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Comparitive Test 1
Christianity and Rituals n dimensions
Question | Answer |
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Top Five Religions | Christianity, Islam, Hindu, CHinese Universalist, Buddhism |
Catholic Church's view on other religions | We can enlighten ourselves and find truth in studying other religions. |
HUman COndition | Reason why we suffer. Ex: Sinful nature |
Transcendance | conquering of the struggles we face caused from human condition |
Cosmology | understanding of the nature of the universe. its origin |
spiritual perfection | fulfilling your spiritual potential to the maximium amount. highest form of faith |
experiential | |
2 types of Buddhist meditation | Concentration: "Samatha" Insight: "Vipassana" |
Reasons to concentratively meditate | Sharpen mind and discipline |
Purpose of insightful meditation | Awareness of everything, finding big questions |
Cosmological | questions on phenomena outside of the person: who created the world? us? |
existential | Questions about people and society: Where do i come from? why am i like this? |
Purpose of religion | to answer cosmological, existential questions |
Religion | anchors a person to the divine; what you DO |
Faith | happens in your head; to believe even without proof; TRUST in an idea |
Spirituality | sense of wonder and awe; FEELING God |
Myth | creation story, Adam and Eve, Gods kingdom |
ritual examples | Baptism, Eucharist, COnfirmation, Marriage; rituals give us experiences |
Experience | prayer, service work, retreats; occurences which connect to faith; helps to understand myth |
ethics | how we live: GOlden rule, love each other |
doctrine | basic things to know; actual teachings; Trinity, heaven/ hell, original sin |
social | christians as a whole or in their groups: franciscans, the CHurch, Benedictines, SOciet of jesus, parishes |
Material | sacredness of physcial things like crosses, temples, bibles |
Mythic | source of sacred truth powerful enough to give life meaning; teaches truths; not always historical |
ritual | formal practices we do to worship or adhere to religion. leads to experience. EX: Mass |
apocalypticism | world is under control of evil |
Incarnation | Christ is divine and human |
Trinity | GOd is 3 |
Core CHristian doctrines | incarnation, trinity, |
Nicene Creeed | Jesus and God are One. They are equal. |
Church leaders | bishops, presbyters, deacons |
Jesus focused on 2 themes | human repentance and kingdom of god coming |
credo | i believe |
Roles of Trinity | God: creator/judge. Spirit: reconciler/sactifier Son: redeemer |