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Christianity
Creation
Day 4 - Sun, moon, and stars
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Nature of God
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Just
This is difficult for some Christians as if God is just then why does he allow bad things to happen to good people and good things to happen to bad - God should be able to stop this
Denominations
Roman Catholic
The RC denomination was known as the Catholic universal church for over 1000 years and was the only Christian church
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Orthodox
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Disagreed with the RC over use of Latin as the only language of the faith and over matters of creed (what to believe)
Found mainly in Russia, Greece and Asia although there are small communities in most countries
Protestant
In Europe until the 16C people were Catholic however in many countries they rose up against Rome and started to 'protest'
Led to many smaller churches being started with Henry VIII starting the Church of England - now known as 'Anglican Communion' overseen by Archbishop of Canterbury
Many smaller churches such as Methodists, Baptists, Society of Friends (Quakers) etc. Each of these churches is free to decide how they worship and what they believe
The Trinity
Father
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Whilst Christians will differ as to whether they believe the Genesis story. They do believe that it contains the message that God is the creator
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Holy Spirit
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In 'Acts' in the New testament the Holy spirit comes to the disciples after Jesus' death and inspires them to overcome their fears and go out and teach Jesus' message
Incarnation
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John 1;14 'The word became flesh and lived for a while among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only son, who came from the father full of grace and truth.'
-This love for how God loves man (shown by Jesus) is reflected in how Christians teach each other
-'This is not love: not love that we loved God, But that he loved us and sent his son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins'
-This selfless love is shown through Christians such as Mother Theresa and Father Kolbe who gave up their lives to help others
Sin and Salvation
Salvation
Salvation means to be saved by sin from God by the trinity The people at the time of Jesus would have wanted to be saved from the Romans. At the time of Jesus to achieve salvation you had to follow Jewish laws and scriptures. However, today Christians try to follow the rule that all you need to do is to have love in your hearts for others.
Grace and the spirit
'Grace is the unconditional love that God offers to everyone, regardless of whether they deserve it or not. In the story of the ' prodigal son' Jesus tells the story of an ungrateful son who wastes his fathers money. When he returns to his father poor and homeless his father greets him kindly and he gives his son a feast. This shows an example of Grace.
St Paul used to be called Saul and his job was to hunt and kill Christians. After having a vision he turned his life around and became a member of the Church he prosecuted. The hymn, ‘Amazing grace’ was written by John Newton who was a slave trader and heavy drinker. During heavy seas his ship was nearly wrecked, but he put its survival down to Gods grace. He eventually gave up the slave trade and became a Church of England priest. It was here that he wrote the hymn and preached against slavery, influencing William Wilberforce who helped abolish it.
Sin
Adam and Eve broke the one commandment which was to not eat from the tree of knowledge. This is called the 'Original sin.' It helps us to understand that the world is not a better place today because people do the wrong thing. Christians believe that God sacrificed his only son, Jesus to make a sacrifice so there is a good relationship between God and humanity..
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The crucifixion
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What was it?
The Sanhedrin accused Jesus of blasphemy. Pontius Pilate let crowds decide what to do with Jesus. He was flogged 59 times and a crown of thorns was put on his head. He carried the cross to Golgotha on his back whilst being whipped and this is where he was crucified. He hung for 6 hours and spoke to mother Mary and disciple John and said 'My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?' Then Jesus gave up his spirit and a earthquake shock the ground causing the temples veil to rip it two.
The importance of it?
-The tearing of the veil symbolises removing the barriers between God and humans
-He accepted his fate and did not run from it
-The suffering Jesus went through made up for the sin of mankind
- Sin was the causer of disease do for Jesus to cure so many diseases he had to suffer immensely
-Jesus wiped out sin and gave up his life to give mankind a head start
Life after death
Heaven
Christians think that Heaven is thought of as being with God, outside of space and time. Thus to get an image or idea of what this would be like is impossible.
Hell
Christians see hell as separation from God when they have made the choice to reject him. In Catholic teaching they believe in purgatory, which is half way between heaven and hell and those people with minor sins go there to suffer to make up for those sins and then go to heaven for judgement.
Judgement
‘Judgement’ is the belief that after death we are judged to have been good or bad and can receive punishment or be rewarded.
Beliefs about what this actually means does vary from Christian to Christian.
Interpretation
Traditionalist
They don't think the resurrection story is fully true and instead the miracle and meaning is more important. They believe the resurrection story is proof that Jesus is the son of God.
Fundamentalist:
They believe the story exactly how it is and think Jesus' resurrection is proof that he is the son of God as no-one else can do this.
Liberal
They don't care whether it is true or not and only focus on the moral of the story. This is that the story emphasises Jesus' importance to his followers. It gives his followers inspiration.
Suffering and evil
Two types of suffering
Natural evil - kind of suffering caused by natural events, such as tornadoes, volcanoes, storms
Manmade suffering - this kind of evil is caused by man. It could include murder, rape, torture, war etc
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