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- In Phaedo, Plato argues that death is CHRISTIAN FORMATION not destruction and should not be feared. LIFE Aristo...

- In Phaedo, Plato argues that death is CHRISTIAN FORMATION not destruction and should not be feared. LIFE Aristotelianism: - The view that the soul is the form of the body and perishes with it. LESSON 4 However, Aquinas argues the soul continues after bodily death. Sacrament of Confirmation - Death is the destruction of both body and soul. it highlights an awakening in the reality of - Aristotle contrasts Plato, believing the human person the material world is eternal. Nephesh: Wisdom: the ability to exercise good - A Hebrew term for soul or self, often judgment and balance personal and common linked to flesh. good. Ruach: Understanding: intellectual clarity and - Refers to the spirit or "vigorous discernment. life." Counsel: the gift of giving and receiving - In Saint Paul's writings, it refers to good advice. the "Christ living in me" (Galatians Fortitude: moral strength, courage, and 2:20). endurance. Resurrection: Knowledge: the pursuit and application of - Based on the Apostles and Nicene learning. Creed. Fear of the Lord: reverence and awe for - Benedict XVI describes it as the God. "awakening" to new life in God. Piety: personal holiness, devotion, and - Happens in cooperation with God's obedience to God's will. will, even during life. - LESSON 5 LESSON 6 Body and Soul Life and Death Platonism: Life: · - The belief that the true self is the - One visible value shared by God and the soul, and death is not the destruction Human Person of life. It emphasizes the - Basic and Ultimate Value immortality of the spirit. - Wise – Gift from Go - Divides the human person into body, - Wicked – Can be possessed and soul, and spirit (pneuma or nous). exploited at the expense of others  LESSON 5 The Primary and Ultimate Value of Life - The living God is the God revealed to PERSON AND COMMUNITY Israel; He is the author and giver of life - The constant value of human life can be 1. Understand the inviolability of understood in three instances the human person and the value 1. The relationship between of community God and His people are 2. Recognize the relationship confined to this understanding between person and community of life 2. Possibility of repentance God does not desire the death of the wicked, but rather that he A Person should turn from wickedness and live. Sacrament of - Individualism condemns us to Reconciliation selfishness and self-absorption 3. God the Son. Jesus Christ - Collectivism as totalitarian came into the world so that we project rids the human person of may live and have life more his/her uniqueness abundantly. - Inviolability of every Human being (PROSOPON) - Personalism is not about the “what” of the human being, Resurrection of the Dead rather it centers on the “who” of 1. Resurrection of Jesus each one of us. Christ - Equal worth of all Human 2. Resurrection of Just beings 3. Resurrection of the Wicked - Self-care and Fidelity A Community Death - Community as a complex of relationships - Death is not a problem, atleast when one - Communitty as a Network of dies of old age communications - A legal interpretation held by ancient Israel LESSON 5 - DEATH AS EXPIATION AND ANTONEMENT - Death can be an atonement or expiation Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist for our sins - Completes and Fulfills the Christian Initiation Holy Eucharist - It is the heart and summit of all Christian Life. - According to Saint Augustine, the bread and wine on the altar, “sanctified by the word of God” - It means the source of our life is the Eucharist, starting from the teachings of Jesus Christ to His apostles. - And showed us the meaning of resurrection here on earth. It is our step for having eternal life in God.