christianity beliefs

• god is 3 people


  father, son, holy spirit
• father

  created the world + sent Jesus to save humanity
• son

  • helped with creation
  • died to save humanity before rising from the dead and ascending to heavan
• holy spirt

  • guides Christians in their hearts
  • present at creation
  • catholic believe he proceeds from father + son
  • orthodox= father only
• genisis has 2 accounts of creation

  1. 6 days (plants, animals and humans)
  2. earth made first- humans from adam and eve
• interpretations on creation

  • some Christians believe everything was made in 7 days
  • others interpret this symbolically ie. god created the world through the big bang and humans through evoloution
• domain -


  humans can rule over the world

  ''rule over the fish in the sea''
• stewardship-


  look after the world and environment
• believes on what happens to the body after death

  1. some Christians believe in the resurrection of the body
  2. some believe in the immortality of souls- souls will go to heaven/ purgatory/ hell
• realms after death- heaven

  • ''way to god''
• realms after death- hell

  • horrible realm - separation from god
• realms after death- purgatory


  catholic idea of a place people must go to penance for sins before heaven
• judgement ideas 1 - sheep and goats

  • parable of sheep and goats says
  • we are judged at the end of our lives (heaven and hell)
• judgement ideas 2 - parable of brides

  • judgement can come any time throughout life
• importance of judgement for Christians

  • grateful to god for eternal life
  • motivates good lifes so they can go to heavan
• omnipotent = all powerful
• omnibenevolent= all loving
• ''rewards the good and punishes the bad''
• types of suffering- natural


  not caused by a person but by natural events
• types of suffering- evil/moral

  • pain which is caused by deliberate action
• problems of suffering?

  • if god is omnibenevolent then why is there suffering
  • this can undermine Christianity as its based on the belief god is fair and good
  • HOWEVER
  • christians may believe this is just free will
• salvation


  jesus saving us from sin + death through his death and resurection
• attoment = making up for human sin


  important as

  • shows gods love
  • saved from sin and given grace
  • seen as overcoming forces of evil
• GRACE?


  gift from god which can save us
• Jewish law?


  way to achieve salvation however not needed as Jesus gave us salvation
• sin


  ''acting against gods will''
• personal sin-


  acts/ thinks against gods will
• original sin=


  inherited from birth, all humans inherit sin from adam and eve
• Christians believes on sin-

  • Christians believe they need saving from sin so they don't go to hell
  • ''forgive us our sins''
• jesus = incarnation of god (flesh of god)
• biblical prove of incarnation?

  • Jesus is spoken off as god in the flesh in new testament
  • he could perform divine qualities - healing, miracles
  • ''son of god''
• importance of incarnation for Christians?

  • shows god wants a relationship with humans
  • shows omnipotence
  • shows life after death
• importance of crusifiction, Resurrection and Atonement

  • gosepel shows they fufilled old testement prophecy
  • jesus died to save humanity from sin
  • jesus reconciled god and humans relationsjip
  • shows his power and authority
• crusifiction, Resurrection and Atonement quote

  ''and the curtain of the temple was torn in 2 top to bottom''

  saved relationship