Holy Spirit
What is the Holy Spirit?
the third person of the Trinity; God as spiritually active in the world.
What is the meaning of Virtue?
Virtue is the quality of being morally good.
What is lent?
Lent is the season of the church year that is the lead up to easter.
What is easter?
It marks the Resurrection of Jesus three days after his death by crucifixion. For many Christian churches, Easter is the joyful end to the Lenten season of fasting and penitence.
What is Ramadan?
A time of fasting
How can the holy spirit be celebrated?
by fasting and making devotions.
What is a good person in the bible?
The Bible tells us that the word 'good' actually means holy, pure and righteousness. Literally goodness is godliness. Goodness can often be seen in our actions, but our heart also has to be pure. The goodness of Christ is to be demonstrated in our lives every day.
What do we do during lent?
We either take something up or give something up.
Why do we eat chocolate eggs?
It is a symbol of new life
What are the rules of Ramadan?
Muslims abstain from food, drink, smoking, gossip and sexual relations from sunrise to sunset
How does the Holy Spirit affect the disciples?
The presence of the Holy Spirit leads to confidence and courage, even in the face of opposition. After the Holy Spirit fell from heaven upon that early group of 120 disciples, they all began to speak in foreign languages.
What is evil in the bible?
Christianity teaches that evil entered the world as a result of Adam and Eve giving in to temptation in the Garden of Eden they disobeyed God by eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge. This switch from a perfect world to one containing evil is known as 'The Fall'.
Why do we give or take something up during lent?
It reminds people of the time Jesus spent 40 days in the desert with nothing.
What is the colours (2) of easter?
Gold and white
Why do muslims fast during ramadan?
Fasting is meant to bring Muslims closer to God and help them better empathize with those who are less fortunate.
How can one receive the holy spirit?
By partaking in confirmation.
How can we live a virtuous life?
We need to live a life of courage, purpose, and devotion.
Why do we give up meat on Fridays?
Abstinence from meat on Fridays is done as a sacrifice by many Christians because they believe that on Good Friday, Jesus sacrificed his flesh for humanity.
Why do we eat hot cross buns?
Hot cross buns became commemorations of Good Friday, and across Christendom the cross came to represent the crucifixion and the spices symbolised those used to embalm Jesus at his burial.
What is Eid?
Eid is centred around celebrating the end of a month of fasting and spending time with family, friends and people within the community.
What does the Holy Spirit do for the salvation of mankind?
The Holy Spirit unites the believer with Christ and places him in the body of Christ, the church.
What makes virtue a virtue?
Attitudes, dispositions, or character traits that enable us to be and to act in ways that develop this potential.
Why do we have a season of Lent?
The purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer for Easter through prayer, mortifying the flesh, repentance of sins, almsgiving, simple living, and self-denial.
What is easter named after?
The English word Easter, which parallels the German word Ostern, is of uncertain origin. One view, expounded by the Venerable Bede in the 8th century, was that it derived from Eostre, or Eostrae, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and fertility.
What is the difference between ramadan and eid?
Ramadan is a period of fasting, whereas Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the fast and is the one day when Muslims are not allowed to fast.