CONCLUSION

CATHOLIC

FUNDAMENTALS

The Lens Through Which We

Study Scripture

DO

GM

A &

D

OC

TR

INE

DOGMA : FUNDAMENTAL

TRUTHS/BELIEFS OF THE

FAITH REVEALED BY GOD

THROUGH A) INSPIRED

SCRITPURE & B) THE

HISTORICAL JESUS’ TEACHING.DOCTRINE:ANY TEACHING OF THE

CHURCH REGARDING

REVEALED TRUTHS (DOGMA).

CATH

OLI

C

LITERALLY MEANING

**UNIVERSAL** IN AT

LEAST A FEW SENSES:A)FULLNESS OF CHRIST’S

TEACHING PRESENT…B)EVERYTHING PRESENTT

HAT IS NEEDED FOR

SALVATION…C)SENT TO THE WHOLE

WORLD TO LOVE ETC…

D)INVITATION TO ALL TO

JOIN…

CO

MM

AN

DM

EN

T

A NORM OF MORAL ACTION!THE COMMANDMENTS

ARE GUIDELINES USED

TO BASE ONES ETHIC OR

APPROACH TO LIFE ON

AS WE MOVE TOWARDS

DOING GOD’S WILL/ “THE GOOD.”

CO

NV

ER

SIO

N

A REORIENTATION AWAY FROM SIN AND

TOWARD THE WILL OF

GOD!CONSISTENT

RE-COMMITTING TO

DOING THE WILL OF

GOD IN OUR LIFE RATHER THAN STRAYING FROM GOD’S WILL!

RESU

RR

EC

TIO

N THE CROWNING TRUTH

OF OUR FAITH IN CHRIST

IN THAT IT VALIDATED

WHAT HE TAUGHT (INCLUDING HIS DIVINITY) DURING HIS

LIFETIME!

INC

AR

NATIO

N GOD ASSUMING HUMAN

NATURE! GOD BECOMING MAN (IN THE

FLESH) IN THE PERSON

OF JESUS IN ORDER TO

OFFER US A PATH TO

SALVATION!

CH

URC

H

A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO

ATTEMPT TO REFLECT CHRIST AND HIS

TEACHING.THREE INSEPARABLE MEANINGS

OF CHURCH:A) A PARTICULAR ASSEMBLY OF

“CHURCH”!B) LOCAL CHURCH COMMUNITY,

“DIOCESE”!C) THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH

COMMUNITY: CATHOLICS AS A WHOLE

ACROSS BOARDERS (AMERICA/EUROPE/AFRICA ETC…)

THESE THREE MEANINGS OF

CHURCH MUST BE UNDERSTOOD

TOGETHER IF ONE IS TO CAPTURE

THE FULL MEANING OF “CHURCH!”

TR

INIT

Y

THE CHRISTIAN UNDERSTANDING OF GOD.

ONE GOD IN THREE PERSONS:1)FATHER2)SON3)HOLY SPIRITTRINITY ASSERTS THAT THE

DIVINE IS ONE AS SEEN IN

THREE PERSONS, EACH

REFLECTING ELEMENTS OF

THE SAME DIVINE!

SA

CRA

MEN

T &

LI

TU

RG

Y

“SACRAMENT” = GIFT OF GOD THE

FATHER TO HUMANITY, INSTITUTED

BY JESUS, ENTRUSTED TO THE

CHURCH THROUGH THE WORK OF

THE HOLY SPIRIT. “LITURGY” = ORIGINAL MEANING

REFERS TO ANY PUBLIC

WORK/SERVICE OF THE PEOPLE.

TODAY “LITURGY” REFERS TO ANY

WORSHIP SERVICE IN

COMMUNITY WHICH FOCUSES

ON RECOGNITION OF GOD’S

PRESENCE AT WORK ON OUR

LIFE. EX: LITURGY OF THE MASS! SEE

HANDOUT…