1.1 Beliefs & Teachings

• What are the two types of sin?


  Original sin from Adam & Eve

  Personal sin from everyday actions
• Grace

  the undeserved mercy that God shows humans
• Importance of salvation & grace

  1. sin separates a person from God meaning they can't have a relationship with him
  2. without salvation, a persons sins prevents them from entering heaven
  3. salvation was Jesus' purpose on earth
• Three ways Catholics receive grace:


  -living a good Catholic life

  -receiving scaraments of Baptism & Confirmation

  -receiving the Eucharist in mass
• Johns Gospel: For God so loved the world, he gave his only son
• Belief in the church as the body of Christ is important:

  1. Members of the Church carry out many different tasks which all help to achieve the common aim of continuing Jesus' work on Earth. This means Jesus remains on Earth today, through the Body of Christ
  2. The Church as the body of Christ unites Catholics on a local and global scale. Helps them to understand different practices, teachings and beliefs and to create the best solution to challenges
• The Church is not one body of Christ because Christians disagree about certain practices and beliefs.

  • For example, Protestants & Orthodox dont believe in the authority of the Pope
  • Protestants believe in the authority of bishops together
  • Orthodox use bible as sole source of authority
  • Catholics accept Pope as head of Church
  • Orthodox & Catholics believe Jesus is present in communion
  • Protestant believe Jesus is not present in communion, its just symbolic
  • Protestant believe salvation comes from belief in Christ
  • Catholic & Orthodox believe in sacramental grace
• Mary is a model of discipleship because she is called the "first disciple" due to her complete faith in Jesus since his conception

  Mary is a model of faith & charity because she showed love to Jesus throughout his whole life. She withstood Jesus' crucifixion for the rest of the worlds salvation