Key Terms

• trinity

  God as one being, in three persons
• begotten

  born of
• creationism

  the belief the world was created in a literal six days
• epistemic distance

  the gap between God and humans
• stewardship

  looking after something so it can be passed on to the next generation
• dominion

  having power/to be in charge
• incarnation

  in the flesh - God becoming human
• resurrection

  rising from the dead
• ascension

  going up to heaven
• atonement

  restoring the relationship between God and humans
• repentance

  to say sorry for and turn away from wrongdoing
• salvation

  being saved from sin and the consequences of sin
• eschatology

  a study of life after death
• purgatory

  a place where the souls of the dead are cleansed (Catholicism only)
• omnibenevolence

  all loving (often used to describe God)
• omnipotence

  all poweful
• omniscience

  all knowing
• intercession

  prayers for people who are suffering
• vale of soul making

  an environment in which humans can make good choices to overcome evil
• trinity

  model of mutual love and perfect unity and helps them understand more about relationships and feel connected with God

  
  

  God as one being (monotheism) in three persons
• holy spirit

  the spirit of God who gives the power to understand and worship
• jesus christ

  the Son of God who came into the world as a human being
• monotheism

  belief that there is only one god