Triune God Flashcards
Music in woship
Unites people in praise
Increases the beauty of worship
Helps people to feel more involved in worship
Inspires people to praise God
Can make woship feel more solemn
Music in liturgy
Psalms-centre around the praise and worship of God
Talks about the joy praising God through song
Cover a wide range of human experiences and emotions
Recognises everything comes from God and without him,people and nothing
Plainchant-the catholic church considers it to be ideal to use in mass, as its “specially suited to the roman liturgy’
Traditional hymns-help people to feel involved on worship
Have stood the test of time: their ability to help people praise God has been proven over many years
Contemporary worship songs- help people feel more involved in worship
Some people think this type of music is disrespectful as its upbeat nature can distract people rather than helping them focus on God
Others think its kore accessible and appealing in traditional hymns
Mass settings-simpler Mass settings help people to feel more involved in worship
Help to make the mass appeal to whole congregation
Acclamation used in mass
Gloria-a hymn to praise God’s glory and goodness
Begin’s with words ‘Glory to God in the highest heaven’ (Luke 2:14)
To convey thankfulness to God (care and love)
Alleluia- a hebrew word meaning ‘praise God’
A hymn of joy and triumph that praises God
Announces presence of Christ
Sanctus- a latin word meaning ‘holy’
A hymn to praise God’s holiness
Based on isiah’s vision in temple when angels cried out ‘holy,holy,holy is the lord god of hosts’
The repetition of ‘holy’ three times reminds us
of the Triune God
Mystery of faith-“We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess
your Resurrection, until you come again.”
Said immediately after the consecration
Recognises that Jesus’ life, death and
resurrection is present through the
consecration
Shows God’s love for all people
Why is music important in mass
Unites us…gives a sense of community
Helps us feel more solemn
Gives us a sense of God’s presence
Helps us feel more involved
Makes worship more joyful
Expresses God’s greatness
Brings us closer to God
the triune god explained in.p Bible
Deutronomy
In this verse from Old testament the words ‘the Lord alone’ stress their is only one God
Through the teachings of Jesus in new testament christians believe that god is three persons
Matthew 3:16-17
Holy spirit is the love that unites the father and the son.here the holy spirit is represented by a dive, which comes from God the Father to stay with Jesus
The father is the ‘voice’ from heaven
The father calls Jesus his ‘beloved Son’
Galatians 4:6
“And because you are children ,God has sent the spirit of his son into our hearts,crying ‘Abba!Father!”
1. Christians are ‘children of God’ – they can have an
intimate relationship with God, whom they can call ‘Abba’
(Father).
2. The Holy Spirit is shared with all believers
God the father pours Holy Spirit into Christians heart. This love unites Father and Son, and fills person with grace
The nicene creed
God the father
‘I believe in one god the father almighty,maker of heaven and earth’-God the father is creator of all things
God the son
‘Consubstantial with the father’- no distinction in nature between father and son
‘By Holy spirit was incarnate of the virgin Mary,and became man’-son took limitations of human nature to become Jesus as Jesus mother was conceived by Holy spirit
‘He suffered death and was buried and rose again on third day’-the son became human out of love to save the, from being seperated by God by sin. Suffered and died as a human being.
God holy spirit
‘I believe in one Holy spirit, the Lord and giver of life’- The holy Spirit gives life to all things
‘Who proceeds from father and son’-comes from both father and son, uniting them in love
‘Who with father and son is Adored and glorified’- is equal in majesty and power to father and son
‘Spoken through prophets’-inspires people to let them know the will of God
The trinity and creation (gensis 1)
‘God created the heavens and earth’-word ‘God’ refers to Father, the father created the universe
‘Wind from God’ can also be translated to ‘breath’ or ‘spirit’. Shows that Holy spirit was involved in creation
God created the universe with power of his word. Christians interpret this to son of God (the word) ‘let their be light’
Influences of the trinity today
-the life of trinity flows from the love and holy spirit of the father and son for each other which is holy spirit
-christians believe that love flows outwards into lives and hearts of all believers as grace
Holy spirit is the love of the son and father-it enters peoples loves and grace-and inspires them to show love to others so christians belive this is their duty
Evangilsm and mission
Mission
Sending out people to help others
Missionaries might be sent out by church to work with people in poverty, providing education and care
-help people to develop better lifestyles
-helping access water supplies
Missionaries want to share God’s love through actions
They believe they should love others as God loves them
Follows commandment ‘those who love God must love their brothers and sisters’
Evangelism
Means preaching good news about Jesus to-other people
Evangelists share their knowledge and experience of christianity to influence the lives and attitudes of others
Are inspired by holy spirit to share their knowledge of God’s love with others
They want to help others experience the joy,peace and love they experience as a christian
Jesus instructions ‘go therefore make dsiciples of all nations’ and ‘baptising them in name of father, son and holy spirit’
Key quotes for envangilsm and mission
If you see charity [love] then you
see the Trinity
St Augustine
Go, make disciples of all nations’
(Mt 28:18)
Those who love God must love
their brothers and sisters also
(1 John 4:20)
The trinity and God’s love-st augaustine
-said ‘God is love’
-love can’t exist on its own-there must be someone to give it and someone to recieve it
- needs to be the person who loves,person who is loved and the love that unites them
-trinity can be though of 3 persons that united in love
- the father loves the son and the son loves the father, the love that unites them is the Holy spirit
-holy spirit pours out into hearts and lives of all belivers,sharing God’s love with all people
-mainly focused on relationship within trinity
Trinity and God’s love-catherine Lacugna
-father begets the son. This means that the son comes out from father.
- he has always been part of God
-so the son is continually,eternally coming from father
The holy spirit is the love that unites the father and son
This continual act of father begetting the son, and eternal love between them-constantly flows outwards into whole of creation
Son came to earth to bring redemption to save them and bring back relationship with the father so son come from father to save humanity
The holy spirit, God’s love, is guiding constantly believers towards the father
Once redemption is complete, through help of father and son and holy spirit, all things will be brought back to God
The athuority of magisterium
Popes and bishops are successors to the 12 apostles
Jesus gave the 12 apostles authority to lead the Church
Apostolic authority
Jesus gave Peter authority to lead the Church
This combined authority is called the Magisterium
‘You are Peter, and upon this rock I build my church’
(Matthew 16:19)
The councils of nicea and constanople
Council of nicea
-son is eternally begotten from the father
-the father and son have always co-existed together
-they are both equal and of same natural
Council of Constantinople
-the holy spirit is the third person of the trinity and fully God
-jesus is both fully god and human
Symbolism in baptism
The pouring of water symbolises the person joining Jesus in
the tomb after death
Rising up out of the water symbolises the person joining
with Jesus’ resurrection
The water represents:
1. Cleansing the soul from sin
2. Sharing in Jesus’ death and resurrection
3. New life with God as a Christian
4. That the person is filled with the Holy Spirit
Why is baptism important
-it is sacrament of initiation through which a person becomes a member of church, a child of God
-it cleanses a person of all their sins
-Christians uoin in with Jesus death and resurrection,to share in christs victory over the power of sin and death
-shares life of father,son and holy spirit with person
-fills person with holy spirit,to give them strength and resist evil
Traditional and spontaneous prayer
Traditional
prayer
• Set words, used for
generations
• Examples: Our Father,
Hail Mary
Strengths:
• Comforting to use familiar
words
• Don’t have to find the
right words - can be more
open to God
• Your mind can go deeper
than the words
Jesus told the disciples
to pray the Lord’s
prayer
• We may not pray
correctly if we don’t use
traditional prayers
• We can worship together
using traditional prayers
- strengthens the
Christian community
Spontaneous prayer
• No set words
• Guided by the Holy
Spirit
Strengths
• More sincere … personal
concerns
• Comes from the heart
• Develops a personal
relationship with God
• Set prayers can lose
their meaning – they
can become empty
words
• You allow the Holy
Spirit to guide you in
spontaneous prayer
• Spontaneous prayers
are relevant and
personal
• Jesus offered
spontaneous prayers
