“ANSWER ME”

• IF I AM HAPPY, I GO TO (THE) ______________ TO MAKE

__________________?
• IF I AM NEED HELP, I USUALLY RUN TO (THE) _______________AND
ASK FOR _______________?
• IF I FEEL BLESSED I USUALLY GO TO (THE) _____________ TO DO
SOME ___________?
• IF I AM IN AGONY WANT TO GO TO (THE) ______________ TO FEEL
_______________?
• IF I AM HOPE I WANT TO GO TO (THE) ______________ TO BE
THE CHURCH
 WHAT/WHO IS THE CHURCH?
2.THE
1.
5.
4. IN COMMUNITY
ENGLISH
WITHIN
3.THE
THROUGHTHE
WORD WE
CONTEXT
JESUS OF
USE
CHURCH
AND OFBELIEVERS
THE
HIS MAY
WORD “CHURCH”
CATHOLICISM,
ORIGINATED
MESSAGE, GOD BE WORD
“THE
FROM A TO
CALLS
CHURCH
LOCAL
REFER
FORTH MEANS
PARISH
TO
A COMMUNITY
HEBREW AND THE
OR PEOPLE
DIOCESE,
A BUILDING
OF
GREEK GATHERED
WHERE
BELIEVERS
WORDS ORWHO BY GOD
A UNIVERSAL
PEOPLE
ENTER
WHICH INTO
GATHER
CANINTO
BEA
ONE
COVENANT
COMMUNITY COMMUNITY,
ALL
TO WORSHIP, GUIDED
RELATIONSHIP
CONNECTED BY
WITH BISHOPS
HIM AND
BECAUSE WHO
WITH
OF ARE
EACH
THEIR
TRANSLATED ASOR TO A COMMUNITY
“ASSEMBLY” OF
OR “CALLED
SUCCESSORS OF THE OTHER.
APOSTLES AND WHOSE HEAD IS
FAITH IN JESUS BELIEVERS.
AS LORD AND SAVIOR.
FORTH.”
THE BISHOP OF ROME, THE POPE” (USC P.113).
 PLANNED BY GOD, FOUNDED BY
JESUS, LED AND SANCTIFIED BY THE
HOLY SPIRIT
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BELIEVES AND TEACHES THAT
GOD CREATED THE WORLD SO THAT WE COULD

THE HOLY TRINITY

SHARE IN THE LIFE AND LOVE THAT EXISTS BETWEEN
THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT.
 GOD THE FATHER

PREPARED FOR THE CHURCH WITH THE CALL OF

ABRAHAM (GEN 12:1-4) AND THE FORMATION OF
THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL (EX 19 & 20). ISRAEL, AS
A CONSECRATED PEOPLE, FORESHADOWS THE
CHURCH.
 “JESUS CHRIST”

IN GOD’S OWN TIME, HE SENT JESUS INTO THE WORLD

TO ESTABLISH THE CHURCH WHICH CAME ABOUT AS A
RESULT OF JESUS’ PREACHING AND HIS SUFFERING,
DEATH AND RESURRECTION.
 “JESUS CHRIST”
IN MT 16:17-19 JESUS EXPLICITLY SPEAKS OF HIS
PLAN TO ESTABLISH THE CHURCH: “YOU ARE
PETER AND UPON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY
CHURCH AND THE GATES OF THE NETHERWORLD
SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT.”
 “JESUS CHRIST”

THE CATECHISM STATES THAT THE CHURCH WAS

BORN ON THE CROSS: “AS EVE WAS FORMED
FROM THE SLEEPING ADAM’S SIDE, SO THE
CHURCH WAS BORN FROM THE PIERCED HEART
OF CHRIST HANGING ON THE CROSS”
 HOLY SPIRIT
IN MT 28:19-20, JESUS COMMISSIONS HIS APOSTLES TO GO
FORTH AND MAKE DISCIPLES AND BAPTIZE THEM IN THE
NAME OF THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT. IN ACTS WE
BUT THE APOSTLES AND DISCIPLES OF JESUS NEED THE
SEE PETER AND OTHER DISCIPLES ACTING ON JESUS’
ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO AWAKEN THEM
COMMAND. HIS MESSAGE IS PREACHED AND PEOPLE ARE
TO WHAT JESUS HAS DONE ON THE CROSS, AND TO
CALLED TO REPENT. THOSE WHO RESPOND ARE BAPTIZED
HELP AND
THEM A REALIZE
COMMUNITYTHAT
OF THEY ARE IS
DISCIPLES THE NEW ISRAEL
BORN.
WHO HAS NOW ENTERED INTO A NEW COVENANT
RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST.
 THE CHURCH AS A MYSTERY
• IN THE YEAR 1962-1965 CATHOLIC BISHOPS
THROUGOUTH THE WORLD GATHERED TOGETHER AND
PRODUCED SIXTEEN DOCUMENTS.
• DOGMATIC CONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH ( LUMEN
GENTIUM OR LIGHT OF NATION).
• THE OPENENING CHAPTER OF THE LUMEN GENTIUM IS
“THE CHURCH IS A MYSTERY”.
 THE CHURCH AS A MYSTERY
THE CHURCH, LIKE THE
TRINITY, IS A MYSTERY
WHICH HUMAN REASON
ALONE CANNOT
COMPREHEND. THE MYSTERY
OF THE CHURCH LIES IN THE
REALITY THAT SHE IS ONE
AND, AT THE SAME TIME,
 THE CHURCH AS A MYSTERY
IT IS EASY TO SEE THE
VISIBLE DIMENSIONS OF
THE CHURCH BUILDINGS,
THE POPE, BISHOPS,
PRIESTS, LAY FAITHFUL,
MINISTRIES, ETC. BUT ONLY
A PERSON OF FAITH CAN
RECOGNIZE THE INVISIBLE
OR SPIRITUAL DIMENSION
OF THE CHURCH THE
QUESTIONS AND
CLARIFICATION
 ASSESSMENT 1.
1. THE CHURCH WAS PLAN BY GOD AND CAN BE TRACE
BACK TO THE OLD TESTAMENT.
2. IT ALL STARETED WITH THE CALL OF ISAAC IN GENESIS
12.
3. THE HOLY SPIRIT CLEARED THE MIND OF THE APOSTLES
ABOUT THE TRUTHS OF CHRIST DEATH.
4. LUMEN GENTIUM MEANS LIGHT OF NATION.
5. YOU ARE ALL CALLED TO BECOME BRINGING OF GOD TO