Christianity Beliefs and Teachings Quotes

• Saint Paul: 'Christ died for our sins'
• Good Friday


  Jesus dying on the cross as the ultimate sacrifice, an act of atonement for the forgiveness of sin and restoring the relationship between fallen humanity and God
• John the Baptist: 'Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world'
• Salvation through Grace


  Jesus, who is sinless, gives up his life on the cross so that sin can be forgiven, even though humans don't deserve it because of their sinfulness
• Jesus: 'Nobody comes to the father except through me'
• Exclusivism


  It is only through Christ that one can know God and be saved
• God is just
• John 4: 'God is love'
• Job 37: 'The almighty is beyond our reach'
• Omnipotence


  God is the all-powerful Creator and Controller of everything
• Saint Paul: 'Death through Adam, life through Christ'
• Original sin


  Adam and Eve's disobedience brought sin and death into the world
• Saint Paul: 'All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God'
• Catholic Church practices infant baptism to wash away original sin
• Genesis 1:1: 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth'
• Creation ex nihilo


  God created everything out of nothing
• The Trinity - God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), and God the Holy Spirit - were all present at creation
• Jesus: 'Baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit'
• Trinity


  The three persons of the Trinity are all equal and divine, making up the one God
• Jesus: 'My kingdom is not of this world'
• Jesus: 'In my Father's house are many rooms'
• Saint Paul: 'The eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands'
• Heaven


  An eternal, spiritual place prepared by God, not a physical place built by humans
• Saint Paul: 'Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God'
• Resurrection


  The physical body will not inherit heaven, suggesting a different form of existence after death
• Book of Revelation: 'Hell is described as a fiery lake of burning sulfur'
• Hell


  A physical place of eternal torment and punishment
• Kingdom of God


  A completely different place, your physical body may not necessarily be there unless God creates you a brand new one
• Hell


  Described in the Book of Revelation as a fiery lake of burning sulfur
• The description of hell in the Book of Revelation is designed to scare people and make them fearful, in order to impact their feelings and actions to avoid that destination
• Heaven


  The state of supreme definitive happiness, a union with God
• To be in heaven


  To be with Christ
• Salvation


  Achieved through belief and faith in Jesus, his death on the cross and resurrection, not through works
• Jesus: 'I am the resurrection and the life'
• The resurrection of Jesus is the key belief in Christianity, as it gives hope that through faith in him, his followers can also rise from the dead
• Angel: 'He is not here, he is risen'
• The resurrection of Jesus provides evidence that he is the Son of God, as an ordinary human being could not rise from the dead
• Judgment Day


  Christians believe there will be a day when all of humanity will be judged by God
• Parable of the sheep and the goats


  Good conduct and helping others will earn salvation, while failing to help others will lead to condemnation
• According to Saint Paul, wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God