RE belefs an teachings

• people who commit mortal sin go to hell
• evangelical protestants believe hell is a physical place
• hell SOWA: lazurus and the rich man
• catholics believe hell is a state of mind, not a physcial place
• pious believeres go to heaven
• heaven is eternal union with god
• hevean SOWA: "what god has preppared for those who love him"
• only catholics believe in purgatory
• purgatory is a place for people with unconfessed sins or non believers
• purgatory is not believed by evangelicals because they have a literalist view and purgatory is not mentioned in the bible
• purgatory sowa: "he himself will be raved but only through fire"
• paschal mystery is made up of passion, death, resurrection anf ascension
• passion sowa: "in remembrance of me"
• importance of passion: jesus presents himself during transubstantiation
• death sowa: "father forgive them"
• the sky durring jesus death turned black showing divine intervention
• resurrection sowa: "why do you seek the living amongst the dead"
• resurrection:

  proves jesus is the incarnation

  foundation of christain faith

  fulfills scripture
• ascension:

  ugres christains to follow in jesus footsteps

  proves jesus is god as only he can regin in hevean
• the trinity: father son holy sprit
• the trinity (father):

  he created the universe

  omnipotent

  "father almighty"
• the trinity (son):

  jesus is god incarnated

  "and the holy spirit was incarnate"
• the trinity (holy spirit):

  put god in marys womb

  "i believe in the holy spirit the giver of life"
• the trinity is consubstantial
• story of arius:

  contradicted the church

  arius was excommunicated by bishop in 321

  meeting held to solve conflict

  nicene creed produced 325

  trinity agreed to be consubstantial
• catholics believe the creation story is a theological truth, religion is faith not facts, WHY the world was created
• evangelical protestsants believe the creation story is literal, god is omniscient so his words must be perfect
• athiests believe creation story is mythical and just an old explanation
• god created the world exnhilio
• we are made in imago dei because we have intelligence, can give + receive love and have free will
• the incarnation of jesus shows gods omnibenevolence because he was willing to become human and die for our sins
• jesus is also the incarnation because he forgives and heals the paralysed man "your sins are forgiven" which only god can do