Beliefs and Teachings

• 1.1 The trinity

  Father - created everything

  Son - showed what god is like and saved us from sin.

  Holy sprit - presence of God in people’s lives

  Shown the trinity at the Baptism of Jesus

  Beliefs in one God is called monotheism

  Christians believe there is only 1 god.
• 1.1 The Trinity

  God The father

  • creator
  • caring
  • lords prayer (protection
  • Turn to him when in need

  Trinity reflected in worship

  • sign of the cross - ‘In the name of the father…’
  • Eucharist prayer ( holy communion) - receiving the bread and wine
  • At baptism
• 1.2 Biblical understanding of the Trinity

  The Baptism of Jesus:

  • John baptised people in the river Jordan
  • Heavens opened up
  • Holy Spirit (a dove) arrived
  • God said 'This is my son, the beloved, with whom I am well pleased'
• Historical development of the trinity

  The First Council of Nicea:

  • Bishops met, statement of Catholic beliefs produced
  • Wrote the Nicene Creed
  • Homoiousios - God was higher than the son (Arius disagreed with this, Athanasius believed this)
  • Homoousios - God and Jesus were the same
• The Council of Constantinople:

  • Agreed that the Holy Spirit was also Homoousios
  • Nicene Creed: statement of Catholic beliefs
  • SOWA - 'I believe in one God'
• 1.3 Creation

  Genesis 1: 7 days of Creation

  'In the begining God...

  Genesis 2: Creation of Adam and Eve

  Genesis 3: The first sin (original sin)

  Interpretation of creation

  • Literal - exact re-telling of what happened
  • Metaphorical - not true, teaching a lesson on what nappened.

  Characteristics of God

  • Creator

  • Benevolent ( all loving )

  • eternal
  • Omnipotent (all PowerFull)
• 1.4 creation and Humanity

  Imago Del: Humans were made in the image of God.

  5 ways we bear the image of God.

  • Human beings are rational
  • free will and conscience
  • relate to God
  • Give and recieve love
  • answerable to God.

  Dominion: authority to rule - (because humans were made last)

  Stewardship: humans should take care of Creation
• 1.5 The Incarnation

  'en-flesment: God the son taking numan form in Jesus christ.

  Jesus was fully man and Faly bod

  Incarnation in the bible.

  • babtism of God
  • Angel Gabriel visited Mary when she was Pregnant with Jesus.

  why important ?

  • God cared for the word so much mne he sent his only son to teach them now to live.
  • Jesus tells humans what God is like.
  • help humans get to heaven.
• 1.6 The Paschal Mystery

  • Life
  • Death
  • Resurrection
  • Ascension of Jesus
  • Salvation: the forgiveness of sins through Jesus sacrafice'Go therefore and make disciples of all nations?
• Some Protestants believe that the soul and body remain in the grave until the last Day when the Dead will be raised and the living and the Dead will be given resurrection bodies
• Some non-Catholic Christians do not believe in hell or purgatory because they are not mentioned in the Bible
• Heaven is described as a place where people have eternal life with God in complete peace and tranquillity, a place of love and perfection where everything that is not love passes away
• Hell is described as a place of isolation and separation from God, not as a punishment from God but something that people make for themselves by depriving themselves of life, love, generosity, fun, and community
• Mortal sin is a sin that completely separates the soul from God, and it must be confessed to be forgiven. If a person dies with this sin unforgiven, they will go to hell
• Sin is an action that falls short of what God wants for humans, creating a separation between the human and God
• Purgatory is a place of purification for those who die in a state of unforgiven venial sins, preparing the soul for Heaven
• Venial sins are sins that fall short of what God expects, can be forgiven by God, and purified in purgatory