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| A drug or device that causes an abortion |
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| Something that is is moral in all circumstances |
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| When action is taken to bring life to an end |
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| Worshipping God for who he is and what he has. |
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| When someone can seperate themselves from any money or posessions they have |
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| Selfless love, taught by Jesus of Nazareth and felt by fellow Christians for their fellow human beings |
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| Someone who is not sure whether or not God exists |
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| Artificial insemination by donor |
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| Artificial insemination by husband |
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| table or other raised structure in a Christian church which the bread and wine of the Eucharist are prepared |
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| Anglican Church (Church of England) |
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| The Church of England is part of the larger Anglican Communion |
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| Teachings and traditions of the Anglican Communion |
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| Declaration that a marriage was never a proper marriage in the eyes of the church. e.g., because one of the parties was not completely commited to it. |
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| (Also Messiah) Title given to Jesus of Nazareth. Messiah means "Anointed one" as kings, prophets and priests were anointed in the Jewish religion |
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| an Italian philosipher and theologian who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109 |
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| The attribution of a human form, characteristics or behaviour to non-human things |
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| Political system in South Africa from 1948 to the early 1990's that separated different people living there according to skin colour and gave priveledges to those of European origin |
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| Roman Catholic preist from Italy and a very influential philosopher and theologian |
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| Sperm is collected and placed in the womans uterus artifically |
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| another term for voluntary euthanasia |
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| Study of the position of the moon, sun and other planets in the belief that their motion affects human beings |
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| Somebody who does not believe in God |
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| Christian belief that the death of Jesus Christ brough about a reconciliation between God and humanity. Jesus is the saviour and redeemer of the world. |
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| Grew out of the Anabaptist movement during the sixteenth century reformation |
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| Sacred book of Christianity |
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| Scientific theory which suggests that there was a massive explosion about 18 billion years ago and this led to the creation of the universe |
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| Collection of religious writings |
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| Unmarried, partically because of a religious vow |
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| the suppression of all or part of a a play, film or book considered offensive |
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| form of Christian worship where people try to open themselve to the Holy Spirit and be inspired by it |
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| To live together, especially without being formally married |
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| People saying sorry for what they have done and asking for God's forgiveness |
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| The belief that the bread and wine consecrated at the Eucharist coexists with the body and blood of Jesus |
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| Prevention of pregnancy using artificial methods such as condoms and contraceptive pills or natural methods such as avoiding sex during known fertile periods |
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| (1809-92) Found of the evolutionary theory who, in 1859 published On The Origin On Species By Means Of Natural Selection or the Preservation of the Favoured Races in the Struggle For Life |
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| Evolutionary biologist and prominant athiest |
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| Religious group within a faith |
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| Doctrine of Double Effect |
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| Roman Catholic doctrine which says that if doing something morally good has a morally bad side-effect, it is right to do it provided the bad side-effect was not intended |
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| Existing through all time |
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| Christian sacrament that commemorates the Last Supper, with the priest or minister |
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| a gentle or easy death; helping someone to die |
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| Using prayers and rituals to drive away an evil sprit believed to be possessing a person or a place |
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| The reason behind the existence of everything, usually applied to God |
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| A large container in a church containing the water for baptisms |
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| Churches which are separate from the Governmern and the 'established church' (Church of England) |
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| Human ability to decide what to do for themselves |
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| The right of people to say what they think without censorship |
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| Christians who say that every word of the Bible is absolutely true and there are no errors or mistakes in it |
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| Using words symbolically to suggest something else |
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| People who believe in one God such as Jews, Muslims and Christians |
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| A story which is not factually true, but has important spiritual truths |
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| A way of explaining the unexplainable, and using something to represent something else |
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| All-important and powerful |
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| Theory which says that life is so complex, it must have been designed by a high intelligent being and did not evolved by natural selection. |
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| Theory that tiny differences and genetic mutations between creatures of the same species can sometimes make one individual slightly better suited to their environment than others so they survive longer and have more offspring who inherit that trait. |
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| Theory of Thomas Aquinas that God must exist because he cannot not exist |
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| Mysterious power that suggests the presence of a spirit or God |
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| Scientific generalisations that have come about by experimentation and/or observation, which try to explain how nature works, or how scientists expect nature to work |
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| Marvellous event which cannot have been brough about by humans or natural means |
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| When something is revealed to humanity by God (unveiling what was previously hidden). |
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| Someone who feels regret for their sins and confesses them |
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| Belief that the Bible need not be understood literally, but can be interpreted |
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| Belief that every word of the Bible was inspired by God's guidance of the writers through the Holy Spirit |
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| the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican (Roman Catholic Church, 1962-5) |
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| Single cells which have the potential to be 'reprogrammed' to develop into any type of cell in the body |
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