Y9 Christianity Key Words

3. punishment inflicted on oneself as an outward expression of repentance for wrongdoing.
7. a member or follower of any of the Western Christian Churches that are separate from the Roman Catholic Church in accordance with the Reformation, e.g. Baptist Churches.
9. not using or taking words in their usual or most basic sense.
13. God is all powerful.
17. behaviour showing high moral standards.
18. evil natural disasters, e.g. earthquakes or tsunamis, which humans have no control over.
19. a recognised autonomous branch of the Christian Church.
20. God is all knowing.
22. Spirit the third person of the Trinity; God as spiritually active in the world.
24. the doctrine or belief that there is only one God.
25. God is everywhere, widely encountered.
27. the action of making amends for a wrong or injury, (in religious contexts) reparation or expiation for sin. E.g. Jesus’ death on the cross healed the rift between God and humans.
28. an outward sign of an invisible and inward blessing by God, for example, baptism, Eucharist.

1. the action or fact of resurrecting or being resurrected, e.g. Jesus rising from the dead on Easter Sunday, conquering death.
2. a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a Church, political party, or other group.
4. a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God
5. God is beyond or above the range of normal or physical human experience.
6. a person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or quality, e.g. God in the form of Jesus.
8. One who believes in the existence of a God or Gods
10. God is all-loving.
11. dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred.
12. taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or exaggeration.
14. a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country.
15. the spreading of the Christian gospel by public preaching or personal witness.
16. evil the acts of humans which are considered to be morally wrong, e.g. murder and theft.
21. a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods.
23. the three persons of the Christian Godhead; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
26. a 16th-century movement for the reform of abuses in the Roman Church ending in the establishment of the Reformed and Protestant Churches