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★CHRISTIAN LIFE FORMATION Saint Augustine – Refers to this as REVIEWER★ credeutintelligas which means “Believe so that you may understand ➪LESSON 1 - I BAPTIZED YOU...

★CHRISTIAN LIFE FORMATION Saint Augustine – Refers to this as REVIEWER★ credeutintelligas which means “Believe so that you may understand ➪LESSON 1 - I BAPTIZED YOU GOD AND THE HUMAN PERSON HUMAN SCIENCES - Study of the human As a human person, we are also curious about person ourselves. Self-reflexivity – We spend time looking ANTHROPOLOGY - Science that studies and inwardly deep within ourselves. considers human person. Springs forth from the All of creation are symbols that make God Greek root word Anthropos which means present for us. human Him present as the cause, foundation, and source; God is Origin and Creator of HISTORY OF IDEA - Reflects an enduring everything. and continuing interest in the reality of our The record of God’s revelation to humanity, humanity. according to Christian faith, is given to us in the Holy Scriptures of the Old (God, Noa, BIOLOGY - Study of all living things and their Abraham, and David) and New (Jesus, vital processes. Deals with all physicochemical Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) and Church aspects of life. Bios; Biology Documents. ANATOMY - Science that studies the body SACRAMENT of BAPTISM structure of humans. Studies the physiology 1. Brings new life in Christ (Holy water, and materiality of the human person water) 2. Forgiveness of Sins (Adam and Eve, PSYCHOLOGY - Studies the behavior, mind, Original Sins) conscious, unconscious, feelings, and thoughts 3. Restoration - Resurrection of a human person. Psyche; Psychology Elevation – Eternal life 4. Trinitarian divine life THEOLOGY in ANTHROPOLOGY 5. Incorporating us in the Church (Brothers and sisters) Where we hear explanations that deeply 6. Occasion for celebration matter to life, meaning, and purpose of 7. Adopted sons and daughter everything around humans. Theo = God’s gift, Logy = Words. ADAM AND CHRIST About God and God’s message to human person Saint Paul – Introduces for us two scripture characters who personify humanity’s Given the openness of the situation that we are relationship with God. immersed in, there is a limitation in what we can decide and will for ourselves. We are nonetheless responsible for what we make of ourselves and of our lives; we cannot simply be a victim of our contextualities. We are but recipients of the mystery of life and time and all Saint Paul – Provides an ultimate answer to the inquiry as to where the human person comes from and where we’re going.  Two poles in understanding the human person We are a creature of God and as such, like everything else in the universe, we have a destiny. While we remain to be the crown of creation, created to be its steward, lord, and master, we need to be reminded that we are created for a goal, a telos, a purpose. HUMANITY Goal, Purpose, Mission = TELOS representative in the cosmos and He alone can exercise God’s authority and PSALM 8 dominion. Fitting introduction to God’s revelation about the human person. Refers back to the creation of the human person, Adam, but the fullness of its interpretation is found in New Testaments IMAGE OF GOD - St. Paul does not develop the concept of the image of God at all, he merely focuses on CHRIST; he argues that - Christ is this man and this man alone is the image of God. Jesus Christ is God’s ➪LESSON 2 - ORIGINAL - Opens the gates of paradise w/c was BLESSINGS closed by the 1st man’s failure to be what ought to have been PENTATEUCH - first 5 books in the bible - Genesis ✈︎ OCTOBER 31 2017 DOCUMENT - Exodus - Signed by Lutherans and Catholics - Leviticus - Debate on sin and grace no longer - Numbers divides Protestants from Catholicism of - Deuteronomy the Church - Reconciles all of creation with God PSALM 8 - demonstrates the profound truth of our human relationship with God. ♕︎ 4 SOURCES/TRADITIONS Yahwist TWO CREATION STORIES - 960-930 BC >1st creation - Anthropomorphic presentation of God - Points human existence as an ecologist (Yahweh) and conservationist. - Humans are adapting our lives to nature Elohist and as such is close to nature. - 900-850 BC - God (Elohim) speaks through dreams, >2nd creation angels, fire - Humans as developers and as stewards - Humans dominating nature and as such Deuteronomist adapting to our own ends. - Style and theology of Josiah’s reform; stress on Mosaic obedience and fidelity 𑁍 EDEN to Jerusalem - View all of creation that is in harmony with one another. Priestly Codex - Within this well ordered relationship - 550-450 BC between material realities and living - Cultic approach to Gd, the Almighty and plants and animals that the man to Holy One whom God has given breath is situated. 2 EFFECTS OF ORIGINAL INNOCENCE 𑁍 MAN Uprightness of the whole person - is in a relationship with all that is other than himself Conditional immunity from death and - steward of the garden and the suitable suffering partner of the woman - his life is granted to him to be caretaker and steward of other creatures and his partner 𑁍 JESUS - Servant of God - Gentle and lowly of heart - Fulfillment of the 1st creation story and understanding as human person ➪LESSON 3 - ORIGINAL SIN ORIGINAL SIN - Refers to a sin which we derive from our origins. By original then, we are referring to a type of inherited, hereditary, and genetic type of sin. This means that this sin is in each one of us; it is our sin and not the sin of the first human person or the first sinner A. UNIVERSALITY AND ORIGINAL SIN - The grip of sin is universal, we are caught in this grip, sin is understood as a disease and not in terms of malice. - St. Paul explains to us the origins of sin and how it got the best of us, he describes and gives his point in the difference of Adam and Christ. According to him, Christ is the remedy for sin. - Adam : The archetypal man of the first and old creation. - Christ : the head and beginning of the new creation. ST. AUGUSTINE - raises the doctrine (teaching) of original sin in the context of grace - Makes it clear that original sin is a matter of human nature being fallen in its head and archetype, Adam - says that the human race is a Massadamnata. ST. THOMAS AQUINAS - defining the essence of original sin consists in the lack of original justice: it makes possible the dialogue between theology and the sciences of human psychology COMBAT LUST - Self discipline - Self discernment - Self respect