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The church is not just the Roman THE CHURCH ETYMOLOGY Catholic Church. KIRCHE MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHERS German origin THE DARK AGES KYRIAKE...

The church is not just the Roman THE CHURCH ETYMOLOGY Catholic Church. KIRCHE MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHERS German origin THE DARK AGES KYRIAKE Clergy : ignorant and incompetent Some bishops were teenagers. Something that belongs to God Bible : seldom read and was once banned from people. Q’hal YHWH Simony : prevalent Community of the Lord Papacy : prize to be sought Scandals EKKLESIA Taken out of a certain lifestyle LIGHT IN DARKNESS Marian Devotion EK-KALEIN Poems and prayers : St. Grigor of To get something / someone out Narek Religion and Science ○ St. Albert the Great : silver, nitrate, and arsenic. CHRISTIANOS / KATHOLIKOS ○ St. Hildegard of Bingen. Universal Faith and reason Older than the Apostles MEDIEVAL ERA: ST. THOMAS AQUINAS WHAT THE CHURCH IS NOT The church is not an idea. DOMINICAN The church is not just a place of Priest worship Doctor Angelicus The church is not the kingdom of Doctor of the Church God. ○ Our goal is to turn the church Summa Theologiae into the kingdom of God 5 ways The church is not just the Bishops and the priests. ARGUMENT FROM MOTION  Did not dwell on the convergence of One is moved by another Greek philosophy. Newton’s first law of motion “The glory of God is man (humanity), God: Unmoved Mover fully alive.) ARGUMENT FROM CAUSATION God : life giver. Humanity : image and likeness of Everything comes from something. God. ARGUMENT FROM CONTINGENCY ST. JUSTIN MARTYR God: necessary being. Follower of Greek Philosophy Philosophy says we are unnecessary. First Christian Apologist ARGUMENT FROM DEGREE “Knowing thyself is understanding humanity’s link to logos.” The idea of what is perfect. Logos : principle of knowledge and God: ultimate perfection. understanding Soma : body ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN Psyche : soul Presence of goodness Spirit : neuma “Tatak ng designer” Pneuma has remnants of logos, that God: Designer is why we’re able to reason out. ST. ANSELM OF CANTERBURY Benedictine ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Archbishop Summum Bonum Doctor of the Church ○ God is the ”ultimate good”. “Proslogion” Berber Father of Scholasticism Follower of neoplatonism. Fides Quaerens Intellectum Telos ○ Faith-seeking ○ End goal in life is God. ○ Faith first We leave home to get to know ○ Understanding faith thyself, only to find it back at home. ○ In order to understand, have faith. ST. IRENAEUS OF LYONS  AGE OF ISMS DAVID HUME ISMOS The idea of God is illogical. in the manner of, state of, or condition of JOHN LOCKE Concept or an ideology Formally: Age of the Enlightenment God can be experienced in the Past Reformation physical world. RATIONALISM BAPTISM Reason to understand. BAPTIZEIN Something that is unreasonable / To immerse unreal. Ablution Used to reject the idea of God. Sprinkling The Goddess of Reason was Before, Baptism was only practiced enthroned. once every year. Deists: believed God abandoned the Baptism of adults universe. Baptism of infants In Rome, people were slapped in order RENEE DESCARTES to be baptized. Rationalist who defended Christianity. BAPTISM BY WATER Father of Modern Philosophy “Cogito Ergo Sum” The usually practiced baptism. BAPTISM BY BLOOD IMMANUEL KANT Rationalist that believes God leads to Baptism received by the unbaptized ultimate good. through martyrdom. BAPTISM BY DESIRE EMPIRICISM If you want to be baptized, then you die, “Empeiria” : experienced you’re still baptized. If it cannot be experienced, it cannot be true. Phenomenology studies the experience, while Empiricism uses experience.  yet, because we are still in the The Nature of the Church process of discovering them. Mystery is different from miracles, THE CHURCH IS HUMAN. because miracles can never be The church is human because we, the explained. people of God, are human. The Church was established by Christ THE CHURCH AS A SACRAMENT. in our physical world making it a part of physical human history. Sacramentum means – “emphasizes Her humanity enables her to change. the visible sign of the hidden reality Ecclesia semper reformanda – the of salvation which was indicated by Church which forever changes. the term mysterium.” The Church is a sacrament, and so is Jesus Himself. THE CHURCH IS DIVINE. Jesus is the primordial sacrament. We journey towards divine life, the (primordial meaning first and Church leads people towards eternal ultimate) perfection. Saint Paul referred to Christ as the The Church calls us to a life of “image of the invisible God.” holiness. The Church is the fundamental sacrament. (fundamental meaning to The Church: A mysterion form or relate to the most important part of something) THE CHURCH IS BOTH A MYSTERY AND The main task of the Church is to A SACRAMENT. establish God’s kingdom by drawing all people closer to God. Mysterion – secret rite or doctrine The Church is a sacrament because Mysterium and sacramentum we are its members. MYSTERY: YET TO BE FULLY DISCOVERED 1. She, as the Mystical Body of Christ, brings Jesus to the world. Jesus Mysterium means – “secret thing” Christ is the Head of the Church. Secrecy does not mean it is in hiding, Wherever the Church is, Christ is rather, it means that it is yet to be made present. discovered. 2. She perpetuates the words and works There are a lot of aspects of the of Christ thus aiding humankind in Church that we do not understand  remembering and experiencing the THE CHURCH IS THE TEMPLE OF THE Messiah. HOLY SPIRIT. 3. She is the sole caretaker of all the The Holy Spirit has found a dwelling sacraments left by Jesus to aid us in place in the Church and in the hearts becoming holy “so as the Father is of each and every Christian. holy.” We have received the Holy Spirit and his gifts when we were baptized. The Scriptural Images of the Church THE CHURCH IS THE PEOPLE OF GOD. What Should the Church Be Like: PCP II We are the people, united in one head Models of the Church and one mission. THE CHURCH IS THE CHURCH OF THE This is why Filipinos, when going to POOR. mass, say “magsisimba” and not “sasamba”. The Church wants to follow Christ in living a life of spiritual poverty. THE CHURCH IS THE BODY OF CHRIST. The Church desires to become a loving and merciful church, with a The image of the church identifies heart for the poor and oppressed. and connects itself with Jesus Christ. Gospel tells us how Jesus identified THE CHURCH IS A COMMUNITY OF with his followers: (Luke 10:16, FAMILIES. Mattews 25:40) Very vibrant to the letters of Saint In the Bible, the Church is often Paul. described as the “household or Imagery of the Body of Christ calls temple of God”. all members of the Church to take The renewal of the Church begins note of three things: inside each and every home. a. We must discover our place in the Church. THE CHURCH IS A COMMUNITY IN b. We must learn how to cooperate and MISSION. be in harmony with the other From the very start, the Church has members of the Church. been given a missionary mandate. c. We must not forget that Christ is the Head, not us.  The Marks of the Church Heaven and see the Holy Trinity face-to-face. THE CHURCH IS ONE. The “one” mark represents the THE CHURCH IS CATHOLIC. concept of unity. The Church is katholikos or Within this one church, diversity and “universal”. division exist. e. The missionary mandate of the The Church is one due to the Church is universal. We are all called following reasons: to make “all nations” his disciples. a. The Church originated from the will f. The Church continues to teach all of the holy trinity, who calls what Christ taught and offers her humanity into all people. members complete access to full faith b. We are baptized into one faith by the relationship with Christ. Lord. g. The Church respects the cultural c. We are led by only one pope. differences of local Churches but d. We recognize one creed, one set of maintains the unity of all her sacraments and holy teachings. members all over the world. THE CHURCH IS HOLY. THE CHURCH IS APOSTOLIC. The Church, despite the sinfulness of Greek term apostolos – “somebody her members, is considered holy. sent” a. The Church prays that she would a. The Church is apostolic because she remain a loving and caring mother to derives her origin from the apostles. all of the followers of Christ just as b. The Church is apostolic because she Mary was a Mother. This is why we perpetuates the teachings of the call Mary “Mother of the Church”. apostles, derived from the teachings b. The Church prays that she would of Christ, through her ministries and remain faithful to Christ just as her effort of taking care of the holy Mary remained faithful to the will of Tradition. God. c. The Church is being led up to now by c. The Church prays that she would the successors of the apostles – remain holy and guard that holiness the Pope, the bishops and the priests. which came from the same source of Mary’s holiness – the grace of God. d. The Church prays that she would someday enter the Kingdom of  We are called to be like Christ! c. Clothe the naked. d. Shelter the homeless. THE CHURCH’S MISSION IS PROPHETIC. e. Visit the sick. The prophets are the mouthpieces of f. Visit the imprisoned. God. g. Bury the dead. What must we do in order to become prophets? a. Read the Bible. b. Believe and study what you’ve read. c. Share what you believe. d. Live in what you share. THE CHURCH’S MISSION IS PRIESTLY. Our prayers manifest our faith in God and our perseverance in life. It gives hope to us, and to those we pray for. THE CHURCH’S MISSION IS KINGLY. Jesus showed us the great importance of serving others. By serving Christ in others, we can bring them to serve the Lord. The spiritual acts of mercy: a. Instruct the ignorant. b. Counsel the doubtful. c. Admonish the sinner. d. Bear wrongs patiently. e. Forgive offenses willingly. f. Comfort the sorrowful. g. Pray for both the living and the dead. The corporal acts of mercy: a. Feed the hungry. b. Give drinks to the thirsty.