Apologetics exam

This person is called an Athest

What would you say if someone said this - I dont belive in God

This person is called an Agnostic

What would you say if someone said this - There may or may not be a god

Uncaused cause, Unmoved mover, Intelligent Design, Moral Order and Perfect being

Five reasons be belive in God

We live in a would of cause and effect If you ask the question" What caused that" over and over again eventually youd end up with the cause and effect- God who is self existant and independant of all causes

1Uncaused cause

All things had to be "moved" to existence, To go from not existing to existing. What gave being this, before that, The only one who was never moved into existence because life is eternal is God. Who is the fist mover and cannot be moved by any living thing.

2Unmoved mover

Some would say the world, the universe in haphazard jumble of objects thrown together by accident. The world is not chance, but we see regular in the moments of the planets in types of species of living things and in lauds applying to science. We are arranged with purpose and created skews through effects we see order of and intelligence designer God.

3 Intelligent design

All persons knowingly they must do God and avoid all evil. This is written in our hearts. Where does this law at what out to do come from? This laws does not come from ourselves but from God.

4 Moral Order

In the world we see varying degrees of perfection. These degrees assume the existence of an adamite standard of perfection. Therefore perfection must have pinnacle. This pinnacle is whom we call God.

5 Perfect being

Alone tells us there is God and if this Divine Mover and Law giver has taught us how to receive salvation and reach heaven than yes it does matter and if there is God and I do care.

Why do we believe these 5 things

Pope Benedict XVI

What does it mean

"giving a reasoned defense for your faith"

Apologetics means?

Scripture, Tradition, teachings and a reason

What do you use to give a reasoned defense to your faith

be prepared to make a defense to anyone who calls you to account for the hope that is you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence.

What do you do if someone calls you for your faith.

So you know your faith

Purpose of Apologetics

Give the truth in love

Your goal

your a missonary not a layer. The goal is to give the truth not winning and argument

Chairty

Unity, study, focus, Interpretation, pray, learn, defend, and share

The greatest's ways to know Jesus

if you are defending the faith but not living it you'll get no where

Holiness

Focus on what you have in common fist where on teh same side

Unity

Dont let them ask you a ton of questions, focus on one at a time

Focus

Remember the catholic Church gave us the bible so don't let them tell you wrong

Interperatation

dont start a heated conversation if the other perosn isnt open

Pray

to explane your faith clearly

Learn__

it charitably

Defend ___

it confrednlty

Share _

Sacrid Scripture and prayer

Your wepons

The word of God written under the insparation of the holy spirit

Sacrid Scriptire

Let the holy spirit help you beacuse sometime were afriad or forget

Prayer

living a holy life

The best arguemnt you can give is

What do we need to defend

Major Disagreements 

Sacred Scripture

Papal Authority 

Eucharist

Mary and the saints 

Purgatory confession

We need to be able to defend these truths and

help people realize that the fullness of the truth is only found in the Catholic church

Being catholic and living the catholic faith means you

 can live life pleasing to God you can become the person you're meant to be- A saint 

All catholics and non catholic christians agree the bible as

inspired  holy spirit! It is the word of God

Catholic Bible:

Put together in the councils of Hippo and Carthage ( 393 and 397) Before that the early church quoted and considered inspired they 46th books of the OT we have today. There was a Herbew OT and a Greek OR Jesus used the Greek one. Martin Lutther preferred the hebrew with only 39 books. He wanted to read the books of Esther.

In John 4:31-34 and Mathew16:5-12

Yes, Jesus uses symbolic language, but here Jesus is not using symbols. Consider this John 6:50 the Jews understand Jesus to be literal and Jesus repeats himself over and over- we must eat his flesh and drink his blood( John 6:55 “For my flesh is true and food and my blood is true drink.”

Why would Jesus let the disciples walk away

 John 6:66-67

is purgatorythis reasonable ? Yes!

-Revelation 21:27-” nothing unclean shall enter heaven”. Therefore those who die with mortal sin merit hell. Those who die without any sin merit haven. Those who die with venial sin must be cleansed.

 (Isaiah 6:3)

God is holy

 Matthew 5:48 

 We are all called to be perfect”

Hebrews 12:14

“Strive for holiness without which no one will see the Lord.”

1 Corinthians 3:15

 “ But if someone's work is burned up, that one will suffer loss; the person will be saved, but only as though fire.

2 Maccabees 12:44-45

 “For if she were not expecting the fallen to rise again it would have been useless and foolish to pray for them in death. But if he did this with a view to the spelled world that awaits those who had gone to rest in goddess, it was holy and pious through. He made atonement for the dead so they may be freed from sin.

Easter Sunday the day Christ won for his Eternal LIFE Jesus breathed on the Apostles. The other time God breathed on something was

 creation, and breathing life to Adam. There LIFE to someone who has repented of their sins. 

Catholics confess sins to God and receive forgiveness from God, though

a persist.

  “ Is anyone among you sick? He should summon the presbyters(perists) of the church and should pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith will save the sick persson and the Lord will rise in him up. If he has committed any sins, he will be

forveine”

Sola fide-

by faith alone

(Mathew 25:31-46)

vMartin Luther preached that we will enter heaven by faith alone . Catholics believe that we enter heaven by not only faith but by doing good works as well. The catholic view excludes Solia fide as grows for justification (salvation) holding instead that grace, which impulse good works, is also necessary for salvation

Sola Scripture-

by scripture alone 

Genesis to Revelation

 scripture never says that scripture is the sole infallible authority for God's word. Scripture also mandates the use of tradition. THis is fact alone disapproves sola scriptura.

Mathew 28:20

”observe all I have commanded”

ohn 20:30; 21-25

not all things outside of scripture, so there must be things outside of scripture that we must observe. This must disciples” bible alone” theology

There is no evidence in the Bible or elsewhere that Jesus intended the Bible to be

 sole authority to the christian faith.

This is a person who gives a resond defence for ther faith

Apologist

This is one perosn is responcible for many divisions of the chuch

Maritn Luther

This is ruths of our faith passed down orally from one gerneration to the next

Tradtion

This is truths revealed by God for the salvation of all men

Divine releation

The word of God written under insparation of the spirit

Sacrif Scripture

St.Tomas used this to argue for the existane of God.

Reason

What id the goal of Apologetis

To give teh truth in love

What id the best arguemt for helping another person become catholic/ know Jesus

Living an holy life

Two ways all perople can come to know God exists

Faith and Reason

In apologetics we are defeding

truth

John 10:38

“ The Father and I are one “

Thess 2:15

“So then, breathen, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either of word or by mouth or by letter.”

Peter 3:15-16

“ Always be prepared to make a defense to anyone who calls you account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentilness and reverence