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4TH COMMANDMENT
FAMILY, STATE AND CHURCH
What are the Three Basic Social Institutions?
❑They are: Family, State and Church.
❑The Fourth Commandment requires honoring them
because they were established by God for the
good of the individual and of society.

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 THE FAMILY
What is the Family in God’s plan?

In God’s plan, the family is defined with five

characteristics:
1) a permanent,
2) communion of love,
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3) between a man and a woman,
4) intended for the good of the spouses,
5) and for the procreation and education of children.
THE FAMILY
For what reason must the Family be Permanent?
❑ The family must not be broken by illegal separation
or divorce, because Jesus commanded: “What God
has joined
together, no
human being must
separate” (Mark
10:9).

❑ The
indissolubility of
marriage is

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 essential for the good of the family, of the society, and
of the Church.
THE FAMILY
In what sense is the Family a Communion of Love?

❑ The family is a communion of love because it is

based on the love of the spouses.

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❑ Engaging
into
marriage for
any other
reason, such
as social or
financial
gains, is a
recipe for
disaster. The communion of love of a family
is an image of the Trinity.

THE FAMILY
Why can Marriage be established only
between a Man and a Woman?
God has established the family as monogamous and
heterosexual, as opposite to polygamous and homosexual.

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 CHRISTIAN FAMILY: MONOGAMOUS SINFUL RELATIONSHIP: POLyGAMOUS
(one man with one woman) (one man with many women)

CHRISTIAN FAMILY: HETEROSEXUAL SINFUL RELATIONSHIP: HOMOSEXUAL

(between members of the opposite sex) (between members of the same sex)

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 THE FAMILY
What is the Primary Purpose of Marriage?

❑ The primary
purpose of
marriage and
family isthe
mutual good
of the
spouses; as
God pointed
out: “It is not
good for man
to be alone”
(Genesis
Foster conjugal love is the first
priority of a Christian couple. 2:18).

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 THE FAMILY
What is the Secondary Purpose of Marriage?
❑ The secondary purpose of marriage and family is the
procreation and education of children; because God
commanded to Adam and Eve: “Be fertile and multiply”
(Genesis 1:28).
❑ Childrenhave
the right to
be born within
a family , in a
natural way, and
not from in vitro
fertilization,
artificial
insemination,
or surrogate Children are gifts from God, to be accepted with gratitude
and responsibility.
motherhood.
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 THE STATE
What is the State in God’s Plan?

In God’s plan, the State is defined with three

characteristics:

1) a sovereign,
2) society,
3) intended for the
common good.

The Rizal Monument is the emblem of the Philippines.

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 THE STATE
What does Sovereign mean?

❑The State is sovereign because its legitimacy does

not depend on external institutions, but on the
agreements of its members.
❑For instance, the Reenactment of the Declaration of
Philippines was Independence in Kawit, Cavite.
freely established
on June 12, 1898
among the
Filipinos with the
Declaration of
Independence.

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 THE STATE
Why is the State a Society?

❑ The State is
a society
because it is
an
organized
and stable
communion
of
individuals,
that support
each other
for their The Bayanihan is the perfect
basic needs. actualization of a human society.

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 THE STATE
What is the Primary Purpose of the State?

❑ The State’s primary purpose is to provide for the

common good of its citizens.
❑ The Common
Good is defined
as, “the social
conditions
allowing people
to reach their
life fulfillment;”
such as security,
housing,
education, food The EDSA Revolution was meant for the common
good of the people.
and health.

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 THE CHURCH
What is the Church in God’s Plan?

The Church is defined with four characteristics:

St. Peter’s Basilica is the
1) the Center of the Catholic Church.
assembly,
2) of those who
believe in
Jesus Christ,
3) who are
baptized,
4) and who are
in
communion
with the Pope.

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 THE CHURCH
For what reason is the Church an Assembly?
❑ The Church is not simply a building or an institution,
but a community of believers. The term Church
comes from the Greek word ekklesia, meaning
“assembly.”

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The Church is a Community of believers.

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 THE CHURCH
What is the First Requirement to join the Church?

❑The first
requirement to
join the Church
is to believe
that Jesus is
the Christ.
St. Peter first professed that
Jesus is the Christ.

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 THE CHURCH
What is the Second Requirement to join the Church?
❑ The second
requirement to
enter the Church is
to be baptized; as
Jesus said:
“Whoever believes
and is baptized will
be saved” (Mark
16:16).
❑ We mustbaptize
the infantas soon
as possible, and
Baptism is the sacramental door to promote Baptism for
enter the Church. the adults.
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 THE CHURCH
What is the Third Requirement to join the Church?

❑ The third requirement to belong to the Church is to

be united with the Pope.
❑ Jesus appointed
Simon Peter as
the First pope,
when he
declared: “You
are Peter, and
upon this rock
I will build my
Church”
(Matthew
16:18). The Pope is the Vicar of Christ on earth.

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