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- - - - The theology surrounding Salvation and Salvation History
    - - The study of Christ through the Incarnation and Resurrection
        
        This is the lens through which we view all things in the Faith
    - - The Word made Flesh; Christ, while retaining his full divine nature takes on a full human n
    - - Christ’s complete resurrection from the dead to New Life, body and soul (full humanity and full divinity)
    - - Monotheistic God in three distinct Persons rather than beings or modalities
      - the Persons of the Trinity share in the fullness of the Divine Essence (are completely God) and exist outside of space and time- communication of idioms
        
        Jesus the Son takes on a second complete Nature (Human Nature) in the Incarnation and unites them indissolubly
    - - The study of the third Person in the Trinity, the Holy spirit
    - - The complete purpose of beingness. For God this is Love and it is uncreated (it simply is)
    - - Aspects distinct to a type of soul in the hierarchy which do not change the capacity of the essence
        
        The Human Essence is characterized in body and soul through the capacity for intellect and will
        
        The Human Essence shares accidents of hair color, height, sex, skin color, etc...
    - - history of humanity told through Didactic Fiction and Figurative language, inspired by the holy spirit, to speak to our nature as created in the “image and likeness of God
    - - Divinely inspired accounts of the Covenants, beginning with the first covenants and leading to the
        fulfillment in the new Covenant through Jesus Christ
    - - The compiled and divinely inspired revelation of the Church as guided by the Holy Spirit dating back to christ and specifically to Pentecost
        
        It is due to the revelation in Sacred Tradition that the Church Fathers were able to discern the validity of divine revelation in the specific books compiled to become the bible
    - - Language used to symbolically portray images, stories, and names to point to a deeper truth
    - - St. Thomas aquinas' definition
        
        Sins of words and deed are both done openly, and for this reason Gregory (Moral. iv, 25) reckons them under one head: whereas Jerome (in commenting on Ezekiel 43:23) distinguishes between them, because in sins of word there is nothing but manifestation which is intended principally; while in sins of deed, it is the consummation of the inward thought which is principally intended, and the outward manifestation is by way of sequel. Habit and despair are stages following the complete species of sin, even as boyhood and youth follow the complete generation of a man
        
        four stages
        
        fault at heart
        
        the act is done
        
        act becomes habit
        
        presumption of gods mercy or despair
      - catechism of the catholic church
        
        1849 Sin is an offense against reason, truth and right conscience it is failure in genuine love for God and neighbor caused by a perverse attachment to certain goods. It wounds the nature of man and injures human solidarity. It has been defined as "an utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal
        
        Mortal Sin | 1857 For a sin to be mortal, three conditions must together be met: "Mortal sin is sin whose object is grave matter and which is also committed with full knowledge and deliberately
        
        Venial Sin | 1863 Venial sin weakens charity; it manifests a disordered affection; it impedes the soul's progress in the exercise of the virtues and the practice of the moral good; it merits temporal punishment. Deliberate and unrepented venial sin disposes us little by little to commit mortal sin. However venial sin does not break the covenant with God. With God's grace it is humanly reparable. "Venial sin does not deprive the sinner of sanctifying grace, friendship with God, charity, and consequently eternal happiness
  - - - “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; they will strike at your head, while you strike at their heel.”
        
        God curses the Serpent for his specific treacherous actions, but responds with love toward humanity – whom God created in His own image.
        
        There will be constant conflict between the Satan and Humanity, but God will prevail in love
        
        who is the new adam
        
        Jesus
        
        who is the new eve
        
        Mary
    - - Certain of the Prophets foretold of the coming of a New Covenant and a New Heaven
        
        This new covenant would be brought and fulfilled y Gods Messiah (anointed one)
        
        This Covenant required a conversion of hearts for the people
        
        The people heard the message amidst suffering and throughout exile hoping for restoration
        
        The people created their own image of who they expected the Messiah to be, making it more difficult
        for them to recognize Christ in his coming, life, ministry, passion, death, and resurrection
  - - - As a member of the Church you are part of the Mystical Body of Christ
        
        Christ is the Head and we are the Body
      - The Church is both Communal as it is individual
        
        Communal-Think Sacraments, Worship and Liturgy, adherence to Universal Teachings
        
        Individual-Think personal prayer and personal actions in the faith
        
        To lose this part often results in us collapsing to being “spiritual but not religious”, which is more of a cop-out to not have to “follow the rules” but still expect to have a “relationship with God"
        
        Most of the time that just means we are deifying and justifying our own choices and personal beliefs, which doesn’t leave room for God and Truth. It turns us inward and distorts our relationship with God and others
      - Notice, you cannot separate the Communal from the Individual participations of the Church and have a Faith which functions in the way Christ called us to act.
      - Service
        
        Helping individuals with their needs, meeting them where they are and providing.
      - Justice
        
        Working to solve the issues that left those people living in an undignified state.
      - Subsidarity
        
        A principle of social doctrine that all social bodies exist for the sake of the individual so that what individuals are able to do, society should not take over, and what small societies can do, larger societies should not take over.
      - Solidarity
        
        We are one human family whatever our national, racial, ethnic, economic, and ideological differences. We are our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers, wherever they may be. Loving our neighbor has global dimensions in a shrinking world. At the core of the virtue of solidarity is the pursuit of justice and peace. Pope Paul VI taught that “if you want peace, work for justice.”1 The Gospel calls us to be peacemakers. Our love for all our sisters and brothers demands that we promote peace in a world surrounded by violence and conflict.
  - - - Beneficence
        
        The principal of moral action which dictates the actor should do what is "right" and what is "good"
        
        People benefit from good, so all actions should seek to achieve the greatest amount of good
      - least harm
        
        The principle of moral action which
        dictates the actor should do the least harm possible
        
        people benefit from good, and so they should seek to avoid harming others to increase that good
      - Autonomy
        
        The principle of moral action which dictates the actor should make decisions that best apply to their lives
        
        people benefit from respect for their specific life experience and they should be able to govern actions such as
      - justice
        
        The principle of moral action which dictates the actor should make choices that are fair to those involved
        
        people benefit from good, so, barring extenuating circumstances, the most just choice should always win out
    - - Deontolgy
        
        People should fulfil obligations and duties to others and as a part of society as what is ethically correct
        
        can become risky if there are conflicts: to fullfil an obligation which may cause someone to break a law
      - utiliarism
        
        People should choose actions that yield
        the greatest amount of good or the most benefit
        
        Act Util.- follow ethics regardless of opinion
        
        Rule Util. – Follow ethics and fair
      - rights
        
        people should act to protect the established rights of a society as highest priority
        
        The actions must account for goal of the society at large, which may sometimes be interpreted differently
      - virtue
        
        people should be judged on character of the majority of their actions rather than ones that deviates
        
        This may not take into account that a persons moral character may change over time
    - - The Church understands all morality through the lens of Christ
      - Revealed to us through our creation in Genesis 1-2, in God’s image and likeness is bound up in some particular characteristics to understand our purpose and morality, it is important
        understand how humanity is created in that image
        
        God is free- We are created in love which denotes freedom, not freedom from consequence, but a freedom which is bound up in our nature and our creation
        
        God is communion – We are called to love and serve God, and, as Christ reminds us, that means extending that love to others
        
        We are beings created to be in communion
        
        God has always been and will always be Triune, meaning that there is always an inner community of the persons of the trinity known as the immanent trinity
        
        We encounter God in Persons, and to encounter one Person of the Trinity is to encounter them All (communion of idioms). The Trinity that we encounter in those moments is known as the Economic Trinity
        
        E.G. We encounter others and they reveal truth about themselves, that does not mean that the fullness of truth
        as to who they are can be understood as expressed in that encounter. The same goes for God on a completely different level
      - the Church, therefore, teaches that each person from the moment of conception to natural death is to be respected in their human diginity
      - our virtues and morals, especially Teachings on sin reflect our createdness in God
      - Our creation denotes that we were created to be with God in the next world (heaven), mean that our actions can be defined in degree of their love ( intent and actions), and they are defined that way because our goal is to attain heaven
        
        our freedom can help us to get there or help us choose hell willingly
        
        E.G. God fires an arrow (us) at the target (heaven), but wind and our own bending can cause us to to
        miss the mark. Unlike an arrow we are in control of our choices, and if we allow our passions to to
        master us then we will become enslaved to ourselves and to others.
        
        this is known as feleology, the study of life from the vantage point at which we will ultimately end
    - - We cannot simply change how we define moral actions in the Church because it is impossible to change truth
        
        objective truth over subjective truth (factually based)
      - By virtue of our creation in God’s image and likeness, our “destiny” is to be with God; however, by virtue of our necessary creation with freedom in that image means that
        God loves us so completely as to value our possible “fating” ourselves towards hell
      - Think back to the last slide: teleogly: is the reason why Catholic look so differently at morality. If the Truth is that God created everyone with the same human dignity and the freedom to Love, then that is the only way that our actions can be most completely valued. Created to be in union with God necessitates being in union with others through the same means
- - - - Fiat - Latin for “Let it be done” words Mary spoke at the Annunciation
      - Theotokos - Greek title for Mary means “bearer of God” sometimes “mother of God”
      - Annunciation - When the angel gabriel visits Mary to announce to her that she is to be the Mother of the Savior
      - Analogy of Faith - coherence of individual doctrines with the whole of revelation
      - Expiatian - act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing
      - Immaculate Conception - That the virgin Mary from the moment of her conception was free of Original Sin (is a Dogma of the Church)
    - - Mary’s role
        
        Mary can uniquely bear Christ as the Theotokos
        
        fills the role of the New Eve so Christ can fulfill the role of New Adam
      - Joseph’s role
        
        believed that Mary hadn’t cheated and that Jesus was the son of God
        
        Protect Mary and Baby Jesus from harm
    - - Jesus - meaning “god saves”
      - Christ - cognate with the title Messiah meaning “the Anointed One”
      - Son of God - stresses the unique relationship christ shares with the Father
  - - - reconcile us with God through the Forgiveness of Sins
      - Help us know the depth of God’s love
      - To be our model for holiness
      - make us partakers of the Divine Nature
      - Destroy the power of the Devil
    - - Human Love
        
        Has limits
        
        we can act bad and to each other and cause us to lose our love for someone
      - God’s love
        
        Unconditional
        
        shows this in the Person of Jesus christ
        
        Doesn’t have limits like Human Love
  - - - Lists Genealogoy of Christ
        
        includes famous figures from the old testament such as david, soloman, and others
        
        14 generations x3
        
        Abraham to David
        
        David to the Exile
        
        The Exile to Jesus
        
        Joseph ends the genealogy
        
        makes the connection between Jesus and King David to fulfill the prophecy
        
        Even though Jesus is not Josephs biological child he is his son under the law and therefore Jesus the lineage to David is established
      - Mentions women in the genealogy who some have committed sins such as adultery or other sins does this to show that the house of Israel is not without its black sheep
        
        Tamar
        
        Ran a whore house in Jericho and betrayed her people to spare herself and her family
        
        Rahab
        
        foreigner/refugee who married an Israelite
        
        Ruth
        
        Seduced her father-in-law and had two children with him
        
        Batheshiba
        
        committed adultery with David
  - - - Special to Luke’s Narrative
        
        Mary
        
        Annunciation by Gabriel
        
        Visitation -> Elizabeth, Zechariah, and John the Baptist (in Elizabeth’s womb)
        
        Virgin Birth in Bethlehem with the SHepards
        
        Prophet Simeon says Jesus will be savior and Mary’s heart will be pierced
      - Special to Matthew’s narrative
        
        Joseph
        
        Personal Revelation by an Angel
        
        Genealogy of Christ
        
        Three wise kings
    - - In all three accounts Jesus is baptized in the Jordan River by John and the Holy Spirit comes upon Jesus
      - In Matthew there is some dialogue between Jesus and John
      - In Matthew the message seems to be for everyone but in Luke it seems to be only for Jesus
  - - - Very Short Summary
        
        Jesus and Mary at a wedding feast Mary sees that they are out of wine and tells Jesus this (not asks him to make wine just tells him) Jesus then acts on what Mary told him and turns water into wine
      - Takeaways
        
        Mary doesn’t actually ask Jesus to do anything she simply informs them they have no wine
        
        Jesus’ reply shows some reluctance to do anything about this on his part
        
        Mary doesn’t insist on anything but tells the servers to obey Jesus’ comands
      - Marian Takeaways
        
        Mary has confidence in Jesus’ ability and his willingness to help
        
        shows how powerful Mary’s intercession is
        
        Jesus’ and Mary’s relationship is so close they seem almost to communicate without using words
    - - Latria
        
        worship and adoration given to God alone
      - Dulia
        
        Veneration given to Saints at different capacities
        
        Saints work miracles as advocates where God’s mercy works through them
      - Hyperdulia
        
        most efficacious level of veneration given to Mary alone (because she is the mother of god/ / theotokos)
      - Protodulia
        
        more efficacious level of veneration than dulia but less than hyperdulia
  - - - Utopia used to describe a Perfect Society
        
        Kingdom of God is NOT a Christian Utopia
        
        People have different perspectives on what is perfection
      - Kingdom of God is the world as it was created to be
        
        a return to the Garden of Eden
        
        Jesus is the embodiment of the Kingdom of God because he models how people would live in such a kingdom
    - - Why did Jesus choose these three apostles to experience the vision
        
        maybe in his inner circle
        
        train them so they could train the other apostles
        
        represent the extremes of the apostles
        
        Peter is the oldest
        
        John is the youngest
        
        James will be the first
  - - - Transubstantiation
        
        Belief that the eucharist is actually the body of Jesus Christ
        
        believed by Catholics and Orthodox
        
        created by God
      - Consubstantiation
        
        Jesus dwells within the bread and wine for the time of the Eucharistic service but after Jesus is no longer present
        
        Believed by High Church Lutherans, Angelicans and (most high church protestants)
        
        Created by Martin Luther
      - Symbolic
        
        Belief that the bread and wine are a symbol of God’s presence
        
        Believed by Most evangelicals and Non-Denominational Churches
        
        Created by John Calvin
    - - Church teaches that the bread and wine undergo transubstantiation at the moment of consecrating at Mass
        
        this means that the substance of the bread and wine is changed into the body and blood of Jesus
        
        there is a physical change but the essence of the bread and wine are changed
        
        there are instances where flesh and blood have manifested themselves in consecrated bread and wine
    - - Jesus identifies his body and blood by using the word “is”
      - Links the last supper to his sacrifice on the cross
        
        my body given for you
        
        my blood which is shed for many
      - Christ is present in the tabernacle and you show reverence by falling to your knees
        
        because if Christ = the eucharist than that piece of bread is Jesus himself
      - Christ draws an analogy between his body and the manna (basically bread) God gave to the Israelites
        
        Eucharist is greater because it feeds your soul rather than your appetite
  - - - People assume the second coming to be the end of the earth
      - Christ never mentioned anything about destruction on his seconding coming
    - - Ars Moriendi
        
        Art of dying (well)
        
        art of living so you dont’t fear death
      - Momento Mori
        
        Remember that you are going to die
- - - - on the couch, Jesus is shown riding on a colt or a donkey
      - In Marks account, he doesn’t meet anyone he just goes straight to the temple
      - on most accounts, the people take palm leaves and lay them out on the ground
      - key takeaways
        
        One of the few events in which all four gospels write about
        
        none of the ways Jesus enters Jerusalem seems kingly
  - - - Jesus was angry at the buying and selling that was occurring within the temple
        
        Jesus was angry about this, because the priest were using there position to make money
      - Jesus says that no buying or selling should take place in the temple even if it’s honest or not
        
        Jesus is then challenged to provide evidence of his authority to shut this down
        
        he then says that he will destroy the temple and raise it up in three days (everybody thinks he’s talking about the building, but in reality he’s talking about himself)
      - Wrath vs Riteous Anger
        
        Riteous Anger
        
        sinful - no
        
        Wrath
        
        Sinful - Yes
        
        Unjustified because of disproportionality + intent
        
        intent -> revenge
        
        revenge is most often worse then what they did to you
  - - - investigation of your life to see if you are worthy of saint hood
        
        called servant of god at this moment
      - if you were truly a good person then they report it to the pope and the pope can choose to deny the person sainthood
      - once dead for 5 years you have to pass test before becoming a saint
      - ask the saint under investigation to pray for them in heaven and and to ask God to preform a Miracle
      - die
      - scientists see if they can explain the miracle with logic and reason if not you pass
    - - saints in heaven pray for the church on earth
        
        this circle known as the communion of saints
        
        idea that the church exists in heaven among the saints who pray for us
        
        Saints in heaven known as the Church triumphant
        
        We on earth are known as the church militant
        
        Church in purgatory is known as the church suffering
      - church on earth prays for souls in purgatory so they can go to heaven
  - - - Synoptics
        
        He says one will deny
        
        For them the body and blood
      - John
        
        14-17 dialogue leading to prayer
        
        last supper
    - - Jesus prepares his apostles for his exit from this world
        
        he gives them the eucharist
        
        also gives them his final teachings so they can continue the earthly church
        
        prays over them so they will be united in his ministry and overcome the obstacles that are put in their way
      - Jesus has a moment of fear of dying
        
        he asks the father to “take the cup”
        
        drinking from the cup symbolizes accepting the consequences
        
        the Father poured the cup
        
        Jesus has to drink from it
  - - - I am suffering
      - God is all good
      - God is all powerful
      - There is no suffering he can’t fix
        
        Therefore either God is not all Good or not all powerful because there is suffering
        
        if God is not the ultimate there is no god
        
        Power vacuum on whos the greatest
        
        this power vacuum causes us to reject our Telos (why we are here) because it rejects god who created us without need
        
        If there is no God then I “am” God
        
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      - Thought chart
        
        Punishment is caused by wrong action
        
        Job must have done something to cause this suffering
        
        Job is suffering
        
        Suffering is a punishment
        
        God is just and trust worthy
      - why the scribes and Pharisees don’t like Jesus
        
        he was a very public figure
        
        he didn’t push people to observe Jewish rituals of purification
        
        Jesus himself actually violated these rituals by allowing himself to be touched by sinners, the sick and the dead
      - why would the sadducees not like Jesus
        
        he predicted that he would rise from the dead
        
        Jesus attracted large crowds of commoners
        
        The Romans saw this, as Jesus, trying to raise an army to overthrow them
      - why the zealots don’t like Jesus
        
        Jesus speaks of loving your enemy
        
        The zealots, had no real love for the Romans
        
        The messiah was supposed to restore the promised land back to the Jews
        
        What’s the middle looked like he had no intent on doing that
  - - - he had two trials
        
        one before the sanahedrin
        
        sanahedrins are priests of the temple who made up the ruling council for the Jews
        
        one before the roman governor of Judea
    - - their reaction is to tear their clothing spit on and beat Jesus
      - Decided to take Jesus to Pontius Pilate
        
        Did this because Pilate was the only one who could order Jesus to be crucified
        
        if the romans just stoned Jesus not many people would see it and the public would probably be against the romans
        
        so they decided to crucify him because “anyone who dies while being hung on a tree is cursed by God”
        
        Crucifixiones would be viewed as God condemning Jesus
  - - - Agonistic
        
        a=negation
        
        gnos= knowledge
        
        there is no sufficient evidence for god
      - Atheist
        
        God does not exist for “these” reasons
        
        Even if there was enough evidence to prove that God exists I won’t believe because…
        
        mostly bad logic
        
        sometimes bad philosophy
        
        often personal personal definitions of key realities and beliefs
      - Lapsed Catholic
        
        Catholic who thinks they are right about a teaching but are actually wrong
  - - - in the synoptic gospels Simon the Cyrene carries the cross the entire way for Jesus and Jesus doesn’t carry it
      - In John Jesus carries the cross for himself
      - No gospels that tell us that Jesus fell on the way
      - only luke that tells of Jesus addressing a group of women
      - there are no gospels that tell of a woman named veronica wiping the face of Jesus
      - Gospels all agree on the following stations
        
        Jesus is nailed to the cross
        
        Jesus died on the cross
        
        Jesus is stripped of his clothes
        
        Jesus is taken down from the cross
        
        Jesus is condemned
        
        Jesus is burried
- - - - 1.) Abortion is muder
      - 2.) Those people who commit abortion commit Muder
      - 3.)Those people who fund abortion commit murder
      - 4.)Starbucks funds the ability to an abortion in addition to providing funds to the people to get an abortion
      - We buy coffee from starbucks
      - Therefore, to a certain, yet, minimal degree, we provide the funds for those who commit abortion
    - - Ecclesiology
        
        the branch of theology that considers the nature and structure of the Church.
      - What is nature
        
        Aspects and characteristics of a thing
      - There are characteristics that can change without changing the essence or purpose of a object
        
        Accedintal qualites
        
        Size shape and color
      - What is essence
        
        What a thing was created for
    - - Spirit
        
        No physical body
      - Rational soul
        
        This is us
        
        Reason and act on will
      - Sensible soul
        
        Respond to stimuli
      - Regentive soul
        
        Sustain themselves
        
        Grow
        
        Reproduce
    - - Human
        
        Elements
        
        Physical elements
        
        Oxygen
        
        Carbon
        
        Hyrogen
        
        Nitrogen
        
        Calcium
        
        Phosphorus
        
        Spiritual elements
        
        Soul
        
        Function
        
        function varies person to person as they all have different lives
        
        spiritual function
        
        spread the word of the word of the lord to all people
        
        Physical function
        
        Get good grades in school
        
        build friendships with people
        
        grow to be a better man
        
        Purpose
        
        purpose is not solidly know but different people believe different things
        
        some say no purpose
        
        some say that the person defines their purpose
        
        Catholics as we were created to know, love, and serve God
      - church
        
        elements
        
        the people of the chruch
        
        from this ele
        
        function
        
        varies greatly from person to person. some include
        
        instrument of the holy spirit
        
        sacrament of Gods presence
        
        purpose
        
        continue to build the kingdom of God on earth until the return of Jesus Christ
    - - pastors
        
        The main priest of a parish
      - other priest
        
        priests that are not the main ones of a parish
      - diocesan bishops
        
        bishops that control a diocese
      - archbishops
        
        bishops that control a archdiocese
      - religous
        
        the nuns, brothers, etc...
      - cardinals
        
        the chiefs of the Roman Curia
      - the pope
        
        head of the catholic church
      - laity
        
        the "common people" of the catholic church
      - deacons
        
        people becoming priests
    - - episcopal conference
        
        made of bishops of a larger geographic area who elect one of their own to be president of the conference
        
        the archdiocese of Miami is located within the united states conference of catholic bishops
        
        the current president is archbishop Jose Gomez who is also the archbishop of Los Angeles
      - diocese or archdiocese
        
        A diocese is under the pastoral care of a bishop that is centered around a cathedral
        
        An archdiocese is overseen by an archbishop who is seen as the head of all the bishops of the surrounding places
        
        prince of peace is geographically within the archdiocese of Miami which is centered around St. Mary's Cathedral and overseen by archbishop Tomas Wenski
      - Roman Curia
        
        The central governing Body of the church
        
        lead by the secretary of state of the vatican
      - parish
        
        smallest geographic structure of the Church is called a parish
        
        this is a small administrative district centered around one church and is bun by a priest or bishop who is also known as a pastor
        
        belen is geographically within the parish of prince of peace whose pastor is Fr. Giovanni Pena
      - The Pope
        
        head of the catholic chruch
        
        oversees the entirety of the church
    - - Chasity
        
        Life free of any sextual contact
      - Obidence
        
        Follows directives of superior without protest
      - Poverty
        
        Refusal to own any property
    - - All the people of the church that are not ordained or religious. Can enter matrimony or stay single
      - Most important to the church because
        
        no other offices could exist without them
        
        the ordained and religious would have no one to serve if there were no laity
        
        the church could not function without bishops and priests
        
        no one care give the eucharist without bishops or priests
        
        priests can't become priests until they are deacons first
  - - - The people of God needed to be gathered at the moment when they chose to separate themselves from the church
      - The church begins with gods reaction to what
        
        The first sin of human kind
      - The gathering begins with abraham and his promise that he would be father of a great nation
    - - The prophets announce that israel breaks the covenant with God but they will establish a new one that lasts
    - - Jesus announces that the reign of God on earth that had been promised to the people of Israel has now begun with Him.
      - Jesus lays the foundation for the Kingdom of God by his public ministry and the Paschal Mystery.
      - Jesus gathers a small group to Himself to teach and give example.
        
        He calls them by name to follow Him, none of them came to Him and asked if they could follow Him.
        
        The call of the first apostles was an international invetation from Jesus.
        
        Throughout the Gospel He is preparing them for their future ministries
        
        He tells them that will face persecution and martyrdom because of their efforts to spread faith in Him.
      - Jesus appoints one of them to lead the group and to act in his place after he leaves earth
        
        Confession of Peter - Matt 16:13-20
        
        Jesus uses the term “church.” The term in Greek literally means, “The Lord’s House”. Now in English, house can mean different things according to context. It could mean a place of residence like if I invited you to my house. It could also mean a place among a family - in older times, my family would be known as “The House of Terzulli.” What Jesus means is the latte
      - Peter is to be the foundation of a family and lineage that belongs to the Lord.
        
        Jesus and Peter - John 21: 15-25
        
        In bringing back peter into the fold, jesus assigns him the duties of the shepherd to feed and tend the lambs and sheep. Catholic theology sees these passages as justification for the papacy. Jesus places the eucharist at the heart of the community of his followers . He commands that they do this in memory of him
  - - - Theo Philum could be a person as much as it could be used more Generally from the Greek to mean “one who loves God”
    - - Ascension
        
        40 days
      - Pentecost
        
        50 days
      - Jerusalem minstry(Focus on peter)
        
        Selection of deacons
        
        Martyrdom of Stephen
        
        Council of Jerusalem
        
        Expulsion from Jerusalem
      - Gentile Ministry
        
        Sauls conversion
        
        James ministry in smaria
        
        Pauls Journey
      - Acts ends with Paul under arrest and traveling to Rome to have his case heard before the emperor
        
        St. Paul is a Roman city
    - - It seems clear that the apostles are still a bit ignorant about Gods plan concerning Jesus
        
        jesus tells them that the Holy Spirit is coming and they will be his witness throughout the whole world.
      - Two men in white garments tell the apostles that Jesus will return in the same way he left
        
        Remember in Luke’s account of the resserection, two men in dazzling garments greeted the women at the tomb
  - - - wind
        
        creation
        
        flood
        
        red sea crossing
      - fire
        
        burning bush
        
        pillar of fire
        
        Elijah's challenge
      - The connection to these events establishes the biblical and historical importance of Pentecost
    - - what feast is being celebrated in Jerusalem and why is it so important
        
        the feast of weeks
      - what happens to the apostles on Pentecost
        
        the holy spirit descends upon them. they gain the ability to proclaim
      - how does peter say that salvation will be given through the church to the world
        
        through baptism
      - Why is it so important to the unity of the mission that the people heard the apostles speaking in their respective native langague
        
        It was in their respective language which makes it more personal strikes the heart
    - - The christ event (4BC- 30AD)
        
        Jesus lives, teaches, gives example, dies, resurrects, and ascend
      - the apostolic age (30-100AD)
        
        The events of Acts: The apostles travel to the limits of the Roman Empire and beyond to spread the Gospel and most were martyred in the process. St. Peter and Paul are key figures
        
        Key events
        
        Council of Jerusalem, Roman persecution, Martyrdom of Sts. Peter and Paul
      - The patristic age (100-313 AD)
        
        The successors of the apostles, the Church Fathers outline the dogmas and doctrines that become the foundations of the Christian religion. They battle heresies that threaten the fabric of Christianity itself. Roman emperors persecute Christians on and off during this period
        
        Key figures
        
        • Ignatius of Antioch, Irenaeus of Lyons, Tertullian, Origen
        
        key events
        
        Persecutions under Domitian, Decius, and Diocletian; Conversion of Constantine
      - The Imperial ages(313-415 AD)
        
        Christianity is not only legalized but made privileged by Roman Law
        
        Key figures
        
        Constantine, Theodosius, Athanasius, Augustine of Hippo, Leo the Great
        
        Key events
        
        Council of Nicaea, Council of Ephesus, 1st Council of Constantinople, Council of Chalcedon, The Fall of Rome.
      - The dark ages(451-1000)
        
        Christianity has to survive by converting the tribes that have overrun the former Roman Empire. The first European nation-states emerge. The Holy Roman Empire is established.
        
        key figures
        
        • St. Gregory the Great, Charlemagne, Boniface, Augustine of Canterbury
  - - - • The Church continues to grow in political and financial influence. The Church suffers a major schism between East and West. European rulers seek to control the Church in their own countries; absolute monarchs. Corruption and scandal make the populace distrustful. Popes call for Crusades to liberate the Holy Land from Islamic Rule
      - key figures
        
        • Pope Innocent III, Pope Urban II, Pope Leo IX, Michael Cerularius, Francis of Assisi, Dominic de Guzman.
      - Key events
        
        East-West Schism, Lateran Council IV, The Crusades, The Inquisition.
    - - • Growing tensions between the Church’s hierarchy, European monarchs, and the people lead to further schisms. The Church responds by reforming itself from within and holding firm to its Tradition
      - key figures
        
        Martin Luther, John Calvin, Henry VIII, Ignatius of Loyola, Charles Borromeo.
      - key events
        
        Nailing of 95 Theses, The Act of Supremacy, The Council of Trent, The Founding of the Society of jesus.
    - - Western society begins to focus more on reason as the source of truth and the individual person as the center of philosophical discussion. The value of faith, allegiance to the Church and to God are now questioned. European nations begin to colonize territories in the New World
      - Key figures
        
        Rene Descartes, Immanuel Kant, Adam Smith.
      - Key events
        
        Trial of Galileo, Catholic missionaries reach the Far East, The American Colonies successfully revolt against England, French Revolution
    - - All authority is questioned leading to decline and fall of absolute monarchies and a diminishment of papal authority
      - Key figures
        
        Louis XVI of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, Pope Pius IX, St John Henry Newman, Therese of Lisieux.
      - key events
        
        Coronation of Napoleon, Napoleonic Wars, Vatican Council I
    - - Communism and Fascism rise and decline. War is fought on a global scale for the first time. The Church is divided between conversative and progressive factions
      - key figures
        
        Pope Benedict XV, Pope Pius XII, St John XXIII, St. Paul VI, St. John Paul II
      - key events
        
        • The World Wars, The Cold War, Vatican Council II.
- - - - Resurrection means that one comes back from the dead and existís in a different way than before.
      - Jesus physical body will live through eternity as He resurrected.
        
        The laws of nature don’t apply to Jesus
    - - Jesus was Dead.
      - Early accounts for the Resurrection
      - The Empty Tomb
      - There were eye witnesses
  - - - How do Gospel accounts agree on the Resurrection account:
        
        Tomb is empty
        
        Instructions to the apostles
      - Mary Magdalene
    - - The specific women at the tomb
      - Who the women encounter in the Tomb
      - The condition of the tomb when they enter
  - - - Jesus asks Peter to confirm his love 3 times to erase the denials
        
        Jesus predicts the martyrdom of Peter
      - The Apostles lost their faith but the faith was restored after resurrection