Worship and the Sacraments
How Christians worship, from set liturgy to spontaneous praise, and the sacraments that mark a life of faith. Learn the practices, why denominations disagree, and how Christian worship compares with Salah in Islam.
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One God, many forms of worship 🙏
**Worship** is showing love and reverence to God. Across the world Christians worship in strikingly different ways: some in ancient, formal services that have barely changed in centuries, others in lively gatherings full of music and spontaneous prayer. This module covers the main **forms of Christian worship** and the **sacraments**, why **denominations disagree** about both, and how Christian worship compares with **Salah**, the ritual prayer of Islam.
Forms of Christian worship 📖
Christians worship in several broad ways:
Which form of worship? ⛪
In an Anglican church the congregation reads set responses from the Book of Common Prayer and follows the same order of service every week. Which form of worship is this?
- Liturgical worship
- Informal worship
- Private worship at home
- Non-liturgical worship
Match each form of worship 🔗
- Liturgical worship
- Non-liturgical worship
- Informal worship
- Private worship
- A formal service with set words, such as the Book of Common Prayer
- A Bible- and sermon-centred service with no fixed liturgy
- Spontaneous, charismatic worship, as in Pentecostal churches
- Personal devotion on your own at home
Compared: Christian worship and Salah 🕌
The spec asks you to compare Christian worship with worship in one other religion. Here that religion is Islam, and the practice is **Salah**, its ritual prayer and one of the Five Pillars.
Comparing worship and Salah ✅
Select the TWO statements that are true when Christian worship is compared with Salah.
- Both are ways of worshipping and showing devotion to one God
- Salah follows one fixed pattern for all Muslims, while Christian worship takes many forms
- Christian worship follows one single fixed pattern for all Christians
- Salah has no set words, times or actions
An outward sign of inward grace 💧
A **sacrament** is traditionally defined as **an outward sign of an inward grace**: a visible action through which Christians believe God gives his grace. The two shared by almost all Christians are **baptism**, marking entry into the Church and the washing away of sin, and the **Eucharist** (also called Holy Communion or Mass), sharing bread and wine in memory of the Last Supper. Denominations disagree about how many sacraments there are.
How many sacraments? 🍞
Christians disagree on how many sacraments there are, and even whether to have any.
Complete the practice 🧱
Worship that follows a set structure and fixed words is _____, while spontaneous, charismatic worship is _____. In Islam, the fixed ritual prayer performed five times a day is called _____. A sacrament is an outward sign of an inward _____. Sharing bread and wine in memory of the Last Supper is the _____.
What happens at the Eucharist? 🍷
Catholics and many Protestants understand the bread and wine very differently. Which statement describes the Catholic belief called transubstantiation?
- The bread and wine truly become the body and blood of Christ
- The bread and wine stay as symbols that only represent Christ
- Nothing sacred happens; it is an ordinary meal
- The bread is blessed but is never shared with people
Order the baptism service 🌊
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Whose belief is it? 🔀
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Explain the disagreement ✍️
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