Christianity Flashcards

(33 cards)

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Greek word for Messiah

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Messias

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Incarnation

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Take on human flesh

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Purgatory

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The state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven.

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Law

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Law 1st pt of the Christian Bible, contains the Jewish Scriptures

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New Testament

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The second half of the bible dedicated to Jesus life

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Karma

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When we are rewarded or punished for our actions in this life

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Creed

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a formal statement of Christian beliefs, especially the Apostles’ Creed or the Nicene Creed.

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Disciple

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A follower / apprentice of Jesus – he chose 12 men in particular

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Apostle

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One of the 12 chief disciples of Jesus

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Monotheism

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Monotheism Belief in one God

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Apostles Creed

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A creeds created by the apostles

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Nicea Creed

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Creed produced by Council of Nicea, expanding on Apostle’s Creed

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13
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Omnipotent

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All Powerful

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Omnipresent

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Always present

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15
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Omnibevolent

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All loving

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Omniscient

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Revelation

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a surprising and previously unknown fact that has been disclosed to others.

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Eternal

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Goes on forever, never dies

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Prophecy

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a prediction of what will happen in the future for told in the bible

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Annunciation

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The Angel’s message to Mary, announcing her pregnancy

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Assumption

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a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof

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Ascension

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Jesus goes up to heaven bodily 40 days after his resurrection

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Resurrection

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Jesus coming back from the dead

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Judgement

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At the end of the world people will be judged by God according to how they have lived

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Holy Spirit
the third person of the Trinity; God as spiritually active in the world.
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Sin
Turning away from God, breaking His rules, ‘missing the mark’
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Salvation
Deliverance from sin and its consequences, believed by Christians to be brought about by faith in Christ
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Beatitudes
The ‘Blessed are the..’ statements from the Sermon on the Mount
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Saint
a person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and regarded in Christian faith as being in heaven after death.
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Immaculate Conception
The teaching that Mary, the mother of Christ, was conceived without sin and her own conception was thus immaculate
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Holy Trinity
The 3 states god exists as: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
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Messiah
the promised deliverer of the Jewish nation prophesied in the Hebrew Bible.
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Venecular
The local language