The Churches that 'protested' against and broke away from the Catholic Church during the Reformation. Services are generally based more closely on the Bible than those of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches.

The Supreme Being

A distinct group within the Christian faith, with its own organisations and traditions

A religion that believes in only one God

The belief that God is ‘all powerful’.

All loving, all good, a quality of God

Separate and set apart for a special purpose by God

Bringing about what is right and fair, according to the law, or making up for a wrong that has been committed

This refers to the nature of God as one who treats each individual human being fairly and equally

The belief that there are three Persons in the One God. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are separate, but are also one being.

The third person of the Holy Trinity who descended like a dove on Jesus at his baptism. Christians believe that the Holy Spirit is present and inspires them.

A title used for Jesus, the second person in the Trinity; denotes the special relationship between Jesus and God.

St John’s Gospel 1 describes God creating the world through his Word and links this to Jesus in the statement: ‘The ______ was made flesh and dwelt among us’.

Christians believe that the world is God’s loving ________

Literally 'in flesh', or 'enfleshed', the doctrine that God took the human form as Jesus.

The event celebrated on Easter Day of Jesus rising from the dead, an event recorded in all four gospels and the central belief of Christianity. 2. The form that many Christians believe the afterlife will take, referring to either physical or spiritual bodies.

A religious offence which includes claiming to be God

Roman method of execution by which criminals were fixed to a cross. 2 The execution and death of Jesus on Good Friday.

1. Rising from the dead 2. Jesus rising from the dead on Easter Day. An event recorded in all four gospels and the central belief of Christianity.

The event 40 days after the Resurrection, when Jesus returned to God, the Father, in heaven, recorded in Luke 24 and Acts 1.

The state after death of being with and enjoying eternity with God

The place of eternal suffering or the state after death of separation from God for those who want no relationship with him.

The intermediate state where souls are cleaned in order to go to heaven

Name for the devil – the power and source of evil.

What Christians believe follow life on earth

A time when the world will end and every soul will be judged by God and rewarded or punished.

Behaviour which is against God's laws and wishes/against principles of morality. A thought, word or action which is wrong, which people know is wrong and which people freely choose.

The traditional belief that is still held by some Christians that human nature is basically flawed, and so humans have a tendency to go against God’s will. Christians who think that the Bible is literally true believe that it has been passed down from Adam and Eve.

Saving the soul and deliverance from sin and admission to heaven brought about by Jesus.

The unconditional and generous love that God shows to people who do not deserve it.

Owing grace and mercy and pardoning someone for what they have done.

Literally ‘at-one-ment’, it refers to the reconciliation between God and humanity that was sealed by the sacrificial death of Jesus.

Ceremony, also called the Eucharist, in which the sacrificial death and resurrection of Jesus is celebrated using bread and wine.