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The Trinity and Orthodox Christianity

I can describe the features of Orthodox Christianity, including belief in the Trinity, that make it a distinct denomination.

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The Trinity and Orthodox Christianity

I can describe the features of Orthodox Christianity, including belief in the Trinity, that make it a distinct denomination.

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Key learning points

  1. Orthodox Christianity is a branch of Christianity that believes they preserved the original teachings and traditions.
  2. There are many different communities within Orthodox Christianity.
  3. Orthodox Christianity teaches that God is three persons, known as the Trinity.
  4. The Trinity consists of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
  5. The Trinity is an important feature of Orthodox Christian worship.

Keywords

  • Denomination - a branch of Christianity

  • Orthodox - means “right belief” and is the name of a Christian denomination

  • Preserve - to keep something in its original state or the way it was intended to be

  • Trinity - the belief in one God as three persons (the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit)

Common misconception

The persons of the Trinity are three separate gods.

Christians believe in only one God, who is represented in three distrinct persons.

Church with a capital C refers to a community of Christians and when church has a lowercase C, it refers to the building of worship.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Which keyword means the belief in many gods?
Correct answer: polytheism
monotheism
atheism
Q2.
Which religion is the New covenant central to?
Judaism
Correct answer: Christianity
Islam
Q3.
The New covenant is fulfilled through Jesus' death and ...
Correct Answer: resurrection
Q4.
Christianity is one of the three __________ religions.
Mystic
Dharmic
Correct answer: Abrahamic
Q5.
Many Christians consume bread and wine to remember Jesus' ...
sin
Correct answer: sacrifice
sacrament
Q6.
The Christian belief in one God as three persons is called the ...
Triad
Tripod
Correct answer: Trinity
Trimurti

5 Questions

Q1.
Different branches of Christianity are called ...
doctrines
decrees
disciples
Correct answer: denominations
Q2.
Who are the three persons of the Trinity?
Correct answer: the Father
the Gospel
Correct answer: the Son
Correct answer: the Holy Spirit
the Creator
Q3.
What does the word orthodox mean?
personal belief
Correct answer: right belief
new belief
wrong belief
Q4.
What are the early Christian leaders who were responsible for spreading the message of Jesus called?
Correct answer: Apostles
Gentiles
Denominations
Q5.
The statement of belief used in Orthodox Christian worship is called the Nicene ...
Correct Answer: creed

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