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• Evangelism


  Preaching of the gospel to others with the intention of converting others to the Christian faith. For example, by public speaking or distributing leaflets.
• Sacraments


  An outward sign of an invisible and inward blessing by God. For example, Baptism and Eucharist.
• Omnipotent


  The idea that God is all powerful, all mighty and unlimited.
• Omnibenevolent


  The idea that God is all-loving and infinitely good.
• Trinity


  The concept of God as three persons: son, Father and Holy Spirit
• Incarnation


  The idea that God became 'flesh' or human in the form of Jesus
• Atonement


  The belief that Jesus' death on the cross healed the 'rift' between humanity and God
• Resurrection


  The belief that Jesus rose from the dead on Easter Sunday, conquering death.
• • God created everything in Heaven and on Earth in six days.
• on the seventh day god rested
• Christians are taught to look after the world
• Christians should be stewards
• and god said "let there be light"
• Some Christians interpret the creation stories in Genesis literally,
• Metaphorical - Some Christians believe that the stories are metaphors or symbolic descriptions.
• gospel of luke 22-24 contains accounts of what happened in holy week
• 3 days after jesus' death he rose from the dead
• god taking form of man is the incarnation
• most Christians think jesus was the long awaited saviour/messiah
• in matthew 3:13 - 17 three parts of the trinity came together in the act of jesus' baptism
• chritianity is a monothistic religion, meaning it believes in one God
• god is transcendent
• humans were created last in the 'image of god'
• some christians believe the creatoin story was an actual account of what hapened -known as creationism
• the trinity is set out in the Nicene creed
• all human beings are born imperfect and sinful
• salvation means being granted eternal life with god
• eschatology- the belief in life after death
• hell is where unrepentant sinners go
• purgatory is a place where souls are purfifed
• non religious view - if god does exist why is there suffering
• natural evil- earthquakes
• moral evil- come from the deliberate actions of human beings
• story of job- teaches Christians how bad things can happen to good people but if they trust in god they will be rewarded.
• Christians think a large amount of suffering is causes by humans who do evil things
• worship- to show respect and devotion to god.
• liturgical- formal ,public worship
• non-liturgical worship does not have a prescribed form
• prayers of adoration- adoring/praising all that god has done
• confessional prayers- praying on what it is meant to be a Christian