Religious Studies GCSE
Sacrifice
What Sacrifice means in Religious Studies GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The death on the cross is viewed as an atoning sacrifice, paying the price for human sin and repairing the relationship with God.
Giving up family or property for the gospel, which Jesus says brings a hundredfold in this present age along with persecutions.
Jesus offered himself as the ultimate sacrifice on the cross, paying the price for human sin.
Topics that use Sacrifice
- Christianity - 3.1.2.1 Beliefs and teachings (AQA GCSE)
- Theme H: St Mark’s Gospel as a source of religious, moral and spiritual truths (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Eternal life
- 1st century Jewish context
- Atonement
- Authority
- Authority of Jesus
- Beliefs
- Challenging religious authority
- Compassion and forgiveness
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