# Junior Cert Religious Education: Founders, Texts & Beliefs questions > Every Junior Cert Religious Education exam question on Founders, Texts & Beliefs, grouped by level and year. Questions come from the official State Examinations Commission papers; every PDF link opens the original on examinations.ie. Canonical: https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/re/topic/founders-texts-beliefs The founders and founding stories of the five major world religions, their sacred texts, key beliefs and symbols, understandings of God, and stories of creation. 15 past Religious Education questions on this topic, spanning 2022 to 2026, grouped by year. Each links to its exact page in the official paper and marking scheme. ## Common Level ### 2026 - Q2 (22 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=4) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=7) - Q5 (20 marks): wellbeing of others - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=7) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=14) ### 2025 - Q4 (24 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=6) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=11) - Q5 (23 marks): belief in daily life - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=7) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=13) - Q7 (25 marks): belief in daily life, religion in ireland - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=11) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=17) ### 2024 - Q1 (8 marks): non-religious worldviews - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=3) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=4) - Q2 (20 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=3) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=4) - Q5 (41 marks): interfaith dialogue - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=7) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=9) - Q7 (32 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=12) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=13) - Q8 (20 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=14) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=15) ### 2023 - Q2 (40 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=4) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=5) ### 2022 - Q3 (10 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=5) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=6) - Q4 (30 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=6) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=7) - Q5 (22 marks): religious festivals - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=7) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=9) - Q7 (34 marks): belief in daily life - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=11) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC223CLP000EV.pdf#page=12) ## Related - [Prayer, Ritual & Worship](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/re/topic/prayer-ritual-worship) - [Communities of Faith](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/re/topic/communities-of-faith) - [Questions & Faith](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/re/topic/questions-faith) - [Moral Living](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/re/topic/moral-living) - [Values in Action](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/re/topic/values-in-action) - [All Religious Education past papers](https://examai.ie/past-papers/junior-cert/re)