Flashcards
Religion term 3 test
Cards in this deck (20)
- 1AssumptionTo be taken body and soul into heaven
- 2BibleThe collection of the sacred writings of Christianity and Judaism
- 3Creation1. The divine act by which the world was brought into existence
2. The world and everything in it - 4ChurchThe community or the 'assembly of baptised believers' within whom God dwells
- 5Genesis'Beginning'. The first book in the Bible
- 6GraceThe free gift of the presence and action of God in the world and the lives of the believers
- 7HarmonyA consistent, pleasing or congruent arrangement of parts into a whole
- 8JusticeConcern for right relationships
- 9Last JudgementWhen the world ends, Jesus returns in glory and all who have died will be raised from the dead
- 10LiturgyThe official public worship of the Church during which people gather to remember and celebrate all that God has done for them
- 11Original SinThe human tendency to disobey God inherited from the first parents of the human race
- 12Priestly Creation AccountThe first creation story found in the bible; recorded by priests from the newly restored Temple in Jerusalem around 500BC
- 13RedeemerA person who paid a debt to free another from slavery. One of the titles of Jesus
- 14ResurrectionThe event where Jesus overcame the power of death by God's saving power
- 15SabbathThe seventh day of the week. A holy day marked by rest from work
- 16SalvationGod's saving action on behalf of the human race, which brings full unity with God and His people
- 17SatanA powerful angel created by God who wanted to replace God as supreme being. Satan disobeyed God and sinned against Him
- 18SoulThe life spirit of a person
- 19StewardshipThe careful and responsible management of something entrusted to ones care.
- 20YahwehOne of the names for 'God', first revealed to Moses