Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Catholic Christianity
Beliefs and Teachings
- The Holy Spirit
- Third Person of
Trinity
- With Father
and Son
- Deserves to be
worshipped
- How God
communicates
with humans
- Reveals God's
presence
- Inspired writers of Bible
- Guided writing to
reveal nature of God
- The Trinity
- Christian beliefs show God
as one revealed in three
person
- Believe God is one due
to nature of uni-verse
- Trinity is revealed in worship
- sign of cross
- Made up of Father,
Son and Holy Spirit
- Catholics feel belief in
Trinity helps become more
spiritual
- The Incarnation
- Is physical revelation of God
- Jesus was the incarnation of God
- Shows God cares
- Sent Jesus to bring salvation
- Proves Jesus to be
Son of God
- Helps comprehend
God the Father
- Shows humans can
be divine by
following Jesus
- Incarnation
started
salvation
- Sacraments allow Catholics
to continue incarnation
- The Paschal Mystery
- What is it?
- Refers to:
- Last Supper when Eucharist began
- Jesus betrayed by Judas
- Jesus' arrest and trials
- Jesus' crucifixion
- Burial by Joseph of Arimathea
- Resurrection on Easter Sunday
- Events guarantee humanity's
entry to heaven
- Importance
- Important as about
Son of God's life
- Catholics believe events
save them from sin
- Jesus rose from dead
proving him to be son
of God
- Creation
- Creation
Stories
- Genesis
1-3
- Uses images and
symbols
- Shows universe
planned, not
random
- Genesis 2
- Adam and
Eve
- Shows humans not
accident of evolution but
designed by God
- How creation
impacts belief
- Shows God
as:
- Benevolent
- Omnipotent
- Eternal
Creator
- Believe God created
Earth for humans
- Hell
- Different
Christian
Beliefs
- Christians believe in concept of hell
because Jesus referred to it in Parable of
Sheep and Goats
- Christians believe
concept of justice
requires hell so bad
can be punished
- Catholics believe in purgatory where souls
are cleansed ready for heaven. Therefore
no hell as everyone goes to heaven
eventually
- Some believe there needs to be a
hell as incentive to live good life
otherwise people would not worry
about afterlife
- Christians believe God is
benevolent and so would
not punish anyone into
hell as all-loving
- Some believe there can't
be a hell as St Paul said
nothing can separate us
from God's love,
disproving Hell