Religious Studies GCSE

Compassion and healing

What Compassion and healing means in Religious Studies GCSE, as defined for AQA.

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Filled with compassion, Jesus reaches out and touches the man and cures him instantly.

AQA · Theme H: St Mark’s Gospel as a source of religious, moral and spiritual truths

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Theme H: St Mark’s Gospel as a source of religious, moral and spiritual truths (AQA GCSE)

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