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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
Jesus’ teachings beginning ‘Blessed are…’ in the Sermon on the Mount, describing qualities and circumstances associated with God’s blessing.
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Specification 3.1.2.3 · Paper 1
One of Jesus’s declarations of blessing in Matthew 5:1–12, describing attitudes and circumstances associated with God’s kingdom.
Revise: Sources of Authority on IncarnationThe Beatitudes open the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:1–12. The word comes from a Latin word meaning blessed or happy. Here, being blessed means receiving God’s favour: Jesus is not promising that his followers will always have comfortable lives.
Specification 4.2 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
Link a teaching to its meaning: for example, mercy in the Beatitudes requires compassion towards others, not simply knowing religious rules.
The teaching about anger belongs to the wider Sermon on the Mount, not to the list of Beatitudes itself.
Use the precise references: Matthew 5:1–12 for the Beatitudes and Matthew 25:31–46 for the Sheep and Goats.
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The blessings taught by Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount, describing qualities and actions valued by God.
Jesus teaches his disciples through the Beatitudes, blessings which show the qualities God values. The central statement for peacemaking is: ‘Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God’ (Matthew 5:9). Catholics interpret this as a call to make peace actively: working for peace reflects God's character and their relationship with him.
