Christianity Key Terms

Question 1

Omnipotent

Answer 1

Almighty, having unlimited power; a quality

Question 2

Omniscient

Answer 2

Knowing everything; a quality of God

Question 3

Benevolent

Answer 3

All-loving, all-good; a quality of God

Question 4

Immanent

Answer 4

The idea that God is present in and involved with life of earth and in the universe; a quality of God

Question 5

Transcendent

Answer 5

The idea that God is beyond and outside life on earth and the universe; a quality of God

Question 6

Personal nature of God

Answer 6

The idea that God is an individual or person with whom people are able to have a relationship or feel close

Question 7

Impersonal nature with God

Answer 7

The idea that God has no ‘human’ characteristics, is unknowable and mysterious, more like an idea or force