Christianity

• incarnation


  jesus is fully god and fully human - incarnation means "to take on flesh"
• trinity


  the foundational Christian belief that God exists as one being, but in three persons
• sin, sacrifice and salvation

  Christians believe that when Jesus died on the cross, for our sins, he sacrificed himself for the sins of Adam and Eve. This means that we can be reunited with God in heaven, after death.
• resurrection

  the belief that Jesus came back to earth, three days after his death on the cross.
• significance of Jesus' resurrection

  it shows how Jesus defeated death and is considered proof that there is life after death.
• sin


  an action which goes against God
• Original Sin

  when Adam and Eve ate fruit from the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden, resulting in humanity's punishment. Jesus Christ died on the cross to end humanity's suffering from Original Sin.
• salvation

  saving the soul, deliverance from sin and admission to heaven brought about by Jesus' sacrifice.
• being is your essence, but person is your existence.
• God the Holy Spirit

  • depicted as a dove
  • the presence of God in our world, today
  • appeared on the day of Pentecost, to the disciples of Jesus and some others, as tongues of fire
  • enables Christians to preach God's good work
  • source of strength, courage and wisdom
• God the Son

  • lamb of God
  • fully human and also fully divine
  • understands the suffering of humanity
  • a model for Christian behaviour
  • the saviour who is immanent
• God the Father

  • creator of everything in the universe
  • omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent, omnibenevolent
  • transcendent, eternal
  • sustainer of all