Practices in Christianity

Question 1

Lourdes

Answer 1

A town in France where the Virgin Mary appeared; now a place of pilgrimage.

Question 2

Omnipotent

Answer 2

The idea that God is all-powerful.

Question 3

Incarnation

Answer 3

God in human form.

Question 4

Methodist

Answer 4

A Protestant Christian group founded by John Wesley in the eighteenth century.

Question 5

Mission

Answer 5

An organised effort to spread the Christian message.

Question 6

Nicene Creed

Answer 6

A statement of belief used in Christian services.

Question 7

Non-liturgical service

Answer 7

Informal structure found in some church services.

Question 8

Infant baptism

Answer 8

Ceremony to welcome a child into the Christian religion.

Question 9

Iona

Answer 9

An island in Scotland with a fourth-century monastery used by Christians today as a religious retreat as it is a place of tranquility and peace.

Question 10

The Lord’s Prayer

Answer 10

The prayer that Jesus taught his disciples to show them how to pray.

Question 11

Miracles

Answer 11

Events that have no scientific explanation for them happening; these were performed by Jesus and described in the Gospels.

Question 12

Mass

Answer 12

Another name for the Eucharist.

Question 13

The Holy Land

Answer 13

The land of Israel.

Question 14

Oneness of God

Answer 14

The idea that God is ‘one’.

Question 15

Holy Communion

Answer 15

Another name for the Eucharist.

Question 16

Liturgical worship

Answer 16

A church service with a set structure of worship.

Question 17

Ordination

Answer 17

The process by which someone becomes a priest.

Question 18

Orthodox

Answer 18

A branch of the Christian church.

Question 19

Messiah

Answer 19

The anointed one who is seen as the saviour by Christians.

Question 20

Penitence

Answer 20

To feel regret for someone’s sins.

Question 21

CAFOD

Answer 21

A charity: Catholic Aid for Overseas Development.

Question 22

Gospels

Answer 22

The names of the books about the life of Jesus in the Bible: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Question 23

Grace

Answer 23

Unconditional love that God shows to people who do not deserve it.

Question 24

Crucifixion

Answer 24

A capital punishment used by the Romans which nails a person to a cross to kill them.

Question 25

Church army

Answer 25

An evangelistic organisation founded within the Church of England.

Question 26

Non-liturgical

Answer 26

A form of informal worship.

Question 27

Believers' baptism

Answer 27

A ceremony to welcome a young person or adult into the Christian religion using full immersion.

Question 28

Corrymeela

Answer 28

A Christian community based in Northern Ireland promoting peace and tolerance.

Question 29

Catechism

Answer 29

A summary of Roman Catholic teaching.

Question 30

Agape

Answer 30

Christian love.

Question 31

Genocide

Answer 31

The deliberate and indiscriminate killing of a group of people, belonging to a particular ethnic group or nationality.

Question 32

Confirmation

Answer 32

An initiation ceremony carried out by a bishop bestowing the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Question 33

Baptism

Answer 33

A ceremony to welcome a person into the Christian religion.

Question 34

Atonement

Answer 34

The action of making amends for wrong-doing.

Question 35

Evangelism

Answer 35

Preaching of the faith in order to convert people to that religion.

Question 36

Eucharist

Answer 36

The Christian service/ceremony to recall the Last Supper, in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed.

Question 37

Church of England

Answer 37

The Protestant Church set up by Henry VIII to be the church of the state of England, rejecting Papal authority.

Question 38

Anglican

Answer 38

A worldwide denomination the includes the Church of England.

Question 39

Fundamentalist

Answer 39

Christians who take the Bible literally, i.e. word for word true.

Question 40

Ascension

Answer 40

Jesus being taken up to heaven on the 40th day after Easter.

Question 41

Apostles Creed

Answer 41

A statement of Christian belief from the Early Church.

Question 42

Food banks

Answer 42

Charity groups collecting donated food to distribute to the poor in Britain.

Question 43

Ecumenical

Answer 43

Relating to the worldwide Christian church.

Question 44

Denomination

Answer 44

The name for the different branches of the Christian church.

Question 45

Christian Aid

Answer 45

A charity working in the developing world, providing emergency and long-term aid.

Question 46

Protestant

Answer 46

A branch of the Christian church that broke away from the Roman Catholic church.

Question 47

Quakers

Answer 47

The Society of Friends Christian group.

Question 48

Reconciliation

Answer 48

The process of making people in conflict friendly again.

Question 49

The resurrection

Answer 49

The physical return of Jesus on the third day after he died.

Question 50

Roman Catholics

Answer 50

The largest Christian group, based in Rome with the Pope as its leader.

Question 51

Rosemary

Answer 51

A set of beads used to count prayers especially in the Roman Catholic church.

Question 52

Sacrament

Answer 52

The outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.

Question 53

Salvation

Answer 53

The saving of the soul from sin.

Question 54

Secular

Answer 54

Relating to worldly as opposed to religious things.

Question 55

Street pastors.

Answer 55

A Christian organisation of people working on the city streets at night caring for people who need help or are involved in anti-social behaviour.

Question 56

St Paul

Answer 56

A man who taught the teachings of Jesus - originally Saul of Tarsus before his conversion.

Question 57

Trinity

Answer 57

The belief in God the father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

Question 58

Sanhedrin

Answer 58

The ruling council of Jews in Israel.

Question 59

Tear Fund

Answer 59

A Christian charity working to relieve poverty in developing countries.

Question 60

Transubstantiation

Answer 60

A change in the bread and wine to become the actual body and blood of Christ.