Christian practices

• Key Vocabulary


  • Believer's Baptism
  • Community of the Cross of Nails
  • Corrymeela
  • Evangelism
  • Extempore prayer
  • Great Commission
  • Hail Mary
  • Holy Communion, Mass and Eucharist
  • Incarnate
  • Infant Baptism
  • Liturgical Worship
  • Missionary
  • Non-Liturgical Worship
  • Persecution
  • Reconciliation
  • Resurrection
  • Rosary beads
  • Sacrament
  • Street Pastors
  • Transubstantiation
• Believer's Baptism


  A ceremony that marks someone becoming a member of the church, when they are old enough to choose for themselves
• Community of the Cross of Nails

  An organisation based at Coventry Cathedral that works towards peace and reconciliation around the world
• Corrymeela


  A community based in Northern Ireland that works to bring reconciliation between groups based on political/religious divides in the country
• Evangelism


  Spreading the good news of Jesus' message to others
• Extempore prayer


  A prayer that is made up by the individual using their own words i.e. informal prayer
• Great Commission


  Jesus' command that his followers go out and spread the Christian message
• Hail Mary


  A prayer that is said by R.C.'s, usually whilst using the rosary beads
• Holy Communion, Mass and Eucharist


  These are all names for the service when bread and wine is shared and it represents Jesus' body and blood
• Incarnate


  God becoming flesh in the body of Jesus
• Infant Baptism


  Entry into the church and removal of original sin of an infant (baby/child)
• Liturgical Worship


  Acts of worship that follow a set pattern and are led by a priest

  
• Missionary


  Someone who goes on a 'mission' to spread their faith
• Non-Liturgical Worship


  Acts of worship that have no set pattern
• Persecution


  It is the continued unfair treatment of a person/group usually due to race, religion or political belief
• Reconciliation

  Bringing harmony between two sides where conflict once existed
• Resurrection


  The physical return of Jesus after his death on the 3rd day (Easter Sunday)
• Rosary beads


  A set of beads used as an aid to worship in Christianity
• Sacrament


  R.C.'s have 7 sacraments. These are times when God's grace (love) creates a spiritual change in a believer i.e. Baptism/Marriage
• Street Pastors


  Christian volunteers who help to keep people safe in the city centres on weekend nights
• Transubstantiation


  A R.C. belief that the bread and wine becomes the actual body and blood of Christ during Holy Communion
• Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done: 'Lord's Prayer'
• Holy Mary mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death Amen: 'Hail Mary Prayer'
• The word became flesh and dwelt among us: 'John 1:14-NT'
• Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John: 'Matthew 3:13-NT'
• No one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit: 'John 3:5-NT'
• Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take it; this is my body.": 'Matthew 26:26-NT'
• This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me: 'Luke 22:19-NT'
• This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many: 'Matthew 26:28-NT'
• For God did not come into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him: 'John 3:16-17-NT'
• For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes: '1 Corinthians 11:25-NT'
• And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body: 'Ephesians 1:22-23-NT'
• You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with your soul, and with all your mind and You shall love your neighbour as yourself: 'Luke 10:27-NT'
• Let's not love with words or thoughts but with actions: '1 John 3:18-NT'
• For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink...: 'Matthew 25:35-36-NT'
• Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you: 'Matthew 28:19-20-NT'
• If one member suffers, all suffer together with it: '1 Corinthians 12:26-NT'
• Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me: 'Matthew 25:40-NT'
• Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted: '2 Timothy 3:12-NT'
• God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation...: '2 Corinthians 5:18-NT'