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0490.1.4.01 — (a) As a source of authority (b) As a revelation from God (c) As a source of moral principles: requirements (things Christians should do) an: past paper questions

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0490/01 · Specimen 2025 · Q3b[6]
Explain why Christians might use the Bible as a source of moral teaching.
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0490/02 · Specimen 2025 · Q3a(i)[2]
State the Two Greatest Commandments.
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0490/02 · Specimen 2025 · Q3a(ii)[4]
Describe how Christians might follow the Two Greatest Commandments.
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0490/13 · October/November 2025 · Q3b[6]
Explain why the Bible might be considered a source of authority.
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0490/23 · October/November 2025 · Q3b[6]
Explain the importance of the Two Greatest Commandments to a Christian’s daily life.
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0490/12 · October/November 2024 · Q2c[6]
‘Doing good works is the only way to reach salvation.’ Discuss this statement. Give your own opinion and show that you have thought about other points of view. You must refer to Christianity in your answer. [6]
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0490/13 · October/November 2023 · Q1b[7]
Explain why the Bible is a source of authority for Christians.
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0490/13 · October/November 2023 · Q1c[6]
‘Reading the Bible is more important than going to church.’ Discuss this statement. Give your own opinion and show that you have thought about other points of view. You must refer to Christianity in your answer.
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Responses to this question were primarily descriptive, with some focusing on specific aspects of the Bible in connection with the idea of authority such as the Ten Commandments, and others giving a more generalised description of the Bible as a whole. These responses usually contained some relevant material but it was not applied to the question. Only a small number of responses linked this descri...
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 0490/13 Q1(b) (Cambridge)

This was a well answered question, with most candidates able to demonstrate some understanding of the issue and different perspectives on it. Most responses argued, on the one hand, that while the Bible is an inspired text that helps Christians understand what is required of them and, on the other, that the church service may help believers to understand what is taught in the Bible.
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 0490/13 Q1(c) (Cambridge)

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20 0490.1.4.01 — (a) As a source of authority (b) As a revelation from God (c) As a source of moral principles: requirements (things Christians should do) an

(a) As a source of authority (b) As a revelation from God (c) As a source of moral principles: requirements (things Christians should do) and restrictions (things Christians should not do) in the Ten Commandments, and in the Beatitudes (d) The importance of these views in Christian life.
C3 Sacred places – places of pilgrimage and of religious importance C3.1 The importance of going on pilgrimage for some Christians.
(a) The spiritual and physical goals of pilgrimage (b) The spiritual and physical challenges and effects of the journeys themselves on the pilgrims.
C3.2 Places of pilgrimage for Christians.
(a) The importance to some Christians of Lourdes as a place to seek healing and spiritual comfort; rituals at the Lourdes Grotto (b) The importance to some Christians of Rome as the burial place of St Peter and the residence of the Pope, St Peter’s Basilica, Papal audiences and Papal appearances in St Peter’s Square (c) The importance of Bethlehem and Nazareth as the places of Jesus’ birth and upbringing; the Church of the Nativity, the Church of the Annunciation and the Church of St Joseph (d) The importance of Jerusalem, the Way of the Cross, Gethsemane and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
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C4 Festivals and fasts.

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