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The Great commission

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Jesus’ final commandment where he told his disciples “go and make disciples of all nations

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Glossolalia

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A language used in prayer - unintelligible to humans - believed to be a sign of the Holy Spirit

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Confessional prayer

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Praying for Gods forgiveness

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Adoration

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Praising/ worshipping God

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Ecumenical worship

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Practicing a worship that is universal to all Christians

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Proselytise

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To spread your faith and try to convert others

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Pulpit

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The stand where people do bible readings

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Last supper

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Last supper Jesus shared with his disciples - his last meal - Judas goes to betray him afterwards

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Inerrant

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Always true, can’t be wrong

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Salvation

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To be saved from death by being given life after death

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Maundy Thursday

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The day of the last supper - day before Jesus died

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Holy Week

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Last week of Jesus life before his death and resurrection

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Advent wreath

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A wreath with 5 candles that is used to count down advent

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Lent

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40 days leading up to Easter where people give up something to prepare for Easter

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Altar

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Table where holy communion is prepared

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Believer’s baptism

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Practice of anointing an adult with holy water

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Infant baptism

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Practice of removing original sin from a baby by anointing it with water

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Agape

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Unconditional love for everyone regardless of their situation

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The crucifixion

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Jesus’ death

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The original sin

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The sin we were born with because of humanity’s bad dead’s - Adam and Eve

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Persecution

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I’ll treatment or punishment of a person

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Supplication

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Praying for Gods help

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Public worship

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When a person honours God collectively with others

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Sacrament

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A ritual through which a person receives Gods blessing

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Ash Wednesday
First day of lent
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Eater Triduum
The 3 days of Easter Good Friday , holy Saturday , Easter Sunday
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Good Friday
The day Jesus died (called Good Friday cos it closes gap between God and humans)
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Paschal candle
A candle lit at midnight on Easter Sunday at paschal vigil
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Creation ex Nihilo
The idea that God created everything out of nothing
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Ecumenical movement
Belief that Christianity should unite as one religion
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Eternal
Forever without beginning or end
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Judge
God as the being who judges us before the afterlife
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Personal
God with human like characteristics
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Impersonal
God with no human traits
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Perfect Good
Always good
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Transcendent
God existing outside of the universe
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Immanent
The idea that God is present in life
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Omnibenevolent
All loving
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Omnipresent
Everywhere all at once
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Omniscient
All knowing
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Omnipotent
All powerful
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Monotheism
Belief in only 1 God
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Non - liturgical worship
Worship that focuses on bible readings and can be adapted to fit a theme quite free/open
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Liturgical worship
Worship that follows a set pattern or structure
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Informal worship
Worship that doesn’t have a set structure (Quakers)
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Private worship
When a person honours god by themselves
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Easter Sunday
The Sunday after Jesus’ death where he rose from the dead
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Palm Sunday
The day Jesus came into Jerusalem
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Incarnation
Jesus as God in human form
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Conversion
Converting to a new faith
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Spiritual presence
The belief that Jesus is spirituality present but not physically there
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Real presence
Belief that Jesus is physically present at holy communion
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Transubstantiation
Belief that the bread and wine become Jesus and he has a physical presence when it is eaten
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Eucharist/ holy communion
Sacrament where Christians share bread and wine
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Prayer
Communicating with God
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Worship
Acts of religious prayers
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The fall
Story of Adam and Eve
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Soul making theodicy
Irenaeus theodicy - argument that evil and suffering make us better people
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Theodicy
An argument that God can be good despite the problem of evil
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Moral evil
Evil caused by humans
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Inconsistent triad J.L Mackie
God is omnipotent - God is omnibenevolent - there is evil in the world
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Problem of evil
Idea that God can’t exist if there is so much evil
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Trinity
Father, son , holy spirit
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Ascension
When Jesus went upto heaven (40 days after his resurrection)
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Resurrection
Jesus coming back from the dead
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Evangelism
The act of spreading Christianity to other people
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Penance
To repent for sins and make up for wrongs
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Salvation by merit
Belief you can earn salvation by doing good things
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Salvation by grace
Belief that we can be saved from death through Gods love
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Parable of sheep and Goat
The teaching that God will separate the good people from the bad/evil people
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Hell
A place of eternal suffering/punishment (for your sins, you are unrepentant)
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Heaven
The place where good righteous people go when they die
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Purgatory
The place where people go to be cleansed before entering heaven
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Judgement
When God decides who will go to heaven and who will go to hell
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Logos
The word of God
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Fundamentalist
people who take the stories of the bible to be literally true
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Creationism
Belief that the Bibles creation story is true
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Christmas
Holiday celebrating Jesus’ birth
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Incarnation
Something made into a human God incarnate
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Advent
The days leading up to Christmas
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Stations of the cross
Pictures of the last hours of Jesus’ life around a church
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Street pastor
Christian volunteer who goes out on the streets at night to help people and encourage non - violence
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Repentance
To feel genuinely sorry for your actions and ask for forgiveness
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Atonement
Doing things to make up for your sins

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