courses. Unit 5; The Church. pp 41-48 Hurley.‚ D Jamison.‚ C‚ Lundy.‚ D & Poole.‚ L. (1995). To live is to change. Rejoice publications. pp. 70-75 Richards.‚ C Winter‚ M. (1973) Mission or Maintenance?DLT. Winter‚ M. (1986). Whatever happened to Vatican II Swenson‚ D
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Catholic Theology Tradition and Scripture are considered one and the same within the Catholic Church and are both part of the sacred deposit of faith. Tradition includes practices such as the Eucharist and the belief that Christ is present‚ while tradition includes beliefs such as purgatory. Thus‚ Tradition is backed by Scripture‚ while tradition is according to culture and era. To Catholics‚ Tradition refers to the beliefs and practices that Jesus conveyed to the Apostles for the benefit
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A RENEWED UNDERSTANDING of the CHURCH I. THE NATURE OF THE CHURCH (anchored on Her History) A. Her HISTORY 1. Jesus attracted bands of followers during his lifetime. His chosen group of apostles‚ and some others‚ particularly some women‚ traveled with him as he went about preaching the message of the kingdom of God throughout Judea and Galilee. 2. This little band of Jesus‟ followers would not have known the word „church‟ or the word „Christian.‟ The appellation „Christian‚‟ as we are told in the
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The Catholic religion is a monotheistic religion that is very similar in many ways to Judaism and several of the other Christian religions. Monotheistic means believing in only one God. Along with these religions‚ Catholics believe in God and the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. I conducted an interview with a priest of the catholic religion‚ who asked to remain anonymous. During this interview several key elements were discussed; elements such as major holidays‚ the history of the Catholic
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the U.S.-Mexican border and saw the massive disparity between the cities firsthand; the situation‚ as he himself was described it‚ was that “For the past 15 years‚ El Paso has been ranked as the second safest city in the nation [The United States]‚ while‚ just across the border‚ Ciudad Juárez ranks the second most dangerous city in the world.” (The Lies Are Killing Us: The Need for Immigration
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My Mom grew up in the Catholic Church‚ “before the Second Vatican Council” as she says‚ however the only time I visited a Catholic Church was for weddings and funerals. According to my Mother not being a Catholic was unthinkable‚ being Catholic was married with being an American; however my Mom is no longer Catholic and her children were not brought up Catholic‚ Why? I had the pleasure of speaking with Father Ward‚ of the Immaculate Church of Mary‚ Harlingen‚ Texas. Throughout our conversation
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all particular Churches with the Church of Rome: a necessary condition for unity Full unity and evangelization EXHORTATION ****************************** INTRODUCTION <UT UNUM SINT>! The call for Christian unity made by the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council with such impassioned commitment is finding an ever greater echo in the hearts of believers‚ especially as the Year 2000 approaches‚ a year which Christians will celebrate as a sacred Jubilee‚ the commemoration of the Incarnation of the
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religious tradition as it addresses the connections between the sacrament and beliefs of the tradition. Pope John XXIII’s call for the Second Vatican Council led the renewal of the Catholic Church and changes within the Liturgy. John XXIII reaffirmed the importance of the Scripture and Jesus by translating the Bible from Latin into the vernacular as outlined in the Vatican Document Dei Verbum. This was also combined with changes to the Liturgy as outlined in Sacrosanctum Concillium which included reconnecting
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Giovanni Paolo II)‚ sometimes called Blessed John Paul or John Paul the Great‚ born Karol Józef Wojtyła (Polish: [ˈkarɔl ˈjuzɛf vɔjˈtɨwa]; 18 May 1920‚ Wadowice‚ Republic of Poland – 2 April 2005‚ Vatican City)‚ reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the second-longest serving Pope in history and the first non-Italian since 1523. A very charismatic figure‚ John Paul II was acclaimed as one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century. He was instrumental
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would be “Chapter 2.1”). Sections: Three of the nine Chapters are sub-divided into numbered Sections‚ which are in turn sub-divided into Articles. Articles: All Chapters are sub-divided into numbered Articles. The English translator of the Vatican Council II documents (Flannery) has added individual titles to most Articles. We identify the Articles by these titles in the outline that follows. Preface Article 1. Solidarity of the Church with the Whole Human Family What is the church? It is
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