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Biblical Quotations – Knowledge of God
A note on the use of biblical references in OCR essays: There is NO expectation that you need to quote the…
Read MoreExtract Matthew 25 Parable of Sheep and the Goats
The OCR syllabus recommends we study Matthew 25. This passage is problematic for evangelicals who follow the reformation tradition that we…
Read MoreExtract John Hick on Eternal Life – a Summary
Here are a useful few paragraphs from the internet encyclopaedia of philosophy summarising John Hick’s view of eternal life – contained…
Read MoreExtract Is there a Literal Place of Hell Fire?
The following extract discusses whether we can take the Bible literally when it talks (or rather, Jesus talks) of a hell-fire…
Read MoreExtract John Hick on Resurrection
source: http://www.johnhick.org.uk/jsite/index.php/articles-by-john-hick/18-resurrection John Polkinghorne believes not only that Jesus rose from the dead in a bodily form but also that we…
Read MoreExtract Catholic Catechism Death and the Afterlife
The OCR syllabus suggest we study the following sections of the Roman Catholic Catechism. I have added a few more clauses…
Read MoreSummary: Five Elements of Original Sin
Five elements of Augustine’s theory of Original Sin source: https://www.academia.edu/1958072/St._Augustines_Doctrine_of_Original_Sin?auto=download The five elements of the doctrine of original sin are as follows: (1) The…
Read MoreExtract – Romans 7:15-20
Romans 7:15-20 New International Version (NIV) In this Chapter in Paul’s letter to the Romans, Paul grapples with the reality of…
Read MoreFoundation Extract: Aquinas on the Five Ways ST I Q2
source The first and more manifest way is the argument from motion. It is certain, and evident to our senses, that…
Read MoreEXTRACT: Catholic Church on Scripture
source 1. The primacy of the Word of God 6. ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with…
Read MorePractise Questions 2020
Religious Studies Guides – 2020
