Christianity beliefs and teachings

• Agape


  Christian love, unconditional
• Apostles Creed


  A short statement of Christian belief that sets forth the foundations of the central doctrines of the Incarnation and the Trinity; traditionally thought to have been composed by the Apostles.
• Ascension


  The "going up" into Heaven of the Risen Christ forty days after his Resurrection.
• Atonement


  Amends, reparation, or expiation made from wrong or injury.
• Crucifixion


  A type of execution in which a person was nailed to a cross, how Jesus died
• Denomination


  The name for the different branches of the Christian church.
• Fundamentalist


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


  God's gift of friendship and life that enables us to share his life and love
• Gospel


  Names of the books about the life of Jesus in the Bible: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
• Incarnation


  God in human form; Jesus
• Lord's Prayer


  Prayer Jesus taught his disciples to show them how to pray
• Messiah


  Anointed one, the saviour
• Miracles


  Marvelous and unexpected events that manifest the presence and power of God, they have no scientific explanation
• Nicene Creed


  Statement of belief used in Christian services
• Omnipotent


  Belief that God is all-powerful
• Oneness of God


  The idea that God is 'One
• Penitence


  To feel regret for one's sins
• Reconciliation


  The act of agreement after a quarrel, the resolution of a dispute
• Resurrection


  Jesus's rise from the dead
• Salvation


  The saving of the soul from sin
• Trinity


  God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit
• Omnibenevolent


  Belief that God being all-loving
• Omniscient


  Belief that God is all-knowing
• Omnipresent


  Belief that God is everywhere
• Imminant


  God in the world e.g. Jesus or Holy Spirit
• Transcendent


  God outside the world e.g. God the Father in heaven
• Inconsistent triad


  The problem of an omnipotent, omnibenevolent God allowing evil to exist
• Theodicy


  Theory to solve the inconsistent triad
• Moral evil/suffering


  Evil/suffering created by humans e.g. theft, rape, murder
• Natural evil/suffering


  Evil/suffering created by nature e.g. earthquake, volcano, tsunami