Religious Studies GCSE
Christ (Messiah)
What Christ (Messiah) means in Religious Studies GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Christ (Messiah)
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Understood by 1st-century Jews as a victorious, political king who would liberate Israel from Roman rule, but reinterpreted by Jesus to mean a suffering servant.
Topics that use Christ (Messiah)
- Theme G: St Mark’s gospel: the life of Jesus (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Asceticism and Humility
- Atonement
- Atonement and salvation
- Authority and inspiration
- Authority of Jesus
- Biblical interpretation
- Blasphemy
- Christology
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