Key Terms - Christian Beliefs

• What is a Catholic?

  A follower of the Catholic Church.
• What is Orthodox?

  A branch of Christianity.
• What is a Protestant?

  A follower of Protestantism.
• What is a denomination?

  A religious subgroup or branch.
• What is a God?

  A supreme being with overall power.
• What does monotheistic mean?

  The belief in one god.
• What does holy mean?

  Blessed by God.
• What does omnipotent mean?

  All-powerful.
• What does omniscient mean?

  All-knowing.
• What does omnibenevolent mean?

  All-loving.
• What does omnipresent mean?

  Present everywhere.
• What is justice?

  Achieving what is fair.
• What does trinity mean?

  Three-in-one.
• What is the Holy Spirit?

  The Spirit of God.
• What is the Son of God?

  God in human form (Jesus).
• What does creation mean?

  The act of bringing something into existence.
• What is the Word of God?

  His messages.
• What is incarnation?


  The embodiment of a deity or spirit in human form.
• What is resurrection?

  The act of rising from the dead.
• What is blasphemy?

  Believing in/worshipping false idols.
• What is crucifixion?

  A form of execution where a person is nailed or tied to a cross and left to die.
• What is ascension?

  The act of rising or moving upward.
• What is heaven?

  A spiritual realm or afterlife believed to be a place of eternal happiness and peace.
• What is the afterlife?

  What occurs after death.
• What is the Day of Judgement?

  The Day of Judgement is the day when God will judge all people and determine their eternal fate.
• What is hell?

  A place of punishment or suffering after death.
• What is purgatory?

  A temporary state of purification for souls before entering heaven, only found in the Catholic denomination of Christianity.
• Who is Satan?

  The Devil.
• What is atonement?

  The reconciliation between God and humanity after Jesus‘ sacrifice.
• What is sin?

  An act that goes against moral or religious principles.
• What is the Problem of Evil?

  The philosophical question of how to reconcile the existence of evil with the existence of an all-powerful and benevolent God.
• What is Original Sin?

  Inherited sin from Adam and Eve.
• What is salvation?

  Redemption or deliverance from sin and its consequences, believed by Christians to be brought about by faith in Jesus Christ.
• What is grace?

  A gift from God which keeps sins away.
• What is forgiveness?

  Letting go of resentment.