Post on 26-Dec-2015
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Chapter 1 PowerPoint
Moral relativism is the view that ethical standards, morality, and positions of right or wrong are culturally based and therefore subject to a person's individual choice. We can all decide what is right for ourselves.
I’m spiritual, but not religious.
Pope Francis: “We do not become Christians by ourselves. Faith is above all a gift from God which is given to us in and through the Church.”
We Are Meant to Be Together0
The Origins of the Church
GOD
… made a covenant with Abraham and his
descendants
… made a covenant with the Israelites at
Mount Sinai
The Origins of the Church
… sent prophets to announce a new and
eternal covenant
… sent Christ who instituted the New Covenant through
the Paschal Mystery
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God created the world with people in mind, intending that everyone live in a loving relationship with him and one another.
The Church is Instituted by Christ
Protoevangelium: “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; He will strike at your head, while you strike at his heel. (Gn 3;15) Why is this sometimes called the “first gospel”?
The Church is Instituted by Christ
[Jesus] said, “To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it? It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth. But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade.” (Mk 4:31-32)
The Church is Instituted by Christ
The Kingdom of God
The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?” Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eatsmy flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I inhim. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.”
(Jn 6: 52-58)
The Church is Instituted by Christ
The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist
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Peter preaches to theJews about Jesus
About 3000 people are baptized
The Holy Trinity is fully revealed
Proclamation of the Kerygma
Continues to empower the Church to live as the Body of Christ
The Apostolic Foundation and Mission of the Church
Twelve Tribes of IsraelReubenSimeonJudah
IssacharZebulun
BenjaminDan
NaphtaliGad
AsherEphraim
Manasseh
Twelve ApostlesSimon/Peter
AndrewJames, son of Zebedee
JohnPhillip
BartholomewThomasMatthew
James, son of AlphaeusThaddaeus/Jude
SimonJudas Iscariot [Matthias]
The Apostolic Foundation and Mission of the Church
The Spirit continues to be present in…
SacredScripture
SacredTradition
TheLiturgy
TheMagisterium
Prayer Gifts & Ministries
of theChurch
Signs ofApostolic &Missionary
Life
Witnessof Saints
The Apostolic Foundation and Mission of the Church
Outline of the Acts of the Apostles † Prologue: Recapping the End of Luke’s Gospel (1:1-14)† The Early Days of the Community in Jerusalem (1:15–8:3)† The Good News about Jesus Spreads in Judea and Samaria
(8:4–12:25)† Barnabas and Paul (Saul) Are Sent Out by the Church at
Antioch (13:1–14:28)† The Council of Jerusalem: Requirements for Gentile Christian
Converts (15:1-35)† The Mission of Paul and His Companions in Greece and Asia
Minor (15:36–20:38)† Paul Returns to Jerusalem and Is Imprisoned in Caesarea
(21:1–26:32)† Paul Is Taken as a Prisoner to Rome (27:1–28:16)† Paul Lives in Rome and Continues Preaching (28:17-31)
“Tomb of St. Peter, Apostle”The first century tomb of the great apostle lies directly beneath the great dome of the Basilica of St. Peter in Vatican City-State. Between 1939 and 1949 archeologists unearthed what they believed to be the ancient crypt of Peter and in 1968 Pope Paul VI declared that indeed the bones of the apostle had been discovered. Take a virtual tour at the Vatican website: www.vatican.va.