beliefs and teachings

• ' in dying he destroyed our death, in rising he restored our life'
• there is one god who exists in three persons
• the trinity is made up of the father the son and the holy spirit
• the sign of the cross reflects the trinity
• the holy spirit is present for the transubstantiation of the eucharist
• all three parts of the trinity are present for baptism
• the creed states the belief in the trinity
• the creed is a set of beliefs a person or a group has
• the doctrine is the teachings of the church
• ' I believe in one God, the maker of heaven and earth' the nicene creed
• 'I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten son of God' the nicene creed
• 'I believe in one holy spirit, the lord, the giver of life'
• omniscient is all knowing
• omnipotent is all powerful
• omnibenevolent is all loving
• evangelical christians believe in the literal story of genesis and the creation story
• catholics accept that the world has gradually evolved over billions of years and that the creation story is of 'metaphorical' or 'symbolic' importance
• science explains the 'what; , the physical process that brought the world into being
• religion explains the 'why'. God, through his power and knowledge created the world out of love
• a creationist is a person who takes the creation story in Genesis literally
• the accounts of the creation story show the trinitarian nature of God as the father son and the holy spirit
• creation reveals God as the creator, benevolent, omnipotent and eternal
• humans have been given intelligence so than in reflecting on the created world, they can find their way to the God who created them
• God gave humans free will to choose what is right or wrong
• God is a community persons (the trinity) who give and receive love to one another and if humans are made in the image of God this means that they can give and receive love too.
• 'by his reason the human person is capable of understanding the order of things established by the creator' ccc1704
• 'by free will the human person is capable of directing himself towards his true God' ccc1704-5
• 'of all visible creatures only man is able to know and love his creator' ccc356
• 'love your neighbour as yourself' Mathew 22:39
• the incarnation is when God became human in Jesus
• The incarnation shows that Jesus is fully human and fully divine but united in the one person of God
• the Incarnation is important because catholics believe the good-news that Jesus was the divine word made flesh so that humans might become divine through him and the church
• the incarnation is important because catholics can see the nature of God in Jesus life
• The incarnation is important because Jesus was conceived by the holy spirit and not sex so was born without original sin
• Blasphemer is someone who claims the attributes of God or shows contempt or a lack of reverence for God
• Blasphemy is saying something about a sacred being which is not permitted by a religion
• Jesus is divine because he healed a paralysed man and performed miracles with Godly powers
• Jesus is divine because he forgave a man of all his sins but humans can only forgive sins done to them; only God can forgive every sin
• 'heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away' Mathew 24:35 Jesus says his words will last forever just like how god is eternal so he has to be the incarnation
• Jesus says 'before Abraham was, I am' Abraham was over 2,000 years before Jesus and he claims to be there before him so he must be in existence with God