Church History

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Church History

• Seeing the Church with New Eyes

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Your Personal History
1. Where I live and how I came to live there 4. Good things Ive done the Ive learned I will continue to do
How I came to attend Aquinas High School 5. Mistakes that my parents, grandparents, older siblings, family members have mad that I learned not to make
3. Mistakes Ive made in the past that Ive learned from and will never do again 6. Describe an event from your life history that has affected how you think, feel, or act now and explain why
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Why do we study history at all?

• Find out who we are
• Often discover our identity through past
  experiences
• Ex of athlete
• Know the why of things
• Explains our identity based on experiences
• Ex maybe it relates to a fear
• Helps us to choose wisely
• Make good choices for the future
• Ex if we struggle in math than we may want to
  choose college major accordingly

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Why Study Church History?

• Learn about Jesus throughout history
• Christ lives in those who act in his name
• Knowing the church means knowing Jesus
• Deepens our Catholic identity
• Allows us to sort out what is essential and
  unchangeable in Catholicism from what is not and
  therefore changeable

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What is the Church that we speak of?

• List all of the things that come to mind when you
  hear the word Church

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• Write down the name of a close friend, along with
  at least five significant pieces of information
  you know about this person. Then answer this
  question in a paragraph how important has it
  been to building your friendship to have this
  information about your friend?

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Create a list of all of the words that come to
mind when you hear the word Church
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What is a model?

• Representation or an illustration of an idea
• 6 models of the Church
• No single model gives the complete picture

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Body of Christ

• Physical presence of Christ in the world
• Heal the sick
• Celebrate the Eucharist
• Each member functions as a different part

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Institution

• Provides order to ensure mission
• Hierarchy
• Processes for change
• Ensures all will be taken care of

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Sacrament

• Sacrament
• Outward sign of inward grace-Gods love
• 7 Sacraments
• Jesus is the Sacrament of God
• Church is the Sacrament of Jesus
• Through P.O.G.s actions Gods love is revealed

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Herald of Gods Word

• Official messenger to proclaim the word of God
• Job bring Gospel to all

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Servant

• Jesus gives the example
• Through serving others we serve God
• Church is the servant to the world

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Community of Disciples

• Disciples followers or learners
• We are disciples of Christ
• Study his life, actions, values and try to learn
  from them
• Church is called to be a contrast community-a
  light for the world
• Part of sharing in Jesus life is sharing in the
  suffering

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On loose leaf

1. Which model is the easiest to understand? Why?
2. Which is the most difficult? Why?
3. Which model best describes the words you listed
   in the brainstorm activity? Was any model
   missing from your list?
4. Which model is the most visible in your parish?
   School? Give examples
5. What do you consider to the most pressing
   problems facing the Church today? How could each
   model of the Church act to solve these problems?

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NCR Assignment

• Visit the National Catholic Reporter website
  (www.ncronline.org). 
• Spend 10-15 skimming the site for interesting
  stories and to see what the Church is doing in
  the world today.  Make a list of 5-10 things you
  notice about the Church on loose leaf paper. 
• Choose one article to read carefully and
  summarize. 
• Analyze which model or models of the Church is
  represented and explain why you think this model
  fits.