.g global warming

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Nicene Creed

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A statement or belief used in Christian services

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Omnibenevolent

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The idea that God is all-loving

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Omniscient

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The idea that God is all-knowing

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Omnipotent

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The idea that God is all-powerful

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Omnipresent

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The idea that God is present everywhere

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Oneness of God

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The idea that God is ‘one’

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Orthodox

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A branch of that Christian church, largely found in Greece and Russia

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Penitence

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To feel regret for someone’s sins

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Protestant

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A branch of the Christian church that broke away from the Roman Catholic Church

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Reconciliation

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The process of making people in conflict friendly again

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Religious truth

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Knowledge gained through interpretation of religious texts, rather than taking them literally

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Resurrection

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The physical return of Jesus on the third day after he died

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Roman Catholic

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The largest Christian group, based in Rome with the pope as its leader

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Salvation

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The saving of the soul from sin

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Sanhedrin

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The ruling council of Jews in Israel

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Secular

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Relating to worldly as opposed to religious things

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St Augustine

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Stated that God created the best of all possible worlds but it was human sin (Original sin) and misuse of free will that led to The Fall and the existence of evil. (Genesis 1.)

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St Paul

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A man who taught the teachings of Jesus- originally Saul of Tarsus before his conversion

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Transcendence

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The idea that God is beyond the world and unknowable

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Trinity

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The belief of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit