9. Four Marks of the Church
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Group Quiz
1. What does each model of the Church try to communicate to us?
2. What values does each model aim to develop in us.
3. What models of the Church are obviously seen in your parish?
Living the Faith Together
• Dramatize each model to concretize the different realities of the Church. The skit must show the principal message and the core values that each model represents.
FOUR MARKS OF THE CHURCH
1. ONE/UNITY
A. HOLY TRINITY AS MODEL
B. DIVERSITY AND UNITY
MULTIPLICITY OF PEOPLES AND CULTURES
DIFFERENT GIFTS, OFFICES, CONDITIONS, WAY OF LIFE
THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH IS NOT EXTERNAL UNITY BUT THE INTERIOR UNITY OF MUTUAL CHARITY WHICH LEADS
TO COMMUNION OF FRIENDS (Dulles, 136)
C. BONDS OF UNITY
VISIBLE BONDS OF COMMUNION:
PROFESSION OF ONE FAITHCOMMON CELEBRATION OF DIVINE WORSHIP
APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
Ang Simbahan ay isa, tulad ng Diyos na Isa, hindi dahil
Siya’y nag-iisa kundi nagkakaisa. Kaya ang
kaisahan ay namamalas nang higit sa pagkakaiba.
• Can you share a personal experience where engaged in an activity that
involved your being a Catholic, but enabled you to act with other religions?
2. HOLY
A. CHRIST JOINED THE CHURCH TO HIMSELF AS HIS BODYTHUS, THE CHURCH IS THE MYSTICAL BODY OF CHRIST
Ang pagiging banal at di nababatay sa pagiging laman
ng Simbahan ngunit nasa pang araw-araw mong
ugnayan sa Diyos.
B. THE CHURCH IS ENDOWED WITH THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Wisdom, Knowledge, Faith, Healings, Working of Miracles, Prophecy, Discernment of Spirit,
Speaking in tongues, Interpretation of tongues
THE CHURCH PARTICIPATES IN THE HOLINESS OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE
HOLY SPIRIT
HENCE:
THE CHURCH IS HOLY NOT BECAUSE OF THE ABSENCE OF SIN THE CHURCH IS HOLY NOT BECAUSE OF ITS MEMBERS
THE CHURCH IS WITHOUT SIN BUT NOT WITHOUT SINNERS
Ang pagmamahal ng Diyos ang nagpapabanal sa
Simbahan na bayan ng Diyos sa halip na likas siyang banal
sa kanyang sariling kakayahan.
3. CATHOLIC/UNIVERSAL
APPLIES TO THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH:SENT OUT TO THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE
UNIVERSALITY OF GOD’S CALL:ALL ARE CALLED TO BELONG TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD
BASIS OF CATHOLICITY:UNIVERSAL MISSION WHICH CHRIST GAVE TO THE
CHURCH
4. APOSTOLIC
GROUNDED FIRMLY ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE APOSTLES
THE CHURCH TEACHES THAT BY DIVINE INSTITUTION, THE BISHOPS HAVE TAKEN THE PLACE OF THE APOSTLES
AS PASTORS