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God,
The Cosmos &
The Human Condition
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Sources,
Revelation,
Scriptures,
Holy Texts
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Organization:
Hierarchy
Leadership Ministries
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Calendar
Time Line
&/or
Feast Days
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Prayer
Worship
Ritual
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Views on the Moral Life
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Trinitarian God:
One God, Three persons.
Creation:
God as source of all life Creation is good
God
grants freedom
to all of Creation
Humans
are responsible
for how they
exercise their Freedom
"Sin" is the
misuse of
human
freedom:
Choosing
death over life…
Choosing self
over the Other…
Choosing
hatred over self-giving love.
Called to live
a life of:
Faith
Hope
Love
God seeks
to reconcile and
redeem creation
God offers the
fullness of Life
Eternal Life:
Life lived no
longer in the
shadow of death
Faith in
Jesus assures
Life for the
believer
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The fullness of God's self-communication to Mankind is in Jesus
All of Salvation history points to this unique moment
Salvation/Jesus
foreshadowed in the Old Testament
New Testament reveals God through/ in Jesus and God as Spirit animating the life of the Church
The N.T. traces the origins and spread of the Church. God's Holy Spirit alive in the community of believers
The Church carries forth Christ's teaching through its Magisterial Authority:
Doctrine
Encyclicals
Social Teaching
Theological Reflection and
Scholarship serve to enrich the Church's self-understanding of its rich Tradition and assists in interpreting the tradition over time.
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Lay Ministry:
Baptism calls all to discipleship & ministry of self-giving love.
Charism:
The grace of Baptism as it is individuated in the life/gifts of each believer
The Church is called to be a charismatic community which carries forth Christ's mission of Love.
Ordained Ministry:
The Church calls individuals
to formal witness, leadership andservice:
Pope
Bishops
Priests:
Diocesan priests
Religious Orders
Women Religious
The Pope, as successor to St. Peter, presides over the life of the Church
Vatican Councils bring together Church leaders to reflect on and speak out to the needs of the Church.
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See Time Line for Christianity in "Exploring Religions"
Calendar:
Gregorian Calendar
(Solar calendar)
Worship Cycle:
Daily Cycle:
Litany of Hours
Weekly Cycle:
SundayEucharist
[daily Eucharist]
Annual Cycle:
Advent
Christmas
Epiphany
Lent
Easter
Pentecost
Ordinary Time
Sanctoral Cycle-
Memorial Feasts
of Saints
Special Events in
Life of Mary & Jesus
Ascension
Assumption
Immaculate
Conception
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Prayer within
Catholicism
takes many forms:
Formal/Public Prayer & Rites:
Eucharist Penitential Rites Stations of Cross
The Rosary
Novenas
Liturgy of the
Hours
Private Prayer:
Contemplative
Prayer
Spiritual
Direction
Retreat
Programs
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Moral Life grounded in the call to Love.
The Great Commandment:
-Love God
-Love Neighbor
as Self
Covenant model:
God's Offer
Our Response
Persons are free to respond
to or reject the
call to Love
Exercise of human freedom must be grounded in
Right Reason
Conscience:
Knowing the Good vs Evil
Choosing our Actions
Guided by the Official Teaching of the Church
Natural Law: Order of Nature Order of Reason
Commands
Laws
Norms
Virtues
Character:
Who do I wish
to become?
Choices: What choices
will accomplish this?
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