Beliefs about Deity (Christianity)

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Key words from topic 1 of philosophy 1-beliefs about deity
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Apostles' Creed A statement of Christian Belief
Cosmological argument An argument that God exists as everything must have a cause, and God is the "first cause".
Father The aspect of God that is loving, is responsible for creation, and is the judge
Forgiveness The deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment or vengeance towards a person or group of people.
Heaven Afterlife where you are sent to be rewarded, the abode of God, the angels, and the spirits of the righteous after death
Holy Spirit The the spiritually active aspect of God that works in the world today
Incarnate embodied in human form
Monotheism Belief in one God
Resurrection The rising of the dead
Son God incarnate, the saviour who taught us how to live righteously and dies to save us form our sins
Teleological argument The argument that God is real as there is order in nature, so it must have been designed, therefor it needs a designer-God
Trinity The three aspects of God- the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
Ontological argument The argument that God is real as He can be defined as "that which nothing greater can be conceived", so God is greater than anything else people can think of
Omnipotent All powerful
Omniscient All knowing
Omnibenevolent All loving
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