prelim Intro Flashcards
refers to the proclamation of the good news,
the Gospel. That good news is, of course, Jesus Christ, his incarnation, death, and resurrection, and his
sending of the Spirit. That good news must be proclaimed by the Church in word and deed.
kerygma
often translated fellowship or community, touches on all those elements which build up the body of
Christ, the Church, and which create the new Israel, the new covenant, the new people of God. Worship
and the sacramental life are at the basis of this operation of the Spirit within the Church and form its
unity.
koinoina
means service and extends the action of the Spirit to the world. It is service, which
keeps the Church from becoming turned in on itself, which helps it grow in love and charity.
diakonia
keeps the Church from focusing its eyes only on the mystical and the supernatural and it helps it to
become truly incarnated in the life around it.
diakonia
No organization could long survive without a structure and a visible system of rights and duties of
members, without a stable form of government, which assures continuity and effective action.
the church as institution
As a society the Church has to have those who govern, who can act in
the name of the group, who can assure its faithful, doctrinal continuity.
the church as institution
insisted on a self-examination on the part of the Church to maintain
its role as servant.
. Pope John XXIII
forgets the need for the existence of the sacramental ministry (reduces the
clergy to a kind of hired-help, at the whim of the majority) and for all those structures and safeguards,
which the sacramental life of the Church demands
congregationalism
that a group of lay people
controls all the material assets.
trusteeism
can refer to our own personal relationship to God, the “I-Thou” relationship
can
also mean fellowship or mutual bonding.
communion
The beauty of this model is, of course, its vitality. We had lost, in history, too much of this sense of
living in unity with God and with all the members. Now we are regaining a consciousness of the need
for this more spiritual dimension of Church.
church as mystical communion
The role of the Holy Spirit becomes again apparent; the
need for a community based on faith is emphasized; the interior or spiritual life and the role of prayer
find their place among us.
church as mystical communion
This model explains so well the Pauline concepts of charisms as gifts of the Spirit for building up the
body of Christ. The unselfish aspects of God’s love thus become more manifest.
church as mystical communion
a sign and instrument of the union of which the human family possesses with God and with one
another.
Church as Sacrament
demands certain knowledge of one’s faith and it may
seem a bit abstract and theoretical. On the other hand, at the basis of this concept lies one of the pillars
of Catholic identity.
The Church as Sacrament
