AQA GCSE Religious Studies A · 8062
Paper 1
Revise: Christmas and EasterChristmas celebrates Jesus’ birth; Easter celebrates his resurrection, with the surrounding days also remembering his suffering and death.
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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
The Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus.
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Paper 1
Revise: Christmas and EasterChristmas celebrates Jesus’ birth; Easter celebrates his resurrection, with the surrounding days also remembering his suffering and death.
Paper 2
The Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus and God becoming human in him.
In an evaluation comparing Christmas and Easter, consider incarnation alongside salvation and resurrection, then justify your judgement.
Distinguish Christmas, which celebrates Jesus’ birth and the Incarnation, from Easter, which celebrates his resurrection. Good Friday commemorates his crucifixion.
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Christmas and Easter are annual festivals through which Christians remember and celebrate events in Jesus’ life. They are not simply occasions to recall the past: worship, prayer and shared celebrations help believers express what those events mean for their lives today.