GCSE Religious Studies Quotes:

Christianity Beliefs, Teachings and Practices

Beliefs/Teachings

Salvation:

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever
believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life”

“Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins”

Monotheism:

“You shall have no other Gods before me”

Why Brethren and Amish isolate themselves:

“If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them”

Role of the Father in Creation:

“the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth”

Role of the Spirit in Creation:

“By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And by the breath of His
mouth all their host”

Role of Jesus (the Word) in Creation:

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God”

“Through him all things were made”

Distinction of humanity from rest of creation AND reference to Trinity through

‘our’:

“Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness””

Punishment of the Fall:

“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe” (Women)

“through painful toil you will eat food” (Man)

Agape:

“I have not come to call respectable people, but outcasts”

Also, Jesus ate with tax collectors, helped lepers, and forgave prostitutes.

Atonement – the permanence of Jesus’s sacrifice:

“By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of
Jesus Christ once and for all”

“For it is by grace you have been saved … not by works so that no one can
boast”

Sin:

“For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.”

Heaven:

“[the body] is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body”

“there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain”

Hell:

“It is better for you to lose a part of your body than for your whole body to be
thrown into hell”

Purgatory:

The Catechism – “the final purification of the elect”

Practices

Baptism:

“Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptised by John”

Eucharist:

“[the bread] This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.”

“[the wine] This cup is the new covenant in my blood”

Adoration:

“Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise”

Confession:

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins”

Thanksgiving:

“give thanks in all circumstances”

Marriage:

Anglican Book of Common Prayer – “for better, for worse, for richer, for
poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part”

“In the presence of God I make this vow” (cord of three strings)

Funerals:

“He who believes in me will live, even though he dies”

Requiem Mass – “Grant them eternal rest, O Lord”

Burial – “earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope
of the Resurrection to eternal life”

The Great Commission:

“Go into the world and preach the gospel to all creation”

Islam

Beliefs/Teachings

Tawhid:

“the Eternal, Absolute; He did not give birth nor was he born”

“closer than [their own] jugular vein”

Ibrahim:

A “man of truth”

Musa:

“do not be like those who annoyed Moses….and he was an honourable

person in the sight of God”

Isa:
“I am the messenger of Allah…confirming the Law before me, and giving glad
tidings of a Messenger to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad”

Muhammad (pbuh):

The “Seal of the Prophets”

“Certainly you have in the Messenger of God an excellent example”

Farewell Speech – “no prophet or apostle will come after me”

“Muhammad is no more than a messenger”

Books:

“Recite in the name of your Lord who created”

Honourable Scribes:

“one sitting on the right and one on the left. Not a word does he utter, but
there is a watcher by him ready”

Free will:

“Indeed Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what
is in themselves”

Predestination:

“Allah eliminates what He wills or confirms”

“And for every person We have tied their fate to their neck”

Heaven:

“beautiful mansions in gardens of everlasting bliss”

Hell:

“for those who disbelieved in their Lord is the punishment of Hell, and
wretched is the destination”

Martyrdom:

“And do not think of those who have been killed in the way of Allah as dead.
Rather they are alive with their Lord, provided for”

Practices
Wudu:

“Allah loves those who turn to him and who care for cleanliness”

Jumuah Prayer:

“When the call is made for prayer on Friday, hurry toward the remembrance of
Allah, and leave all business”

Salah:

Hadith – “Verily between man and between polytheism and unbelief is the
negligence of prayer”

Du’a (Supplication):

“I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me”

Sadaqah:

“Every act of goodness is charity”

“Save yourself from hellfire by giving even half a date-fruit in charity”

Sawm:

“O ye who believe, fasting has been prescribed for you as it was prescribed
for people before you so that you may become mindful of God”

Intention before Tawaf:

“O Allah, I perform Tawaf of Umrah to please You. Make it easy for me and
accept it from me”

Id-ul-Ghadeer:

“O whomsoever I had been Master, Ali here is to be his Master” (Pond of

Khumm)

Jihad:

“do great jihad with the help of the Qur’an”

“Let there be no compulsion in the religion [Islam]”

“Fight in the way of Allah against those who fight you and do not go beyond
the limits. Indeed God does not love those who go beyond the limits.”