1. Gods Revelation through sacred tradition: ( Article 18)
1.1. What is sacred tradition
1.1.1. Gods actions in the church
1.1.2. God revealed himself through Jesus Christ.
1.1.3. Inspired by the Holy Spirit
1.1.4. Apostolic tradition
1.2. The unity of scripture and tradition
1.2.1. The second Vatican Council identified tradition and scripture as the two primary ways he church impacts Gods real truth.
1.3. Tradition versus tradition
1.3.1. Tradition with the capital T is Sacred Tradition.
1.3.2. tradition with a lowercase t means a custom
2. The Saints: Our Models of Holiness (Article 22)
2.1. The saints our intercesores and our companions.
2.1.1. Saints live in God in Heaven
2.1.2. Only God is worthy of worship
2.1.3. When we pray to the saints they pray to God for us
2.1.4. Saints of the patron of something
3. Evil and Suffering and a Good and powerful God: (Article 15)
3.1. The world is yet imperfect
3.1.1. The world is not perfect
3.1.2. Not punishment from God
3.1.3. Bad things
3.2. Suffering can be redemptive
3.2.1. Suffering as redemption
3.2.2. Alleviate the suffering of others
3.3. The Paschal Mystery Gives us Hope
3.3.1. We are baptized into Jesuses death
3.3.2. We live again after we die
4. Gods Plan For Our Salvation: (Article 13)
4.1. The promise of the Old Testament
4.1.1. The Old Testament
4.1.1.1. Tells the story of Gods relationship
4.1.1.1.1. With the Jews
4.1.2. God established a covenant with Noah and the Israelites
4.1.3. Ancient Israel begins with Gods call to Abraham
4.1.4. God brought the Israelites, that were enslaved by Egypt, freedom through Mosses.
4.1.4.1. The Sinai covenant
4.2. Jesus the savior of the world
5. Encountering God with the eyes of faith: (Article 14]
5.1. Encountering God in sacred scriptures
5.1.1. The disciples preached the good news of the Lord
5.1.2. The New Testament contains Gospels, Epistles, sermons, parabolas, speeches and Jesuses Miracle
5.1.2.1. Gospels
5.1.2.2. Epistles
5.1.2.3. Sermons
5.1.2.4. Parabols
5.1.2.5. Speeches
5.1.2.6. Jesus Miracles
5.1.3. New node
5.1.4. New node
5.2. The witness of Faith filled People
5.2.1. God offers the same gift of faith to all people.
5.2.2. These people can help you root more firmly in faith.
5.3. Knowing God through Reason and conscience
5.3.1. Faith seeking understanding
5.3.2. God wants us to use our gifts to explore out questions
6. Discovering God in our Daily Lives: (Article 20)
6.1. Find God in all things
6.2. Saint Ignatuis of Loyola said find God in all things
6.3. God infuses all things and purposes
6.4. Accomplished things from pain and suffering.
7. Sharing in Gods Love: (Article 12)
7.1. Gods Plan
7.1.1. We have a desire for God in our hearts.
7.1.2. Live in communion with him
7.1.3. Through revelation
7.2. We are made for God
7.2.1. We are religious by nature
7.2.1.1. New node
7.2.1.1.1. New node
7.2.2. Religious by vocation
7.2.2.1. We are called to a vocation
7.3. God Calls us to fullness of life
7.3.1. Desire for him within our hearts
7.3.2. God reached out to humanity
7.3.3. Connect with us in mutual love
7.3.4. God Revealed him self to us
7.3.5. The incarnation is the ultimate work of divine revelation.
7.3.6. Jesus became one of us to save us
7.3.7. We are adopted children of God
8. The apostles continue his mission
9. Passing on God’s Revelation: (Article 19)
9.1. Apostolic succession appointed by Christ
9.1.1. The church teaches us the same way Jesus taught his apostles
9.1.2. Jesus summoned who he wanted to come with him
9.1.3. The pope and bishops are the successors or the apostles
9.1.4. Keeps the promise of the apostles
9.2. Infallibility certainty of faith and morals
9.2.1. The truth necessary for there salvation
9.2.2. Infallibility means without error
9.2.3. The pope speaks with infallibility in certain situations
9.2.4. The pore does not always speak with infallibility
9.3. New node
9.3.1. Church documents can be hard for non Catholics to understand
9.3.2. The church is building bridges to other religions
9.3.3. Pope Benedict visited Jewish communities
10. What is revaluation (Article 11)?
10.1. Salvation History
10.1.1. Pattern of specific events in human history. In which God clearly reveals hispresence in saving action .
10.1.2. Accomplished of Jesus Christ
10.2. Dogmatic constitution on divine revelation
10.3. New node
10.4. Revelation is a gift
10.4.1. Gods free decision
10.5. Relationship
10.5.1. Get to know
10.5.1.1. Listen
10.5.1.2. Watch
10.5.1.3. Share
10.5.1.3.1. Gods words and deeds.
10.5.2. Gods self disclosure
10.5.2.1. Gradually
10.5.2.1.1. Reveals himself in divine plane
10.5.2.2. Learn
10.5.2.2.1. Saints
10.5.2.2.2. Abilities
10.5.2.2.3. Daily life
10.5.3. Loving God
10.5.4. Free decision
10.5.5. To be known by us
10.5.6. To give himself freely to us
10.6. God Loves Us
10.6.1. Q
10.7. Abraham
10.8. Sarah
10.9. Moses
11. Discovering God in the Faith of others (Article 21)
11.1. The Example of the Early Church
11.1.1. Jesus never asked the disciples to to fill his shoes alone
11.1.2. Work together to fill his shoes
11.1.3. His disciples continued to follow his teachings
11.1.4. Apostles devoted there life to Jesus
11.2. The importance of family
11.3. Family is the foundation of Christianity.
11.4. Communal prayer
11.4.1. We are not alone in our search for God
11.4.2. Prayer alone is good but prayer with others is better.
12. Discovering God in the Natural world: ( Article 23)
12.1. God the creator of the natural world
12.1.1. God is the cause of everything
12.1.2. God is the beginning and the end
12.1.3. God freely created the world out of wisdom.
12.2. The role of science
12.2.1. Catholics believe in science
12.2.2. There is no real discrepancy between faith and reason.
12.2.3. God brought the universe to key religious truth
12.2.4. Science can reveal Gods Glory in new amazing ways.
13. Gods Revelation through sacred scripture (Article 16)
13.1. The Old Testament an ancient sign of Gods Love
13.1.1. We read the Old Testament with full knowlage of Jesus’s resurrection.
13.1.2. Inspired by the Holy Spirit
13.2. The Jewish roots of christanity
13.2.1. Christianity is rooted in Judaism
13.2.2. Jesus grew up to the Old Testament
14. Discovering God through Human Intellect: (Article 24)
14.1. We Know God is the creator through human intellect and reason.
14.2. The Gift of Human intellect
14.2.1. Theology
14.2.1.1. The study of God, Faith seeking and understanding.
14.3. How can we speak about God
14.3.1. Knowledge can't fully capture the Divine Mystery.
14.3.2. Images cannot fully express God
14.3.3. We represent God as Light, Water, Fire, or a Rock
14.3.3.1. God is not literally these symbols.
15. Gods Revelation through sacred scripture the New Testament:( Article 17)
15.1. The life and teachings of Jesus
15.1.1. Learn of greatness beyond human understanding
15.1.2. Rooted to the teachings of Jesus
15.2. Oral Tradition
15.2.1. The New Testament was not written while Jesus was alive
15.2.2. Preached the Gospel
15.3. The Epistles
15.3.1. Letter of Saint Paul
15.3.1.1. Written in 57 AD
15.4. The Gospels
15.4.1. Mark
15.4.2. Mathew
15.4.3. Luke
15.4.4. John