AQA GCSE Religious Studies B key terms

The canopy under which a Jewish wedding takes place, symbolising the couple’s new home.

Forcing someone to act against their will through threats, pressure or force.

Living together as a couple without being married.

An observance that remembers and honours a person or event; it need not be a joyful celebration.

Prayers entrusting a person approaching death to God’s care and mercy.

A task entrusted to someone to carry out on another person’s behalf; Jesus’ final commission sends his followers to proclaim the good news.

The final act of entrusting the deceased to God at burial or cremation.

The good of the whole community, including conditions that allow everyone to live with dignity.

A deep sharing of life and love between persons; in Catholic teaching, human relationships can reflect God’s love.

Concern for another person’s suffering that motivates someone to help.

The Catholic understanding that men and women have equal dignity and that their sexual differences enable a distinctive union in marriage.

The teaching authority exercised by the bishops gathered in a Church council in communion with the Pope.

The exercise of the Catholic Church’s teaching authority through Church councils, where bishops gather with and under the authority of the Pope.

Opposition to war and violence that allows exceptions in extreme circumstances, such as protecting innocent people when peaceful alternatives have failed.

The process of settling a disagreement or ending a conflict, for example through negotiation, mediation and agreements that address its causes.

The capacity to judge the moral rightness or wrongness of an action. Catholics understand conscience as an inner guide through which God's voice is heard.

A person who refuses to take part in fighting because it conflicts with their conscience or beliefs.

A person’s freely given agreement. In Catholic marriage, each spouse must freely choose to marry the other.

Of the same divine substance or nature; the Nicene Creed uses this term to affirm that the Son is fully God, like the Father.

A modern religious song using contemporary language and musical styles to express faith and praise God.

The harmony and right relationship of the whole of creation with God.

The restoration of the whole creation to its intended fulfilment and harmony in Christ, overcoming the damage caused by sin.

A binding agreement or relationship between God and human beings.

Desiring to possess something that belongs to another person.

Everything brought into existence by God; Catholics believe creation is good and deserves care.

Latin for 'from nothing': the belief that God created without needing pre-existing materials.

God as the origin of everything that exists; Catholics believe all creation depends on God.