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• Afterlife 


  what Christians believe follows life on earth
• ascension


  the event 40 days after the resurrection, when Jesus returned to god in heaven
• atonement 


  restoring the relationship between people and God through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus
• benevolent


  all loving, all good, a quality of God
• blasphemy


  a religious offence which includes claiming to be God
• creation 


  the act by which God brought the universe into being
• crucifixion 


  the execution and death of Jesus on Good Friday
• day of judgement 


  a time when the world will end and God will judge every soul
• denomination 


  a distinct group within the Christian faith, with its own organisation and traditions
• forgiveness 


  showing grace and mercy and pardoning someone for what they have done wrong
• God


  the supreme being
• grace 


  a quality of God which God shows humans by providing love and support which they do not need to earn
• heaven 


  a state of eternal happiness in the presence of God
• hell 


  a place of eternal suffering
• holy 


  separate and set apart for a special purpose by God
• Holy Spirit 


  the third person of the trinity whom Christians believe is the inspiring presence of God in the world
• Incarnation 


  becoming flesh, taking human form
• justice 


  bringing about what is right and fair
• monotheistic 


  a religion that believes there is only one God
• original sin 


  everyone is born with a built-in urge to do bad things and disobey God
• Omnipotent 


  almighty, having unlimited power , a quality of god
• omniscient 


  all-knowing, a quality of God
• purgatory 


  the intermediate state where soul are cleansed and wash in order to enter heaven
• resurrection


  rising from the dead
• salvation


  saving the soul, deliverance from sin and admission into heaven brought by Jesus
• satan 


  name for the devil
• sin


  any action or thought that separated humans from God
• son of God 


  a title used for Jesus and the second person in the Trinity
• the word 


  a term used at the beginning of John's gospel to refer to God the son
• trinity 


  the belief that there are three persons in one God
• Orthodox Christians 


  they have 7 sacraments and are mainly found in eastern Europe.
• protestants


  base their beliefs and practices on the bible they do not follow the pope
• roman catholic 


  respect the authority of the Bible, the church and the Pope the seven sacraments are an important part of their faith