GCSE Religious Education

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Creation - Catholic beliefs - Edexcel - GCSE

Religious Studies Revision - Edexcel - BBC Bitesize

The Almighty - God and authority in Judaism - GCSE Religious Studies Revision - Edexcel - BBC Bitesize

MrMcMillanREvis - YouTube

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My Revision Notes Edexcel Religious Studies for GCSE (9-1)

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Paper 1 Content

Catholic Christianity

Beliefs & Teachings

• Trinity
• Biblical understandings of God as Trinity
• Creation
• The nature of humanity
• The Incarnation
• The events of the Paschal Mystery
• The nature of salvation and grace Eschatology

Catholic Christianity Beliefs & Teachings Knowledge Organiser

Practices

• The Sacramental Nature of Reality
• Catholic liturgical worship
• The Catholic funeral rite
• Prayer
• Forms of popular piety
• Pilgrimage
• Catholic Social Teaching
• Catholic mission and evangelism

Catholic Christianity Practices Knowledge Organiser

Sources of Wisdom & Authority

• The Bible
• Interpretation of the Bible
• Scripture, tradition and the magisterium
• The Second Vatican Council
• The Church as the Body of Christ and the People of God
• The four marks of the Church
• Mary as a model of the Church
• Sources of personal and ethical decision-making

Catholic Christianity Sources of Wisdom Knowledge Organiser

Forms of Expression and Ways of Life

• The architecture, design and decoration of the Catholic Church
• The different internal features of a Catholic Church
• The meaning and significance of Sacred Objects within Catholicism
• The meaning and significance of paintings, frescoes and drawings
• The meaning and significance of sculptures and statues
• The purpose and use of symbolism and imagery in religious art
• The meaning and significance of drama, mystery plays and passion plays
• The nature and use of traditional and contemporary styles of music in worship

Catholic Christianity Forms of Expression Knowledge Organiser

Paper 2 Content

Judaism

Beliefs & Teachings

• The nature of the Almighty
• Shekinah
• Messiah
• The covenant at Sinai
• The Covenant with Abraham
• Sanctity of life
• Moral principles and the Mitzvot
• Jewish beliefs about life after death

Judaism Beliefs & Teachings Knowledge Organiser

Practices

• Public acts of worship
• The Tenakh and the Talmud
• Prayer
• Shema and Amidah
• Rituals and ceremonies
• Shabbat
• Festivals
• Features of the synagogue

Judaism Practices Knowledge Organiser

Paper 3 Content

Arguments for the existence of God

• Revelation as proof of the existence of God
• Visions
• Miracles as proof of the existence of God
• Catholic attitudes to religious experience
• The design argument
• The cosmological argument
• The problem of evil and suffering
• Solutions to the problem of evil and suffering

Arguments for the existence of God Knowledge Organiser

Religious Teachings on relationships and families in the twenty-first century

• Marriage
• Sexual relationships
• Families
• Support for the family in the local parish
• Contraception
• Divorce and remarriage
• Equality of men and women in the family
• Gender prejudice and discrimination