AQA RE Christianity beliefs and practices

• Christianity is the main religion in Great Britain
• Main traditions of Christianity

  • Catholic
  • Protestant
  • Orthodox
• Monotheistic


  Belief in one Supreme Being, God
• Catholic Christianity


  • Based in Rome and led by the Pope
• Orthodox Christianity

  • Split from Catholic Christianity in 1054 CE and practised in Eastern Europe
• Protestant Christianity

  • Split from Catholic Christianity in the 16th century and branched out into different denominations
• Protestants agree that the Bible is the only authority for Christians
• What Christians believe about God

  • There is only one God
  • God is the creator and sustainer of all that exists
  • God works throughout history and inspires people to do God's will
  • People can have a relationship with God through prayer
  • God is spirit, neither male nor female, but has qualities of both
  • God is holy, set apart for a special purpose and worthy of worship
  • Jesus is God's son, the true representation of God on earth
• Christians believe that there is only one God
• Christianity is a major influence on people's lives
• What does omnipotent mean

  God having unlimited power
• What does benevolent mean?

  All loving. God uses his power to do goood. He shows love by creating human and caring for them he showed us love by sending his son jesus to die for us
• What does just mean?

  God is just jugde of human kind he will never support ill treatment injustice
• Name the three trinity

  God the father, son holy spirit
• God the father

  The creator of all life he is all powerful (omnipotent)all loving (omnibenevolvent) all knowing (omniscient)and present everywhere( omnipresent )
• God the son

  Jesus was both fully human on earth and fully god
• God the holy spirit

  Is the unseen power of God work in the world.
• What do christians believe about the creation in gensesis?

  Not scientufically accurate some belive god cretaed the world in 6days
• What do Christians believe about God?

  That he created everything out of choice and everything good also that he continues to create new life and that the holy spirit was active in the creation
• Christians belive that the son of god was involved in the creation
• Mary was found to br pregnant through the holy spirit
• What did the angel do and explain to Mary?

  That it was not an ordinary conception and it was not an ordinary child
• Mary convinced Jesus without having sex this is evidence that Jesus was the son of god
• How was Jesus able to do all his miracles like resurrection?

  Because he was fully God
• Why did Jesus words have great authority

  Because they are the word of god
• What did Jesus warn his disciples?

  Not to use the term messiah because he would be arrested for blasphemey
• Crucifixion

  Fixed to a cross
• Jesus forgave those who crucified him and promised one of the men crucified with him that he would join God in paradise
• Jesus' body was buried in a cave-like tomb
• Jesus

  • Although fully God, he was also fully human so suffered pain and horror
• Jesus: 'Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.'
• A Roman centurion acknowledged Jesus was innocent, and said he was the Son of God
• The Roman guards made sure Jesus was dead
• Joseph of Arimathea was permitted to bury Jesus in a cave-like tomb, rolling a large stone to block the entrance
• Jesus' burial was rushed because the Sabbath was about to begin
• Jesus' sacrifice on the cross

  Gives hope to Christians that their sins will be forgiven if they sincerely repent
• Christians believe that God understands human suffering because Jesus who is God, experienced it
• Christians accept that suffering is part of life, just as it was a part of Jesus' life
• The crucifixion is the most important belief for Christians


  It influences Christians today by giving them hope when they are suffering, and by showing that God understands their suffering
• Who was Jesus sentenced ti death by

  Panties pilate