Key Definitions

Question 1

Christianity

Answer 1

The largest world faith which follows the teachings of Jesus Christ.

Question 2

Messiah

Answer 2

Messiah is a Hebrew word meaning saviour or rescuer.*In Greek the word for saviour /rescuer is Christ -hence the name Jesus Christ

Question 3

Resurrection

Answer 3

Being brought back to life after dying

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Ascension

Answer 4

Jesus physically rising up to heaven

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Trinity

Answer 5

The belief that God is three as well as one- Father, Son and Holy Spirit

Question 6

Denomination

Answer 6

A group within Christianity

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Evangelism

Answer 7

Spreading the message of Christ in order to convert people

Question 8

Disciple

Answer 8

The main followers of Jesus who helped him spread his message

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Missionaries

Answer 9

People who spread the Christian message- often travelling to other countries to do this

Question 10

Persecution

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Discrimination against a group of people who share an aspect of their identity e.g Christians, women, black people

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Gentiles

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The name given to the non-Jewish people in the bible

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Early church

Answer 12

Christians in the first three centuries (ce) common era:this is the non-religious dating,opposed to AD , they can be used interchangeably).

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Martyred

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The word ‘martyr’ comes from the Greek meaning “witness”. It is when a person is killed for their beliefs

Question 14

Scapegoat

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A term when you deliberately blame someone else

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Bishop

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A Christian leader with authority over priests and churches in an area

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Creed

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A statement of belief which outlines the shared beliefs within a community

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Heresy

Answer 17

Beliefs that are opposed to the core beliefs of the church

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Religious Scriptures

Answer 18

Religious texts,such as the Bible

Question 19

Confessional

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A booth were Catholics ask a priest to grant them God’s forgiveness for the sins they have committed.(sometimes being absolved of your sins).

Question 20

Eucharist

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The practice of eating bread and drinking wine during the church service to remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Eucharist is derived from the Greek word Eucharistia to mean Thanksgiving.

Question 21

Penance

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Prayer or some other action to show that one is sorry for committing a sin/sins.

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Transubstantiation

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The belief that the bread and wine becomes the actual body and blood of Jesus Christ during the Eucharist.

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Excommunicated

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Officially expelling someone from participating in the sacraments of services of the Christian church.

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Indulgences

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Certificates that people bought from the Catholic Church so that they would spend less time in Purgatory when they died.

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Protestantism

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A form of Christianity that began in the 16th century as a protest against the Catholic Church.

Question 26

Reformation

Answer 26

A 16 century movement to reform the church resulting in the division of the western church in to catholicism and Protestantism it was led by Martin Luther.