CL, LESSON 1-3.

Creation and Genesis

There was wide variation of opinion on how long creation took. Some said only a few days; others argued for a much longer, indefinite period.

Creation and Genesis

Catholics are at liberty to believe that creation took a few days or a much longer period, according to how they see the evidence, and subject to any future judgement of the church.

The Catholic Position

Concerning human evolution, the Church has a more definite teaching. It allows for the possibility that man’s body developed from previous biological forms, under God’s guidance, but it insists on the special creation of his soul

Science and Religion

As the Catechism puts it, “Methodical research in all branches of knowledge, provided it is carried out in a truly scientific manner and does not override moral laws,

Science and Religion

can never conflict with the faith, because the things of the world and the things of the faith derive from the same God.

Raison D’etre

reason for being

Laudato Si

prasing common home

Laudato Si

encyclical letter from the pope

Laudato Si

book about nature made by pope

Laudato Giem

prasing God, followed up by Pope Francis.

Follow Me (M. 8:22)

Is Jesus’ invitation to people of every generation. His words encourage all people to live faithfully as His disciples.

Lumen Gentium

The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church. This Latin title means “LIGHT TO THE NATIONS”

obligation of spreading the faith (Article 17)

Each of us as God’s people is called to be that light as we fulfill our______

Ordain

priest/bishop

Non-Ordain

nuns

Catechism

the one who give order to christening baby.

as second-class citizens

The image of the Church as the People of God played a pivotal role in shifting the exaggerated view of the laity

The laity

are encouraged to engage in the apostolate for the good souls and the renewal of the temporal order.

“In a word: what the soul is in the body, let Christians be in the world. (Article 38)

In chapter 7 of the Lumen Gentium we are told

“The light of the world and the salt of the earth”

Article 9

God’s dwelling place in the world and thus be ‘‘holiness’’

The church exists so that she may become

Kingdom of God in the mystery

if you have faith and know that this too will pass.

The vine planted by God

those are us

Temple and Dwelling

we will serve as the Church to give the present. you have time and talent of give it to the Lord.

God’s Family

Priest serves as the father of the Church

God’s building

the church was build through St. Peter

God’s pilgrim people on earth

the people are together throughout the journey of the last destination

The Body of Christ

every time we receive Jesus we are called to become a righteous people.

Ivory

the horn of the elephant

existence of the church

is not some historical accident or the result of the collective will of the people but a free act of creation by God.

Vatican II affirms what scripture teaches

That we have all been baptized into Christ and together we are parts of one another. (Rom. 5:12)

Christ established and sustains

the Church as a visible organization through which he communicates truth and grace to all

The Church

as instituted by Jesus Christ, has been handed down to us by the Apostles and is revealed to us continuously through our faith.

On Pilgrimage until the Glory

The Church will make her pilgrimage in the midst of the world’s persecutions and God’s consolations. -St. Augustine

Visible and Spiritual

Christ established and sustains the Church as a visible organization through which he communicates truth and grace to all

Where God and Man are One

This nuptial of Christ with his Church is “the great mystery” and the Church, by union with Christ her bridegroom, becomes “the hope of Glory” (1 Cor. 13:8)

sacrament

Mystery (in Greek) is sometimes translated

sacrament

emphasized the visible sign of salvation

sacrament (mystery)

Christ himself is this

The Church

is the sacrament of men’s inner union with God

man’s unity is rooted in God.

She is also the sacrament of the unity of the human race because

Ecclesiology

is one of the departments of Theology that have profited most by modern biblical and historical research and interest, and in the last decades also by ecumenism.

Mystici Corporis

the image is treated not merely as an image but as a concept; and it is applied without qualification to the Church on earth.

God, through His Son Jesus Christ and with the power of the Holy Spirit

The Church continues to exist because _______ continues to sustain her as she was handed down to the care of the first apostles of Christ.