Grade 9 Religion Notes 2024-2025 PDF

Notes Grade 9 Religion 2024-2025 1. Catholic The word catholic means “universal” in two senses: A. For all: Entire human race is invited This invitation is different from Jewish custom B. Has it all: Doctrine - what human beings need to know about God...

Notes Grade 9 Religion 2024-2025 1. Catholic The word catholic means “universal” in two senses: A. For all: Entire human race is invited This invitation is different from Jewish custom B. Has it all: Doctrine - what human beings need to know about God Sacraments – dispose us to receive salvation C. Christianity is catholic. 2. Holiness a. Spiritual perfection because of likeness unto God b. Also referred to as sanctity, saintliness, and sacredness 3. Perfection a) Imitation of Jesus Christ b) Submission to God’s will c) It is the ultimate goal of the universal call to holiness d) Our perfection will not be complete until the end of time when we will be given a resurrected, glorified body 4. Second Vatican Council a) The most recent ecumenical council b) 1962-65 c) Ecumenical: representing the worldwide church d) Ecumenical councils take place when the pope gathers all the world’s bishops to discuss and make formal statements on church doctrine, practice, or discipline 5. Catechism of the Catholic Church A summary of Catholic teaching First published in 1992. 6. Kerygma Principal proclamation of Christianity: Christ loves you. Christ died on the cross so you might have the possibility of eternal life. Now, Christ is living at your side each day to enlighten, strengthen, and free you. 7. Disciple From Latin verb discere, meaning “to learn” A person who accepts Christ’s message and follows him 8. Discipleship Seeking holiness by following the path and mission to which Christ calls us 1 9. Evangelization Communicating to the world the saving message of Christ (principally the kerygma) Means to carry out:  Preaching   Missionary activity  Personal witness  Media 10. Martyr Greek for “witness” Someone who courageously stands up for the truth of the Christian faith, even to the point of enduring death The act of giving up one’s life for Christ is martyrdom. 11. Rosary A popular Marian prayer Uses rosary beads Involves meditations on the mysteries of the life of Christ and his mother Mysteries: joyful, sorrowful, glorious, luminous 12. Eucharist Jesus taught that we must eat his body and drink his blood to have eternal life. Christ is present in the Eucharist by means of transubstantiation. God gives many graces through the Eucharist. We must receive the Eucharist worthily. Christ comes to us intimately in Holy Communion. Christ waits for us in the tabernacles of our churches. 13. Origin of the Eucharist Foreshadowed in: (1) Old Testament (2) “Bread of life” discourse in Gospel according to John Instituted by Christ at Last Supper 14. The Real Presence Christ's body, blood, soul, and divinity become present under the appearances of bread and wine during the consecration of the Mass. 2 15. Workbook pp. 9 – 10 (question numbers 1 – 8) pp. 17 – 19 (question numbers 32 – 43) pp. 21 – 23 (question numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, & 11) 16. Doctrine of the Blessed Trinity Foreshadowed in the Old Testament Explicitly revealed in the New T. 17. Explaining God as both three and one The early Church developed technical language derived from Greek philosophy to explain this. 18. Heresy The obstinate denial or doubt, by a baptized person, of some truth that must be believed with divine faith 19. Responding to Heresies The early Church’s development of her understanding of God – particularly that of God the Son (Jesus Christ) – happened in response to heresies. Various person promoted views of God that the Church recognized to be false, so she had to correct them by defining precisely who is God and, specifically, who is Jesus Christ. 20. Blessed Trinity Central mystery of the Christian faith As a mystery, it can be known by faith yet never completely comprehended 21. What was unique about Israel’s religion in the ancient world? God created Israel as a monotheistic nation intended to love the one God above all things. 22. What name did God reveal to Israel? Given to Moses: “I am who I am”, a name related to God’s self-existence. 23. Trinity: Transcendent and Immanent Transcendent: beyond the limits of ordinary experience to the degree of incomprehensibility Immanent: Close and present, accessible, easy to grasp. “T” & “I” are opposites, but both true about the Trinity 3 24. God’s Perfections/Attributes Omnibenevolent: all-good Omnipotent: all-powerful Omnipresent: everywhere at the same time Omniscient: all-knowing 25. Trinity Mystery of one God in three persons:  God the Father  God the Son  God the Holy Spirit 26. Consubstantial Meaning of one and the same essence The three divine persons of the Trinity (Father, Son, Spirit) share the same divine nature Affirmed in the Nicene Creed 27. Some Heresies a. Arianism: Denied Jesus’ divinity; he is not equal to the Father b. Docetism: Jesus merely appeared to be human c. Gnosticism: Salvation is achieved through secret knowledge d. Nestorianism: Christ was two persons, one human and one divine 28. Workbook pp. 31 – 32 (question numbers 1 – 5) 29. God the Creator a. Cbrist restored the conception of God as loving Father b. Idea is present in Book of Genesis but largely lost due to sin c. Human beings = pinnacle (highpoint) of creation because made in the image of God 30. Original Sin a. Deceived by Satan, Adam and Eve commit O. Sin b. O.S. brought disorder, evil, & sin into the world for A & E and all their descendants c. Is both the sin of our first parents & a present condition the world suffers from 4 31. Consequences of O. Sin Please return this handout at the end of class. a. Loss of paradise b. Suffering c. Moral evils d. Physical evils e. Death 32. Evil a. No intrinsic existence b. An absence/lack of the good c. Permitted by God out of respect for human freedom 33. Natural Law a) Internal and knowable law of good and evil b) Every person possesses it 34. Angels a) Pure spiritual beings; no physical body b) Serve God, their creator c) Humans do not become angels d) Every human has a guardian angel 35. Jesus Christ Incarnate of the Virgin Mary WB p. 41 (questions 1, 3a, 3b, 4) 36. One and the same sacrifice The Mass & the Cross Christ offers himself to the Father in both 37. Receiving the eucharist worthily Be a baptized Catholic Be in a state of grace Have received first communion Have kept the eucharistic fast 38. Eucharist Word means “thanksgiving” Matter = wheat bread & grape wine Form = words “This is my body & this is my blood” Minister = priest 39. Basic Structure of the Mass Liturgy of the Word Liturgy of the Eucharist First Christians = Word Saturday and Eucharist Sunday 40. Structure of the Mass WB p. 118 (question numbers 18 & 19) Please return this handout at the end of class. Updated December 2, 2024 5