christianity beliefs and teachings

• the holy trinity is made up of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
• the characteristics god has is

  omnibenevolent (all loving)

  omnipotent (all powerful)

  omniscient (all knowing)

  judge

  forgiving

  transcendent (outside space and time)

  imanent (within all)
• the christian holy book is the Bible
• the order of creation is

  1. earth, space, time and light
  2. sky and sea
  3. dry land and plants
  4. sun, moon and stars
  5. sea and flying creatures
  6. land animals and man
• a fundamental christian believes that the Bible is the literal word of God and everyting in it is 100% true
• a liberal christian believes that the Bible is not literally true but contains important messages about how to live life
• a conservative christian believes that the Bible was inspired by God and some stories arre true and some are myth
• all of the trinity was at creation
• 'Spirit of God hovered over the waters' means the holy spirit was present at creation
• 'In the beginning was the word and the Word was with God and the Word was God'
• 'I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me' - must accept Jesus to go to heaven
• 'Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?' - jesus suffered to enter heaven so its okay that we suffer
• 'God so loved the world he gave his only son' - god loves us all equally
• Jesus came to earth to save us from our sins, teach and guide and give light to man
• a belief about the incarnation is that Jesus is 100% god and 100% human and that he limited himself to a human life
• 'God became man so we could become God' - Jesus died for us
• the crucifixion helps christians through suffering ...

  • comforts them - Jesus went through worse (relates to him)
  • gives them hope - Jesus died for them so if they suffer through this they get a better afterlife
• Its important that Jesus ressurected because ...

  • he overcame suffering
  • they will rise from the dead into heaven
  • shows he's god and human
• beliefs about ressurection ;

  • christians believe the ressurection shows the power of good over evil
  • by accepting jesus they can also be ressurected in some way - no need to fear death
  • assures them that God will forgive their sins if they follow the teachings
• belief about ascension

  • Jesus is with God
  • makes way for the coming of the Holy Spirit to provide comfort and guidence
• the role of the holy spirit is to provide comfort and guidence
• salvation means to be saved from sin and be granted eternal life with God
• Christians believe there are different ways to gain salvation

  • Through good works and following the teachings and laws in the Bible
  • Through grace and the work of the holy spirit
• heaven is one with God and is a place of eternal happiness and peace
• hell is eternal separation from god
• Orgininal sin is sin we inherited from Adam and Eve as a consequence for the fall of humanity
• Christians believe that sin separates you from God
• 'He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins'
• Jesus had to die so that we could be forgiven for our sins. he would take the all the world's sin so we could get to heaven
• reasons why evil exist

  • satan
  • test
  • to teach us
  • punishment
  • free will
• pugatory is a catholic belief and its the place of tempory punishment where souls work off unconfessed sins
• the parable of the sheeps and goats is about the judgement day. the sheeps get rewarded for helping others and the goats get punished for being selfish