R.E - Christianity Some Sources of Wisdom and Authority

• Trinity


  Shown in Matthews account of Baptism as the father declares Jesus to be the son of God and the spirit descends as a dove
• Creation


  God saw all that he made and it was good
• Incarnation


  Jesus was the word made flesh
• Last days of Jesus' life


  Jesus said the bread was the body and wine was blood at his last supper
• Salvation


  God loved the world so he sent his only son to save the world
• Problem of Evil and suffering


  God is all loving, his love is as high as the heavens working above the Earth
• Solutions to Evil and suffering

  Psalms says suffering leads us to greater understanding of God
• Marriage


  Jesus said Marriage was created by God in the beginning
• Sexual relationships


  St Paul says homosexuals will never enter heaven; Catechism says sex must only take place within marriage
• Parish


  Jesus says children should be allowed to come to him because the Kingdom of of heaven belongs to them "Let the little children come to me "
• Family planning


  British Humanist Association says contraception is good as it makes every child wanted
• Divorce


  Jesus says divorce is wrong unless one of the partners has been unfaithful
• Equality of men and women in the family

  Genesis says god created male and female in his image, St Paul says wives should submit to their husbands
• Gender Prejudice and discrimination


  St Paul's letters say he had women helpers who he considered as equals
• Worship


  Jesus said you should love God with all your mind, strength and soul
• Sanctity of Life


  God made humans in his image
• Catechism


  The wonder of Christmas was that Jesus became man
• Origins and value of human life


  Some church leaders agree evolution as an unguided, unplanned process can't be true
• Abortion


  Methodist church agrees it should be allowed in some cases as its the lesser of two evils
• Death and afterlife


  Jesus' body rose from the dead