christian beliefs

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    • what is worship?
      praising god
    • what is liturgical worship?
      a church services that follow a pattern from a book
    • what is non-liturgical worship?
      worship that doesn’t follow a set pattern or rules
    • what is private worship?
      worshipping god on your own
    • what is prayer?
      communicating with god, to thank him for something, praise him, ask for something, or confess sins
    • what is set prayers?

      prayers that have been written down e.g. the lord’s prayer
    • what is informal prayer?

      prayers made up by an individual
    • what is the lord’s prayer
      a prayer taught by jesus
    • what is sacraments?
      rituals, though which god acts
    • what is protestants? 

      a branch of christianity, for whom the bible is the only source of authority
    • what is infant baptism?
      a baby becomes a part of the church - also called a christening
    • what is believers baptism?
      a adult becomes part of the church - called an adult baptis - also called a christening
    • what is holy communion?
      the death and resurrection of jesus is remembered by eating bread and drinking wine
    • what is pilgrimage?
      a religious journey, normally to visit something special, like where a miracle happened
    • what is festival?
      a period of celebration e.g. christmas and easter
    • what is christmas?
      celebrates the birth of Jesus. It lasts 12 days ending with Epiphany (when the wisemen visit Jesus)
    • what is easter?
      celebrate Jesus’s death and reincarnation - coming back to life
    • what is church?

      Christian community or a religious building
    • what is agape?
      Love; shown through charity work
    • what is mission?
      Christian is going into the world and spreading their faith
    • what is the great commission?
      when Jesus told his followers to spread his teachings to the world
    • what is missionary?
      A person on a religious mission to spread with the world of Christian
    • what is evangelism?
      spreading the gospel message
    • what is reconciliation?
      Mending broken relationships
    • what is persecution?
      bad treatment
    • what is CAFOD?
      catholic emergency for overseas department. Help support in Africa, Asia, South America and the Middle East.
    • what is christian aid?
      Christian charity that helps the point Africa, Asia, Middle East, South America, and Caribbean. they provide emergency food aid shelter, water education and help of natural disasters. began in 1945
    • what is tearfund?
      Christian charity begun in 1968 after a big famine in nigeria. they give help after natural disasters and help poor communities out of poverty. In the UK, they hold fundraising events and raise awareness of world problems. They have freed tens of millions of people from poverty.
    • what does anglican mean?
      a world wide denomination that includes the church of england
    • what does ascension mean?

      jesus being taken up to heaven on the 40th day after easter
    • what does atonement mean?
      the action of making amends for wrong doing
    • what does crucifixion mean?
      a capital punishment used by romans which nails a person to a cross and kills them
    • what does denomination mean?
      the name of different branches of the christian church
    • what does grace mean?
      unconditional love that God shows to people who do not deserve it
    • what does incarnation mean?
      God in human form
    • what does just mean?
      fair – think “justice “. Christians believe God is just - God is fair
    • what does the Lord’s prayer mean?
      The prayer Jesus taught his disciples to show them how to pray
    • what does messiah mean?
      the anointed one who is seen as the saviour by christian’s
    • what does nicene creed mean?
      A statement of belief used in Christian services
    • what does omniscient mean?
      The idea that God is all knowing
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