christian beliefs

• what is begotten?


  born of
• what is holy spirit?

  the spirit of god who gives the power to understand and worship
• what is jesus christ?

  the son of god who came into the world as a human being
• what is the trinity?


  god as one being in three persons
• what is charismatic?


  a power given by god e.g. inspired teaching
• what is humanity?


  all human beings
• what is spiritual gifts?


  gifts given by god to believers e.g. speakers in tognues - a specal language
• what is creationism?


  the belief that the world was created in a literal six days and that genesis is a scientific/historic account of the beginning of the world
• what is conservation?


  protecting something from being damaged or destroyed
• what is environment?


  the surroundings in which plants and animals live and on which they depend for life
• what is freewill?

  having the freedom to choose what to do
• what is stewardship?


  looking after something so that it can be passed on to the next generation
• what is incarnation?


  to take on flesh; god becomes a human being
• what is crucifixion?


  being nailed to a cross and left to di
• what is sin?


  anything that prevents a relationship with god, either because a person does something they shouldn’t or neglects to do something they should
• what is ascension?


  going up into heaven
• what is resurrection?


  rising from the dead; also the view that after death god recreates a new body in a heavenly place
• what is atonement?


  the action of restoring a relationship. in christianity jesus’ death and resurrection restores the relationship between god and human beings
• what is grace?


  undeserved love
• what is law?


  guidelines as to how people should behave
• what is repentance?


  to say sorry for, and turn away from, any wrongdoing
• what is salvation?


  being saved from sin and the consequences of sin; going to heaven
• what is day of judgement?


  time when god assesses a person’s life and actions
• what is eschatology?


  an area of christian theology concerned with life after death
• what is heaven?


  place of eternal paradise where christians believe they will spend the afterlife
• what is hell?


  place of punishment and separation from god
• what is immortal soul?

  a soul that lives on after the death of a physical body
• what is purgatory?


  a place where souls of the dead are cleansed and prepared for heaven
• what is universalism?


  the belief that because of the love of god everyone will go to heaven
• what is benevolence?


  all good
• what is omnipotence?

  all powerful
• what is moral evil?

  suffering caused by humans
• what is natural evil?

  suffering caused by natural events
• what is satan?


  ‘the adversary’ one of god’s angels who rebelled against god’s rule
• what is intercession?


  prayers for those who are suffering
• what is vale of soul-making?


  an environment where human beings can overcome evil by making good choices