Christian Beliefs and Teachings OCR GCSE

Monotheism

Belief in one God

Omniscient

all-knowing

Omnipotent

all-powerful

Omnibenevolent

all-loving

Omnipresent

all-present

Immanent

Immediate and personal

Transcendent

Above human understanding

Atemporal

Outside of time and space

Holy Trinity

The concept of one God as three persons

The Fall

The end of humanity’s perfect relationship with God

Moral Evil

Evil brought about by human actions

Natural Evil

Evil that humans are at no direct fault of

Messiah

Annointed One - chosen by God

Agape

God’s perfect, sacrificial love for humanity

Sermon on the Mount

Key Teachings of Jesus such as the Beatitudes and true discipleship (Matthew 5-7)

Incarnation

The concept of a God in human form

Ascension

Jesus’ return to Heaven after his resurrection

Repentance

Apologising for sin

Atonement

An action done to make up for something

Salvation

Being saved from an eternity in Hell

Grace

Unconditional love that God shows to everyone

Eschatology

Study of the end times

Parousia

The second coming of Christ

The Nicene Creed

Evidence for the Christian belief in the Holy Trinity

What key belief do Unitarians not believe in?

The Holy Trinity - goes against the first commandment “You shall have no other gods before me”

Augustinian Theodicy

God did not create evil, it entered creation during The Fall. Evil is existent because God gave humans free will.

Irenaean Theodicy

God created both good and evil and gave humans free will to choose which path we follow and learn from our mistakes

Matthew 7:3

“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your bother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?”

Luke 23:44

“And the curtain of the temple was torn in two”.

1 Corinthians 15:22

“For as in Adam all die so in Christ all will be made alive.”

Matthew 24:36

“But about that day or hour no one knows”

Mark 9:43

“Hell… where the fire never goes out”