What does it mean to be redeemed? What do you believe heaven will be like?

1. St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Cathedral Confirmation Class – 2Cathedral Confirmation Class – 2ndnd
SemesterSemester
Chapter 1 - The Revelation of the Blessed Trinity’s Good CreationChapter 1 - The Revelation of the Blessed Trinity’s Good Creation

2. The Revelation of the Blessed Trinity’s Good CreationThe Revelation of the Blessed Trinity’s Good Creation
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3. Prayer - The Apostle's Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of
heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son,
our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius
Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He
descended into hell; the third day He rose again from
the dead; He ascended into heaven, is seated at the
right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence
He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I
believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church,
the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the
resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
Goal : Learn about the Church as recited in the Creed

4. Ch:1 – Learning Objectives
 What does it mean to be redeemed?
 What do you believe heaven will be like?

5. Reflect on what you hear...
*New Learning
*Ah-ha's
*Connections

6. What does it mean to be redeemed?
Use your worksheet to free write

7. Mystery of Redemption
 The Mystery of Redemption tells the story of how
God rescued fallen humanity.
 Redemption – central truth of our Catholic faith

God become one of us. He suffered, died, and rose to
save us from sin and death, and live with him forever in
heaven

8. Redemption
 Redeemed : To be freed from bondage.
(When someone was kidnapped or enslaved if someone “bought back” their freedom they were said to have been redeemed).
 The Catholic doctrine refers to Christ freeing us from our
bondage to sin and death.
 We call it a mystery b/c it includes truths that are beyond
our human ability to fully understand

9. Mystery of Redemption
 The storyline of the Mystery of Redemption

Begins with God’s good creation.
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Then the original sin of our first parents and its
consequences for humanity.
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Then God promised a savior and formed his Chosen
People for the coming of the Messiah.
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Then the messiah is born of the Virgin Mary (the
Incarnation).
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Next Jesus has his three years of public life working
miracles and preaching.
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The climax is the redemption that we call the Paschal
Mystery (Suffering, death, resurrection and assumption
into heaven)

10. Mystery of Redemption
Paschal Mystery (Suffering, death, resurrection and
assumption into heaven)

11. What do you believe heaven will be like?
Use your worksheet to free write
and then watch the video

12. 73 Books73 Books
tells the story of
salvation history
tells the story of
salvation history
The Bible is inspired
(God guided the human authors)
The Bible is inspired
(God guided the human authors)
How the Church Understands the Bible?How the Church Understands the Bible?
Inerrant (w/o error)Inerrant (w/o error)

13. plain meaning the author
intended to express
plain meaning the author
intended to express
SpiritualSpiritual
How to read the Bible?How to read the Bible?
Allegorical, Moral,
Anagogical
Allegorical, Moral,
Anagogical
LiteralLiteral
Video
The Four Senses of Scripture
Video
The Four Senses of Scripture

14. Literal and Spiritual Senses of the Bible
 The Literal Sense
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writings should be understood literally first by the reader.
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It is the plain meaning the author intended to express
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we must consider the genre of the book when we read.

15. Literal and Spiritual Senses of the Bible
 The Spiritual Sense – refers to other meanings
that can be discovered in the bible text

Allegorical – considers the foreshadowing of future
people and events in the bible. (abstract ideas – two meanings –literal/symbolic meaning)

Moral – considers the examples of virtue that we can
learn from the bible text

Anagogical – considers the events in terms of how they
relate to the eternity/heaven. (spiritual interpretation of literal statements or events)

16. Creation of Humanity & Image and Likeness
Video of the Creation

17. The Creation of the World for Mankind
(Book of Genesis)
The bible and book of Genesis tell the story of creation that isn’t meant to teach us
precisely how creation came about, but teach us truths about God and humanity.
 The Goodness of Creation (pg 9)
 Made man and woman and said they were very good!
 Tragic fall from grace of our first parents
 Used their free will to disobey God – deceived by Serpent
 Consequence – they lost the grace of original holiness
 Subject to death
 Sin made present in the world
 Every person then be born in the state of original sin
 Original sin
 Separates us from God
 Darkens our intellect
 Weakens our will
 Inclines us towards sin
 Because of original sin the world fell from God’s original plan

18. Creation, Cosmology, and Evolution
 Scientists propose that the universe began with a “big bang”
 A catholic priest named Fr. George Lemaitre first proposed
the theory.
 Scientists propose the theory of evolution ~ watch the video
 The Catholic Church sees no contradiction b/w faith and
science; b/w the story of God creating the world and the
theory of evolution being a part of his creation.

19. Creation as the Work of the blessed Trinity
 “The early Christian writers…” (page 9 last paragraph)
God said: “Let us make man in our image . . .” (Genesis
1:26)
Why would the scripture say so? (God speaks as a plurality)
 God is a trinity of beings. Father, Son and Spirit.
Watch the video

20. Conclusion
 The Bible is a book of religious truths
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about God

humanity
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and our relations with God.
 The Church guided by the Holy Spirit interprets the Sacred
Scriptures and communicates to us the truths of God’s
revelation.
 God created everything that exists and he created it good.
How evil entered the world we will explore in
Chapter 2.

21. Complete the work sheet
 #1 – What does it mean to be redeemed?
 #2 – What do you believe heaven will be like?

22. Questions or Comments

23. References
 Hahn, S. The Church: Sacrament of Salvation (1998). Didache Series: Midwest Theological
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 http://www.catholiceducation.org/en/science/faith-and-science/a-day-without-yesterday-
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