Christian Beliefs and Teachings

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  • Christian Beliefs and Teachings
    • The Nature of God
      • Christianity has three main traditions: Catholic Protestant and Orthodox
      • Christianity is the main religion in Great Britain
      • Christianity is monotheistic
    • God as omnipotent, loving and just
      • God is omnipotent, He has unlimited power
      • God is benevolent, He is all-loving and all-good
      • God is just, He is the perfect judge of human behaviour
      • God brings about what is right and fair and makes up for a wrong that has been committed
    • The Oneness of God and the Trinity
      • Christians believe there are three persons in the one God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit
      • Each person of the Trinity is fully God
      • The persons of the Trinity are not the same
    • The Creation
      • Christians believe in creation by God, the act by which God brought the universe into being
      • God, the Father, chose to design and create the Earth and all life on it
      • The Holy Spirit was active in the creation
      • The Word, God the Son or Jesus, was active in the creation
      • The Trinity, therefore, existed from the beginning and was involved in the creation
    • The Incarnation
      • Christians believe that Jesus was God in human form, a belief known as the incarnation
      • Christians believe that Jesus was the Son of God, one of the persons of the Trinity
    • The Crucifixion
      • Jesus was sentenced to death by Pontius Pilate, a death by crucifixion
      • Jesus forgave those who crucified Him and promised one of the men crucified with Him that He would join God in paradise
      • Jesus' body was buried in a cave-like tomb
    • The Resurrection and the Ascension
      • The Gospels say that after Jesus died and was buried, He rose from the dead - this is known as the resurrection
      • The ascension of Jesus took place 40 days after His resurrection, when He returned to God the Father in heaven
      • There would be no Christian faith without the resurrection
    • Life after Death
      • Jesus' resurrection assures Christians that they too will rise and live on after death
      • Christians have differing views about what happens when a person who has died is resurrected
      • Belief in resurrection affects the way Christians live their lives today
    • The Afterlife and Judgement
      • Christians believe in an afterlife that depends on faith in God
      • The afterlife begins ant death or at the Day of Judgement, when Jesus will come to judge the living and the dead.
      • Judgement will be based on how people have behaved during their lifetimes, as well as their faith in following Jesus. This has an effect on how Christians choose to live their lives today.
    • Heaven and Hell
      • Many Christians believe God's judgement will result in eternal reward or eternal punishment
      • Heaven is the state or place of eternal happiness and peace in the presence of God
      • Hell is the place of eternal suffering or the state of being without God
    • Sin and Salvation
      • Sin is any thought or action that separates humans from God
      • Original sin is the in-built tendency to do wrong and disobey God, which Catholics believe all people are born with
      • The ways Christians can be saved from sin to gain salvation include following God's law, receiving God's grace, and being guided by the Holy Spirit
    • The Role of Christ in Salvation
      • Christians believe that salvation is offered through the life and teaching of Jesus
      • Jesus' resurrection shows that God accepted Jesus' sacrifice as atonement. This means that through the sacrifice of His death, Jesus restored the relationship between God and humanity that was broken when Adam and Eve sinned

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