Vocabulary 1 Flashcards
(13 cards)
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Ascension
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- the return of Christ to heaven
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Atheist
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- someone who does not believe that God exists
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Christ’s passion
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- the betrayal, arrest, trials and crucifixion of Jesus
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Creationism
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- the belief that the world was created in a literal six days and that Genesis is a scientific/ historical account of the beginning of the world
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Creeds
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- statements of Christian beliefs
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Holy Communion
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- the Christian service of thanksgiving using bread and wine (AKA Eucharist)
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Incarnation
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- the belief that God took human form in Jesus
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Jesus Christ
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- the Son of God, who came into the world as a human being
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Maundy Thursday
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- the day before Jesus was crucified (Good Friday)
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Resurrection
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- the belief that, after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world, when it is raised
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Trinity
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- God as one being, in three persons. Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
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Unity
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- God’s way of being one
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Virgin birth
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- the belief that Jesus was not conceived through sex