1. Write it in your books when you have cracked it.
DO NOW: Work this out
Charlie.alpha.tango.hotel.oscar.lima.india.charlie.sierra
Bravo. echo.lima.india.echo.victor.echo
Tango.hotel.echo
Uniform.november.india.victor.echo.romeo.sierra.echo
Whiskey.alpha.sierra
Charlie. romeo.echo.alpha.tango.echo.delta
Oscar.uniform.tango
Oscar.foxtrot
November.oscar.tango.hotel.india.november.golf
Write it in your books when you have cracked it.

2. We have finished looking at Judaism!
Remember there are three papers in your GCSE exam:
Judaism
Foundational Catholic Theology
Applied Catholic Theology
In this next topic we are going to spend some time exploring what Catholic beliefs are about how and why we are here!

3. Foundational Catholic Theology
1. Origins and Meaning
2. Good and Evil

4. Let us pray…

5. TITLE: Where does the universe come from?
Lo:
To know Catholic beliefs about the origin of our universe
To understand what Ex Nhilo means
To be able to explain the concept of creation as described by St. Augustine
I can explain what is meant by “ex nihilo” how Augustine described the creation of the universe.
I can conclude why Augustine's explanation of how the universe was created went against previous ideas
I can reflect on why the idea of ‘ex nihilo’ is important for Catholic beliefs about the origin of the universe

6. Starter: Key Words Transcendent: Omnipotent: Eternal: ‘Ex nihilo’:
‘Out of nothing
The belief that God is outside time and space
The belief that God is always all-powerful
Something which has always existed and will continue to exist for ever
Transcendent:
Omnipotent:
Eternal:
‘Ex nihilo’:

7. Watch the following film & make notes on the following questions
1. Describe Augustine’s life before he found his Christian faith 2. What were the two aims of his book “Confessions”? 3. Why did Augustine think God loved people even though they were imperfect?

8. Activity: In Pairs Write out the main ingredients of bread
Describe how you would combine these ingredients
Explain how you would change these ingredients to form a loaf of bread

9. Watch this video to see if you got it right!
How do you make bread?
Watch this video to see if you got it right!

10. The bread can be changed into other things……
When the bread goes stale, what could you do with it?
You could give it to the ducks!
You could grate it to form breadcrumbs and use them in other recipes.
But some of the original yeast, flour and water would always be present in the new recipe. You'd still be using the same ingredients, just in a different way. Making something out of nothing!
First 40 secs only………
Watch…

11. God creates out of nothing: “Creation ex nihilo”
1. Read the hand-out
2. Highlight any words that you do not understand
3. Underline what you think are the most important key words

12. Activity: – true or false
1. Augustine thought the universe has always existed
2. Other Greek philosophers thought that you could make something out of nothing
3. Augustine thought that God was ‘transcendent’ (outside time and space)
4. Augustine thought God has immense power
5. Augustine thought that the universe had been made out of material (stuff) from God
6. Augustine thought the universe was not perfect
because it was not created out of the same material as God

13. Around the room.
Complete this table by searching for the information to go in the right columns.
St. Augustine
Greek Philosophers
God is ______ and the world is ____ perfect
God might ________ exist
God is t_________ and omnipotent
The ___________ is eternal
If the world was made out of the same _______ as God it would be ____________
The only _______ which exists is that which the ________ is ______out of
The _________ must have been created out of ________
Something ________be created out of nothing

14. Answers: Ideas about creation
St. Augustine
Greek Philosophers
God is perfect and the world is not perfect
God might not exist
God is transcendent and omnipotent
The universe is eternal
If the world was made out of the same material as God it would be perfect
The only material which exists is that which the universe is made out of
The universe must have been created out of nothing
Something cannot be created out of nothing

15. Why is Creation Ex Nihilo important for Catholics?

16. Exam question!
B) Explain what is meant by ‘creation ex nihilo’ and why it is an important Catholic belief about the universe (5)
4x RE needed to gain full marks
1 X RE - Firstly
1 X RE – Secondly
1 X RE – Thirdly
1 X RE – Finally
Firstly Creation ex Nihilo means... This is important to Catholics because...
Secondly Creation ex Nihilo means... This is important to Catholics because...

17. Plenary
Ask 5 questions about today’s lesson where the answer is always: St. Augustine