Church History

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Church History

• Church History
• Fall 2009

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Assignment 1

• Typed paper
• List the five moments from your life that make
  you who you are.
• Explain how each moment has changed you and why?
  (How are you different because of this event?)

Due August 24
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• Class 2
• Do you think it is important for an American
  citizen to know US history?
• Why or why not?

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• Class 2
• Those who forget the mistakes of the past are
  doomed to repeat them.
• Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not?

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• Class 2
• What makes us who we are?
• Where do we gain a sense of personal identity?
• Where do we gain a sense of national identity?
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Knowing our Roots

• After viewing this short clip from the movie
  Roots do you think an African American views
  the clip in the same way an Anglo, Asian, or
  Hispanic American views the clip? Why or Why not?

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Church History

• Class 2
• Why study history at all?
• To help us understand who we are, where we came
  from, and why we have certain traits,
  characteristics, and abilities.
• To help us make wise decisions and avoid
  repeating mistakes.
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• Why Study Church History?
• Because Christianity is based on Jesus Christ who
  acts through and in the people of the Church.
• Because the way Christians have succeeded and
  failed to follow Christ has shaped the way the
  Church and world are today.
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• Why study Church History? Continued
• 3. To discover what is essential to being
  Catholic Christian and what is inessential.
• To discover and appreciate Catholic Liturgy,
  Rituals, Sacraments, and Devotions
• To discover and understand the factors and issues
  that led to division within the Christian Church.

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• Homework Assignment
• Due August 26th
• Read pages 15-23.
• Answer the review questions on Page 23 of your
  textbook.
• Be ready for a brief quiz over the six models of
  Church. Know each model and be able to apply each
  model.
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• When you hear the word Church, what images come
  to you mind?
• What feelings come to mind?

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• To study Church History
• is to study
• Church
• History

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• The word church comes from the Greek word
  ecclesia, which means assembly. CCC751
• Church is also described as
• A building for Christian worship.
• The whole body of Christians. (Universal
  Expression)
• A body or organization of religious believers.
  (Local Expression)
• The clergy or officials of a religious body.

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• History is described by Websters as
• A tale/story
• A chronological record of significant events and
  their underlying causes.
• A branch of knowledge that records and explains
  past events.
• A treatise presenting systemically related
  natural phenomena

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• To be a member of a church is to be in
  relationship with and in the Body of Christ.
• Think about your relationship with your best
  friend.
• What made that person your best friend?
• How do they stay your best friend?
• Do you know and understand them completely, or
  is their still some mystery in your
  relationship?
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• The Church is a Mystery
• -While the Church exists historically, it also
  transcends history.
• -The Church is part of our
• personal history, communal
• history, and human history,
• yet it is also beyond our human
  comprehension.
• - God is a mystery and understanding the Trinity
  is beyond all human comprehension.

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• -Because we are studying the story of this
  relationship, we must understand we cant fully
  understand the mystery present in the Holy
  Trinity, the Church, or any relationship from
  only one aspect.
• -Yet we can use what we do know, understand, and
  believe in faith to enrich our understanding of
  what it means to be in relationship with and in
  the Church.

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• Cardinal Avery Dulles
• Models of the Church
• The Church as the Body of Christ/People of God
• The Church as Institution
• The Church as Sacrament
• The Church as Herald of Gods Word
• The Church as Servant
• The Church as a Community of Disciples

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• Church as The Body of Christ or the People of God
• 1 Corinthians 1212-21, 27 
• Reader 1
• As a body is one though it has many parts, and
  all the parts of the body, though many, are one
  body, so also Christ. For in one Spirit we were
  all baptized into one body, whether Jews or
  Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all
  given to drink of one Spirit.

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• Church as The Body of Christ or the People of God
• 1 Corinthians 1212-21, 27
• Reader 2 
• Now the body is not a single part, but many. If
  a foot should say, "Because I am not a hand I do
  not belong to the body," it does not for this
  reason belong any less to the body. Or if an ear
  should say, "Because I am not an eye I do not
  belong to the body," it does not for this reason
  belong any less to the body.

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• Church as The Body of Christ or the People of God
• 1 Corinthians 1212-21, 27
• Reader 3 
• If the whole body were an eye, where would the
  hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where
  would the sense of smell be? But as it is, God
  placed the parts, each one of them, in the body
  as he intended. If they were all one part, where
  would the body be? But as it is, there are many
  parts, yet one body.

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• Church as The Body of Christ or the People of God
  CCC782
• We are parts of a spiritual Body which becomes
  the body of Jesus on earth.
• Jesus is the head of the body and the indwelling
  of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of the faithful
  make the body a temple.
• God is not the property of any one people.
• Our mission as the people of God is to be Salt
  and Light (Mt 513-16) bringing flavor by loving
  others as Christ loved us and to dispel the
  darkness caused by sin.
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• Church as The Body of Christ or the People of God
  CCC783-786
• As the People of God we participate in the
  mission of Christ by accepting our baptismal call
  (vocation) to be priest, prophet, king
• We are priestly when we help others become a
  consecrated spiritual body, that is through
  baptism, regeneration, and anointing of the Holy
  Spirit.
• We are prophetic when we are adhere to the faith
  and when we witness our faith to the world.
• We share in the kingly office of Christ when we
  serve others, especially the poor vulnerable.
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• The Church as Institution
• We are organized in patterns, rules, rituals,
  and social structures meant to help us carry out
  the mission of the Church to worship God, preach
  the Gospel, and serve those most in need.
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• The Church as Institution
• We are organized in patterns, rules, rituals,
  and social structures meant to help us carry out
  the mission of the Church to worship God, preach
  the Gospel, and serve those most in need.
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• What structures help fulfill the Churchs mission
  to preach the Gospel?
• Liturgy, RCIA, Schools, Web, TV, Radio, etc
• What structures rituals exist to help the
  Church worship God?
• Liturgy, sacraments, rituals, art, music,
  Liturgy of the Hours, devotions (Rosary), etc
• What structures exist that help the Church help
  the poor and vulnerable?
• Catholic Worker, Food Pantry, Shelters, Home
  Visits, Hospitals, Schools, Clothing Centers, etc

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• The Church as Sacrament
• As Church, we become the visible, tangible sign
  of Gods love.
• Simple, ordinary actions take on a deeper
  meaning. Pouring water, laying on of hands,
  sharing a meal, exchanging vows, oil, and ashes
  mean more. These actions make visible an internal
  reality.
• Just as these actions act as a visible/tangible
  sign of Gods love, our actions to worship God,
  preach the Good News, and serve the needy become
  signs of our unity with God.
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• The Church as Herald
• Mt 2819 Go, therefore, and
  make disciples of all the nations.
• When we proclaim the Good News, we are living as
  heralds.
• Modern ways of being heralds
• Liturgy, RCIA, Schools, Web, TV, Radio, Missions,
  etc
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• The Church as Servant
•  John 1512
• This is my commandment love one another as I
  love you.
•  Matthew 2535-36
• Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit
  the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation
  of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me
  food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a
  stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you
  clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison
  and you visited me.'

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• The Church as Servant
• John 1314
• If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have
  washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's
  feet.
• John 69
• Just as the young boy offers his loaves and
  fishes to Jesus to bless and share, we use our
  gifts and talents to bring about the most good.

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• The Church as
• Community of Disciples
• To be a disciple means that you accept and assist
  in spreading the doctrine (beliefs and ethics) of
  Jesus Christ
• The word disciple comes from the same Latin root
  as the word discipline, which means a training
  that corrects, molds, or perfects the mental
  faculties or moral character. Christians are
  molded and perfected by following the ways of
  Jesus Christ.

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• The Church as
• Community of Disciples
• True disciples of Christ are counter-cultural
  because they share their gifts without an
  expectation of return, they defend the rights of
  those rejected by society, and they choose peace
  over war.
• In every generation followers of Jesus have been
  unpopular and had to suffer ridicule, loss of
  employment, imprisonment, torture, and even death
  in order to advance the teachings of Christ.

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• Homework Assignment
• Due August 28th
• Group Poster Activity 25 points
• Your poster must include articles with pictures
  which demonstrate each model of Church in action.
  Along with each article picture, explain how it
  is truly an example of the model you have
  selected.
• 3 Extra Credit points can be earned by also
  including pictures/articles of the Assumption
  community living each of these models.
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• Poster Activity
• Where should I look for articles pictures?
• www.catholicmessenger.org
• Catholic Digest
• USSCB.ORG
• CRS.ORG
• www.usccb.org/cchd
• Quad City Times
• Old Yearbooks
• Knight Beacon
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• Some Images Symbols of
• the Church its Vocation
• The Bride of Christ CCC796
• The Temple of the Holy Spirit CCC797
• The Family of God CCC1
• The Holy Remnant CCC710
• The Cultivated Field CCC755
• The Pilgrim Church CCC671
• The Sheepfold CCC754
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• The Bride of Christ CCC796
• The two shall become one flesh.
• Like a marriage, Christ, the groom, offers his
  body for his spouse, the Church.
• This is my body, this is my blood, the blood of
  the covenant to be poured out on behalf of many.
  Mark 1422-23
• Our will becomes One with Christ. (Individual
  and Corporate)
• I do not pray for them (Apostles) alone. I pray
  also for those who believe in me through their
  word, that all may be made one as you, Father,
  are in me and I in you. John 1720-21
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• The Temple of the
• Holy Spirit CCC797
• Where the Church is, there also is Gods
  Spirit.
• St. Irenaeus
• The Spirit is in each member and in the entire
  body of the Church.
• The Spirit guides, builds up, sanctifies, renews,
  and animates both individuals and the entire body
  so that they are more fit to undertake the
  mission of the Church.
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• The Family of God CCC1
• God calls all humans to know, love and freely
  serve God.
• Through the actions of Christ we are adoptive
  sons and daughters of God.
• We enter the family when we are baptized and
  commit our life to God.
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• The Holy Remnant CCC710
• The Church are those left behind that freely
  choose to have Gods law govern their hearts.
• In a sense we are in exile to our heavenly home.
  We are waiting in faith, hope, and love. Out of
  deep love we freely choose to follow the law of
  love given and modeled by Christ.
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• The Cultivated Field CCC755
• We are the tillage of God.
• Lumen Gentium 6
• Just as a field cant grow without being tilled,
  sowed, watered, weeded, and pruned, the Church
  can not grow without the actions of the entire
  Trinity. Our growth only comes from being
  connected to our vine which is Jesus. (John
  151-5)
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• The Pilgrim Church CCC671
• Marantha! (Our Lord Come!)
• 1 Cor 1622
• Just as pilgrims journey to their promised land,
  the Church is also on a journey. We are waiting
  for the day when Gods Kingdom will come and
  Gods will be done on heaven and on earth. While
  we wait, we participate with God in making the
  world more just and continue to proclaim the Good
  News to seekers of Truth.
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• The Sheepfold CCC754
• The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.
  Psalm 23
• Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd who lays down
  his life for his sheep, the Church.
• Like sheep that needs to be guided and directed
  away from dangers in order to come safely home,
  the Church listens to its Shepherd. The Church
  also continues the mission given to Peter to feed
  Gods sheep.
• John 2115-17
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• The Marks of the Church
• The marks of the Church are found within the
  creedal statements of the early Church
• We are
• One
• Holy
• Catholic
• Apostolic
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• The Marks of the Church
• What does the Church mean when we say we believe
  in One church?
• The Church is one because of its source. (CCC
  813)
• We believe that our founder, Jesus Christ came to
  restore unity between all people and the Father.
• The bonds of our unity our are strengthened when
  we love others as Jesus loves us. CCC 815
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• The Marks of the Church
• What does the Church mean when we say we believe
  in One church?
• There is one body and one Spirit --just as you
  were called to one hope when you were called --
  one Lord, one faith, one baptism
• Ephesians 44-5

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• The Marks of the Church
• How do we see the visible
• expression of One church?
• Our visible bond of communion are found when we
• Profess the one faith received from the Apostles.
• Our common celebration worship of our One
  Triune God, especially in the sacraments.
• Apostolic succession linking the teachings and
  ethics of Jesus to our modern day. (CCC 815)

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• The Marks of the Church
• What does the Church mean when we say we believe
  in a holy church?
• When the Church is united to its head, Jesus
  Christ, it is sanctified through and with him.
  (CCC 824)
• When are will is united with Gods will, and we
  offer our lives in service to God, we are being
  made holy. When we love as Christ loves
  (sacrificially), we are in the process of being
  sanctified.
• Love is the motivating force that enables its
  members to act. Without love the Gospel would
  not be preached and the martyrs would not shed
  their blood. St. Therese of Lisieux
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• The Marks of the Church
• What does the Church mean when we say we believe
  in a catholic church?
• Catholic means universal in the sense of
  keeping with the whole. (CCC 830)
• The Church is catholic because Christ is present
  in her. If Christ is universal, and Christ is
  present, because when two or more are gathered in
  his name, then the Church must be universal.
• When the Church lives its mission to spread the
  Gospel to the whole human race. (Mt. 2919)
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• The Marks of the Church
• What does the Church mean when we say we believe
  in an apostolic church? (CCC 857)
• Because it is built on the foundations of the
  Apostles.
• Guided by the Holy Spirit, it proclaims the words
  given by the apostles.
• The bishops serve as successor to the apostles
  and carry out the mission to preach, teach, and
  baptize.

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• The Marks of the Church
• What does the Church mean when we say we believe
  in an apostolic church? (CCC 857)
• Each member share in the mission to bring the
  Gospel into the whole world. (CCC 863)
• Nourished by Word, Sacrament Prayer, and the
  inner workings of the Holy Spirit, we are
  empowered to share the Gospel with all those we
  encounter in word and deed.

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• Homework Assignment
• Due September 1st
• Complete Journal Activity 1
• Read Pages 25-30