Christian Beliefs, Prayers and Jesus

• Jesus


  A common name of the time from the Aramaic for 'Yeshua' meaning 'God is Salvation'
• Jesus was born in Bethlehem and raised in Nazareth
• Jesus was a carpenter trained by his father Joseph
• There were no surnames as such at the time so Jesus was Jesus of Nazareth after the place where he lived
• Incarnation


  The belief that God became man through Jesus at a certain time and place
• The incarnation is a unique event because it is in time, but also all over time
• For Catholics, the incarnation is the central event in human history
• The incarnation is an event that has rippled through everything in time
• Reasons why the incarnation happened

  • To save us all from sin
  • To know God's love for us
  • To be a model of holiness for us
  • To make us partakers of the divine nature
• Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi


  The law of prayer, (and) the law of belief
• What the Nicene Creed summarises

  • Beliefs about God (The Father, Son and Holy Spirit)
  • Beliefs about the Church
  • Beliefs about Eternal Life
• Articles


  The verses in the Nicene Creed
• Chapters


  The numbers in the Nicene Creed
• John the Baptist was the one who baptised people
• John the Baptist was related to Jesus as he was Jesus' cousin
• The prophet that had predicted this event was the Prophet Isaiah
• The Baptism took place in the River Jordan
• After Jesus' Baptism, the Holy Spirit descended in the form of a dove
• The voice from heaven said "This is my Son, with whom I love; with him I am well pleased"
• The voice belonged to God
• The importance of the role of the Baptist in the story is John the Baptist helped prepare the way for the work of the Son of God
• Holy Trinity


  The Christian belief that God is three persons in one; the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
• Trinity


  Three in one
• The three persons of the trinity

  • God the Father
  • God the Son
  • God the Holy Spirit
• The Holy Trinity is an example of special revelation
• Without this revelation, the human mind would not be able to 'work out' this truth by reason alone
• The Holy Trinity is a mystery as it is too great for the mind to grasp
• The Holy Trinity is called the Trinity because Trinity means 'Three-ness'; not three Gods, but three persons in one God
• Heresy


  Beliefs which contradict or go against the official teachings of the Church
• Heretics


  People who teach heresy and contradict and go against the official teachings of the Church
• Divinity of Christ


  The teaching that God is truly and fully God
• Heresy comes from the Greek word 'hairesis' meaning choice or something that is chosen
• Heretics are people that 'pick and choose' from the teachings instead of accepting the whole teaching of the Church
• The Nicene Creed - a statement of Christian belief where the Church pray their beliefs about the incarnation.
• Apostle's creed - shorter version of Nicene Creed usually said in Sunday mass by believers.