Christian Beliefs

• Omniscience


  all-knowing

  
• Omnipotence


  all-powerful

  
• Natural evil


  suffering caused by natural events, such as earthquakes

  
• Moral evil


  suffering caused by humans, such as war

  
• Benevolence


  all-good

  
• Purgatory


  a place where the souls of the dead are cleansed and prepared for heaven

  
• Immortal soul


  a soul that lives on after the death of the body

  
• Eschatology


  an area of Christian theology which is concerned with life after death

  
• salvation


  being saved from sin and the consequences of sin; going to heaven

  
• Atonement

  the action of restoring a relationship; in Christianity, Jesus' death and resurrection restores the relationship between God and human beings

  
• sin


  anything that prevents a relationship with God, either because the person does something they shouldn't, or neglects to do something they should

  
• Resurrection

  rising from the death

  
• Crucifixion


  being nailed to a cross and left to die

  
• Ascension


  going up into heaven

  
• Incarnation


  God becomes a human being

  
• Free will


  having the freedom to choose what to do

  
• Creationism


  those who believe the world was created in a literal six days and who read Genesis as a scientific/historical account of the beginning of the world

  
• Trinity


  God as one being, in three persons

  
• Jesus Christ


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

  
• Holy Spirit


  the Spirit of God, which gives the power to understand and worship