Practices Flashcards
(43 cards)
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What is liturgical worship?
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Services that follow a set pattern written out by the church
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What is non-liturgical worship?
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Form of Christian worship that is less formal and structured
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What happens in litrugical worship?
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- Priest leads congregation in formal prayers
- Passages from bible read out with sermon based on these
- E.g. celebration of Eucharist
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What happens in non-liturgical worship?
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- No set order or ritual
- Service may change order to suit themes
- Basic structure might remain the same - changed order, number of hymns, types of prayer
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Advantages and disadvantages of liturgical worship?
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- Familiar structure helps people feel connected to tradition
- Set rituals create unity in the congregation
- Can feel repetitive or impersonal for some
- Less room for personal expression or spontaneity
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What happens in informal worship?
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- People share spontaneous prayers or thoughts
- Quakers sit in silence - free to pray or speak out loud
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Advantages and disadvantages of non-liturgical worship?
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- More freedom - some people dont like structure
- More flexibility to needs of congregation
- Less emphasis on tradition may reduce connection
- Unsuitable for level of respect that religious services require
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Advantages and disadvantages of private worship?
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- Private worship helps them keep God in mind throughout every day lives
- Better personal connection with God
- No guidance or shared community
- Lacks the authority and shared experience of church worship
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What is a sacrament?
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- A ceremony by which Christains believe they receive Gods grace
- They are seen as visible signs of invisible blessings, signifying God’s love and support
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What is baptism?
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- Seen as a sacrament because Jesus was baptised
- He told his disciples to go out and baptise people
- Holy water poured three times over forehead (trinity)
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What is believers baptism?
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- Initiation into the church by immersion of water - people old enough to understand the ceremony
- Willing to live a Christian life
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What is infant baptism?
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- Baby has holy water sprinkled over their face three times to represent washing away of sin
- Decision is made by parents or guardians
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Significance of prayer?
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- Helps Christians build up a discipline which gives them strength to cope in times of trouble
- Helps Christians find peace and a sense of communion with God in their everyday lives as followers of Jesus
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Importance of Lords prayer?
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- Reminds Christians that they must forgive in order to be forgiven
- Brings sense of unity and spiritual purpose in society at important times e.g. commemoration services
- Based on words Jesus used when he told his disciples how to pray
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What is informal prayer?
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- Individual talks to God with own words
- Extempore prayers
- More personal - show individual connection to God
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What is transubstination?
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Change of the substance of bread into the body of Christ and of the whole sub stance of wine into the substance of his blood
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What is the holy communion?
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- Where Christians remember the the last supper with bread and wine
- Many denominations see it as a sacrament
- It is seen as “the source and summit of the Christian life” - Catechism of the Christian church 1324
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What is Eucharist?
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From a greek word meaning “thanksgiving” - a service in which the sacrificial death and resurrection of jesus are celebreated using bread and wine
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Why is the Holy Communion important for Buddhists?
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- Through it they believe they recieve Gods grace by joining in the great sacrifice of Jesus
- Joins people in their faith and gives them the strength to live Christian lives and face any problems they may encounter
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What were Jesus last words during last supper?
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- Broke bread and said “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me”
- “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me”
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What happens during holy communion of nonconformists?
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- Open table where people receive bread and wine
- Or people break off a piece as it is passed around the seated congregation
- Sometimes non-alcoholic
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What happens during holy communion of catholic church?
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- Bread and wine brought to altar
- Priest and congregation give sign of peace to each other
- Members of congregation come forward and receive communion
- Preist blesses people
- Parts of service are latin
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What happens during holy communion of orthodox church?
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- Preist comes through royals doors and selects one loaf to be blessed
- Bread divided into 4 parts - 3 parts consecrated as the body and blood of christ - 4th not blessed and broken into small pieces
- Priest gives the bread and wine on spoon to the people who come forward for communion
- They get pieces of unconsecrated bread to take home as a sign of being in the christian community
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What is a pilgrimage?
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A journey made for religious reasons
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Iona?
1. Island in Scotland
2. Thin place - evil between spiritual world and physical world is thin - closer to god
3. More likely to feel gods presence there
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Why might people go on a pilgrimage?
1. grow closer to god - strengthen their faith
2. meet others who share their faith
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Lourdes?
1. people bathe in the water - 70 miracles - 6000 cures
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What is Christmas
1. Birth of Jesus
2. Comes after period called advent - time for player and reflection
3. Advent calenders to count off the days until christmas
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What does easter celebrate?
Jesus' resurrection - most important festival for Christians
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Why is easter so important for Christians?
1. Shows Jesus' victory over death
2. Reminds people that God loves them so much that he was willing to suffer death on the cross - gives them hope of eternal life
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What is lent?
1. 40 days before easter
2. Ash wednesday (first day of lent) - ash put on believers foreheads to show they are sorry for their sins
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What is palm sunday?
1. Sunday before Easter - remember Jesus triumphant entry into Jerusalem
2. Marks beginning of holy week - jesus final week before crucifixion
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What is maundy thursday?
Christians commemorate last supper held on the night before Jesus died
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What is good friday?
1. Recalls Jesus's crucifixion - special services are held
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How is easter celebrated?
1. Special services on sunday mornings in churches
2. Paschal candle lit - jesus is light of the world
3. Eggs symobl of new life
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What is trussell trust?
1. Christian organisation
2. Compassion of christian faith
3. Give people food that are in need
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What are street pastors?
1. Christian adult volunteers patrol streets in urban areas
2. Usually from 10pm to 4am
3. Wear a blue uniform
4. Take care of drunk and vulnerable people e.g. putting people in a taxi/handing out water/calling 999
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What is mission?
Calling of a religious organisation to go out into the world and spread their faith
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What is the great commission?
Jesus' instruction to hish followers that they should spread his teachings to all the nations of the world
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Missionary?
Person sent on a religious mission especially to promote christianity
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What is evangelism?
Spreading the christian gospel by public preaching
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What was the alpha course?
1. Started in 1977 by Reverend Charles Marnham
2. Aim to help church members understand basics of christian faith - turned into an introduction
3. Is an evangelistic course
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What is christian aid?
1. Official relief and development agency for 41 church denominations in Britain and ireland
2. Provide emergency food, aid, shelter, water, sanitation and poverty reduction programmes
3. "We believe in life before death" - work to help the worlds poorest
