pink key concepts RE

• Absolution


  The belief that there are certain actions which are always right or always wrong. The belief that moral laws exist eternally and are not just human inventions.
• Eucharist

  Meaning 'thanksgiving'. The name Catholics use to describe the rite where the bread and wine become the body and blood of Jesus and are received by the people. Also the name of the real presence of Jesus in Holy Communion.
• Evangelisation


  Literally means spreading the 'Good News' which can be translated as 'Gospel'. The sharing of the Gospel and the life of Jesus with others.
• Forgiveness


  The act of pardoning someone for the offences they have caused you. Overlooking a person's faults.
• Punishment


  The consequences of a wrong decision and a penalty imposed by a person in authority on the person who has committed the wrongdoing.
• Relativism


  The belief that there is no moral law and that rules that govern what is right and wrong are human inventions and change from place to place, and age to age.
• Salvation


  The belief that through Jesus' death and resurrection, humanity has achieved the possibility of life forever with God.
• Sin


  Acting against the will or laws of God.