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What is monotheism |
Only believing in one God |
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When did Christianity become legal |
In the 4th century AD when emperor Constantine of Rome became Christian |
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Why was the nicene creed made |
To unite Christians after it was legalised |
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The best words to describe God are... |
Omnipotent, benevolent, and just |
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What is the significance of God's nature to Christians |
Omnipotence tells them to stay strong and trust that God can help them Benevolent tells them to look after eachother and everything Just tells them to treat everyone equally and with respect |
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What is the difference between moral and natural evil |
Moral is done by humans Natural is things like natural disasters and illnesses |
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What is the holy trinity |
God as 3 in 1: father, son, and holy spirit |
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What is the significance of the trinity |
Father makes Christians feel protected Son gives them a human role model to relate to and aspire to be like Holy Spirit makes them feel safe that God is always present in the world and looking after them |
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What is a fundamentalist christian |
A Christian who does not believe in the Bible entirely literally |
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What is a literalist christian |
A Christian who believes that everything that was said in the Bible actually happened exactly as it was said |
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What is ex nihilo |
The idea that God made everything from nothing, demonstrating omnipotence |
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What is incarnation |
God in flesh (Jesus) |
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What is a quote that could be used to support the incarnation |
'The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us' - John |
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Jesus is both human and divine because... |
He resurrected, did miracles, and was conceived weirdly He was born normally and grew up like a normal human, he died, he showed emotion |
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Tell me a few facts about the crucifixion |
He was killed at golgotha The crime was blasphemy He was on the cross for 6 hours and died at 3pm |
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What is the significance of the crucifixion |
Shows God's benevolence as he sent his son to die just to have a relationship with us Teaches us to forgive others 'father forgive them for they don't know what they're doing' Tells them to trust in gods plan |
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What is the significance of the ascension and ressurection |
Shows that heaven exists and humans can go there Makes them fear death less as they can see there is something after it if they believe Ressurection shows good over evil |
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Give some beliefs about the afterlife |
Humans will relieved eternal life from God The afterlife is dependent on belief in God It will begin either after death or on judgement day |
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What is salvation |
Saviour from sin |
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list the three ways salvation can be achieved |
Law of God - follow Gods word Grace of God - forgive, apologise basically be nice Spirit of God - holy spirit in Christians enabling thygem to do good |
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What was Jesus role in salvation |
To die so that we would have a chance to go to heaven |
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What is atonement |
Restoring your relationship either God by doing the three things |
