christianity everything recap

• "we believe in one god"


  nicene creed
• "in the beginning god created the heavens and the earth"
• "in the beginning was the word and the word was with god and the word was god"
• "she was found to be pregnant through the holy spirit"
• "father, into your hands I commit my spirit"
• why is crucifixion important


  - shows god understands human suffering

  - shows ppl can be forgiven

  - shows that suffering is a part of life
• "in christ all will be made alive"
• "while he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven"
• significance of resurrection


  - Shows the power of good over evil and life over death.

  - Means Christians' sins will be forgiven if they follow God's laws.

  - Means Christians will be resurrected if they accept Jesus, so there is no need to fear death.
• significance of ascension


  -Shows Jesus is with God in heaven.

  -Paves the way for God to send the Holy Spirit to provide comfort and guidance.
• jesus' ressurrection assures people they too will rise and live after death
• "if there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body"
• a belief in resurrection :


  - means life after death is real

  - gives hope of a future life with Jesus

  - gives confidence in the face of death

  - shows Christians how much god loves them

  - inspires Christians to live life in a way god wants
• "he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the father"
• "i am the way the truth and the life"
• "no one comes to the father except through me"
• parable of sheep and goats shows how christians will be judged
• "whatever you did for the least of these you did for me"
• "faith by itself, if it is not accompanied with action, is dead"
• "for it is by grace that you have been saved"
• "the gift of god is eternal life"
• "he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins"
• ways to get salvation


  - doing good

  - through grace (jesus)
• why do christians worship?


  - praise and thank god

  - ask for forgiveness

  - seek gods help for themselves or others

  - deepen relationship with god and strengthen faith
• different forms of worship:


  - liturgical

  - non-liturgical

  - informal

  - private
• importance of prayer:


  - encourages reflection in busy life

  - enables christians to talk and listen to god

  - helps christians keep a close relationship with god

  - helps christians to accept gods will even if it means suffering

  - gives sense of peace

  - gives strength in times of trouble

  - encourages reflection in busy life
• lords prayer


  Our Father who art in heaven,

  hallowed be thy name.

  Thy kingdom come.

  Thy will be done

  on earth as it is in heaven.

  Give us this day our daily bread,

  and forgive us our trespasses,

  as we forgive those who trespass against us,

  and lead us not into temptation,

  but deliver us from evil.

  For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory,

  forever and ever.

  
  

  Amen
• christians see lords prayer as a model of good prayer as it was taught by jesus
• lords prayer reminds christians to forgive
• A sacrament is an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace.
• Transubstatiation


  In the Sacrament of the Eucharist, this is the name given to the action of changing the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.
• why is holy communion important


  -it brings a community of believers together

  - it strengthens the commitment to the faith

  - it calls for Christians to put the love they have experienced from God into practice by loving others

  - it reminds them that others are starving as they eat bread

  - it encourages them to work for justice and equality for all

  - reminds of last supper
• through baptism a person is


  - becomes a member of the Christian Church

  - becomes a child of God

  - receives God's saving grace and the Holy Spirit

  - is cleansed of sin

  - enters new life with Christ in the Christian community

  - imitates Jesus' baptism by John the Baptist
• Catholics believe in transubstantiation, whereas Anglicans believe it is spiritual/symbolic
• why go on a pilgrimage?


  - grow closer to God

  - strengthen faith in God

  - be forgiven for sin

  - reflect on one's life

  - pray for something special

  - thank god for a blessing

  - seek a cure for illness

  - help other pilgrims who are disabled or ill

  - experience a holy place

  - meet others who share the same faith
• places of christian pilgrimage


  Lourdes and Iona
• iona


  - An island of the west coast of Scotland founded by Columba in the 4th century.

  - It is used by Christians today as a centre for pilgrimage and religious retreat.

  - quiet and reflective pilgrimage, helps Christians reflect inwards in a small spiritual space

  - natural beauty, so Christians may reflect on wonder of gods creations
• lourdes


  - Place of pilgrimage where the Virgin Mary appeared to St Bernadette in a series of visions and it is claimed that miraculous healings have taken place.

  - pilgrims may go to bathe in healing waters or help ill and disabled

  - may pray for forgiveness
• "christ is risen from the dead"
• "trampling down death by death"