Glossary of Religious Words and Terms
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- Faith
- The Faith is the whole body of revealed Christian truth, which is accepted and believed by Christians.
Faith is believing and trusting. For Christians it implies an acceptance of God's Word and obedience to it.
- Falashas
- The Falashas are Ethiopian Jews who claim to be descended from the 'ten lost tribes' of Israel or from the son of Solomon by the Queen of Sheba. They follow the teachings of the Old Testament.
- Fast
- Going without food and sometimes drink either partially or totally for a limited period as an act of faith. Sometimes it accompanies a certain season of the year (e.g. Lent for Christians and Yom Kippur for Jews).
- Festival
- A special day or season of the year to celebrate an event of importance to a religion. They were and are times of feasting (hence the name) and are often associated with holidays ('holy-days')
- Font
- A font is a bowl or basin, which holds water which is used in the baptism of infants.
- Free Churches
- These are non-Conformist church denominations which are, therefore, free of State control.
These pages will be added to in the future. If there is a religious term or word you do not understand, why not e-mail us? It can then be added to the glossary.