RS Flashcards
Creed is derived from the Latin word ____________ meaning _______________
Credo, I Believe
it refers to a formula of the Church’s profession of Faith, in which the essential contents of the faith are authoritatively summarized
CREED
Brief Formulas of faith that make it possible for all believers to make common profession
CREED
IMAGODEI
God made us
Aspects of Human Dignity
> Nature of Human Dignity
Sacredness of Life
Giftedness
IT IS SOMETHING GIVEN TO US BY GOD
INHERITED
IT IS AN INNER QUALITY OF EVERY HUMAN PERSON THAT CANNOT BE SEPARATED FROM HIS BEING
INTRINSIC
IT IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF EVERY HUMAN BEING THAT CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY
INALIENABLE
Nature in Human Dignity
> Inherited
Intrinsic
Inalienable
Aspects of Sacredness of Life in Human Dignity
> Gift of God
Value and Worth- Valuable
Invaluable
It is the most central and clearest MANIFESTATION of GOD among us
LIFE
It is the transcendent value and worth of every person that comes from God.
LIFE
Aspects of Giftedness in Human Dignity
> Intellect/ Reason
Freewill
Freedom
Conscience
capacity to grasp the truth and knowledge of God
Intellect/ Reason
Capacity to choose good or bad
Free Will
Doing what I ought to do (responsibility)
Freedom
Law written in the hearts of men, commands to do good and not evil
Conscience
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit”
Matthew 28:19-20
Person who introduced the idea of SUPERNATURAL EXISTENTIAL
Karl Rahner
It begins with the profession of faith in the _______________, Then refers to the _______, Then concludes with a profession of faith in the ______________
FATHER (creator and preserver of the world), SON (through whom the world and we ourselves have found redemption), HOLY SPIRIT (the presence of God in the Church and in the world)
creator and preserver of the world
FATHER
through whom the world and we ourselves have found redemption
SON
the presence of God in the Church and in the world
HOLY SPIRIT
comes from the natural longing for God
FAITH
3 Dimensions of FAITH
Belief, Trust, Doing
The Promise of Christ to His Apostles
I will be with you until the end
The place where we first called ourselves Christians
ANTIOCH
The person who discovered the Apostles Creed
Tertulius
Latin Name of Apostles Creed
Symbolom Apostolorum
was the response to Heresy by Arius
NICENE CREED
the concept of Jesus is not Divine
ARIANISM
All 3 Bounded by Eternity
Circumincession
- It refers to the foundation of the creed; that all other articles of the creed depend on the first.
- It expresses the belief in One God.
I BELIEVE IN GOD
“Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord alone! Therefore, you shall love the Lord your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.”
Deuteronomy 6:4
In Exodus 3:14-15 God revealed his name to Moses: ______________________________
I AM WHO I AM (YHWH)
“For I am God, and there is no other”
Isiah 45:22
In the language of Faith it means two things:
God as the 1st origin of everything and transcendent authority.
& He is at the same time, showing his goodness and loving care for all his children
GOD AS FATHER
It emphasizes the OMNIPOTENCE OF GOD, his might is UNIVERSAL
GOD AS ALMIGHTY
It means that God is the AUTHOR, and GIVER OF ORDER, by making all things by Himself, that is, by His Word and by His Wisdom, who so to speak are His HANDS
GOD AS CREATOR
is the Creator, the almighty
FATHER
is the meaning and heart of the world
SON
holds everything together
HOLY SPIRIT
It means GOD SAVES in Hebrew
JESUS
there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved
Acts 4:12