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Agape
self-sacrificing love
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Apostle's Creed
a statement of Christian belief from the early Church
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Ascension
Jesus being taken up to heaven on the 40th day after Easter
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Atonement
the act of making amends for wrong doing
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Benevolent
totally loving
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Church of England
the Protestant Church set up by Henry VIII, rejecting the Catholic Church
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Crucifixion
capital punishment used by the Romans which nails a person to a cross to die
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Denomination
the name for different branches of the Christian Church
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Fundamentalist
Christians who take the Bible literally, i.e. word-for-word true
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Genesis
the first book of the Bible, which describes how the world was created, and the story of Adam and Eve
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Grace
unconditional love that God shows to people who do not deserve it
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Heaven
being with God outside time and space
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Hell
eternal separation from God
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Incarnation
God in human form
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Judgment Day
the end of time, when everyone will be judged by Jesus on their actions
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Just
'God is just' means he treats everyone fairly
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Lord's prayer
the prayer Jesus taught his disciples to show them how to pray
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Messiah
Jesus, who is seen as our saviour by Christians
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Omnipotent
the idea that God is all-powerful
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Omniscient
the idea that God is all-knowing
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Oneness of God
the idea that God is one person, not several different people
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Original sin
Adam and Eve disobeying God by eating from the tree of good and evil
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Physical resurrection
the belief Jesus came back with a physical body
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Purgatory
Catholics believe souls are cleansed of sin here, before going to heaven
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Reconciliation
the process of making people in conflict friendly again
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Resurrection
Jesus' return to life three days after he died
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Roman Catholic
the largest Christian group, based in Rome with the Pope as leader
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Salvation
the saving of the soul from sin
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Sanhedrin
the Jewish council who accused Jesus of blasphemy (insulting God)
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Sin
disobeying God
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Spiritual resurrection
the belief that Jesus came back with a spiritual body
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The problem of evil
if God is omnipotent and benevolent, why does he allow suffering to happen?
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trinity
the belief in God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit
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Apostle's Creed

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a statement of Christian belief from the early Church

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Ascension

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Atonement

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Benevolent

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