beliefs + teachings

• Christianity - monotheism

  “You shall have no other God’s before me”
• [CHRISTIANITY] God's omnipotence

  “Nothing will be impossible with God”
• [C] God's omnibenevolence

  “For God so loved the world he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall…have eternal life”
• [C] God's immanence

  “One God…who is above all, and through all, and in you all”
• [c] Holy trinity

  "We believe in…the Father…We believe in…Jesus Christ, the only Son of God … We believe in the Holy Spirit"
• [c] sanctity of life

  “In the image of God, he created them, male and female”
• [c] stewardship

  “God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and take care of it”
• [c] heaven + hell

  "They will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life”
• [c] live according to jesus' teachings to reach heaven

  "I am the…truth…No one comes to the Father except through me”
• [c] incarnation

  "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us”
• [c] crucifixion

  "The lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world"
• [c] salvation by grace

  "It is by grace you have been saved"
• [c] salvation through works

  "Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead”
• [ISLAM] God is one/ rejection of trinity (2)

  "He is God the one...no one is comparable to him"

  "Those who say God is the third of three are defying [the truth]"
• [i] God's omnipotence

  "He says only, 'Be' and it is"
• [i] God's immanence

  "[he is nearer to humans than their] jugular vein"
• [i] God's omnibenevolence + mercy

  "will love you and forgive your sins"
• [i] prophets are role models/ equal with the same message (2)

  "rightly guided"

  "we make no distinction between any of them"
• [i] sanctity of life/dualism

  "he breathed from his spirit into [Adam]"
• [i] ibrahim's assertion of monotheism/ strong faith (2)

  "serve [God] and give him thanks: you will all be returned to him"

  "anyone who honours the sacred ordinances of God will have good rewards"
• [i] imamate

  "you who believe, obey God and his messengers and those in authority among you"
• [i] description of angels (2)

  "they glorify him tirelessly night and day"

  "they act by his command"
• [i] predestination/reaching heaven/Gods adalat

  "whoever does good deeds does it for himself...your Lord is never unjust to his creatures"