The Social Documents of the ChurchAgeof theSon.docx

The Social Documents of the Church
Age
of the
Son
Leonardo Da Vinci – Salvator Mundi
Age
of the
Father
Age
of the
Spirit
What good is it, my brothers and
sisters, if you say you have faith but
do not have works? Can faith save
you? If a brother or sister is naked
and lacks daily food, and one of
you says to them, “Go in peace;
keep warm and eat your fill,” and
yet you do not supply their bodily
needs, what is the good of that?
So faith by itself, if it has no works,
is dead.

—James 2: 14-17
i. Human Dignity
ii. Human Rights and Responsibilities
iii. Community of Neighbors
iv. The Option for the Poor
v. Participation vs. Marginalization
vi. Rights and Dignity of Workers
vii. Unconditional Solidarity
viii. Stewardship of Creation
Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of Labor)—Pope Leo XIII,
1891
Quadragesimo Anno (After Forty Years)—Pope Pius XI, 1931
Mater et Magistra (Christianity and Social Progress)—Pope
John XXIII, 1961
Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth)—Pope John XXIII, 1963
Gaudium et Spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the
Modern World)—Second Vatican Council, 1965
Dignitatis Humanæ (Declaration on Religious Freedom)—
Second Vatican Council, 1965
Populorum Progressio (On the Development of Peoples)—Pope

Paul VI, 1967
Octogesima Adveniens (A Call to Action)—Pope Paul VI, 1971
Evangelii Nuntiandi (Evangelization in the Modern World)—
Paul VI, 1975
Laborem Exercens (On Human Work)—Pope John Paul II, 1981
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (On Social Concern)—Pope John Paul
II, 1987
The Church and Racism: Towards a More Fraternal Society—
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, 1989
Centesimus Annus (The Hundredth Year)—Pope John Paul II,
1991
Veritatis Splendor (The Splendour of Truth)—Pope John Paul
II, 1993
Evangelium Vitæ (The Gospel of Life)—Pope John Paul II,
1995
Dignitas Personæ (The Dignity of a Person)—Congregation for
the Doctrine of the Faith, 1998
Ecclesia in America (The Church in America)—Pope John Paul
II, 1999
Fides et Ratio (Faith and Reason)—Pope John Paul II, 1998
Doctrinal Note on Some Questions Regarding the Participation
of Catholics in Political Life - Congregation for the Doctrine of
the Faith, 2002
Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church—Pontifical
Council for Justice and Peace, 2004
Deus Caritas Est (God Is Love)—Pope Benedict XVI, 2005
Sacramentum Caritatis (The Eucharist as the Source and Summit
of the Church's Life and Mission)—Pope Benedict XVI, 2007

Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth)—Pope Benedict XVI,
2009
Lumen Fidei (The Light of Faith)—Pope Francis, 2013
Laudato Si (On the Care of Our Common Home)—Pope Francis,
2015
"If you don’t love
you’re dead,
and if you do,
they’ll kill you.”
—Fr. Herbert McCabe, O.P.
DISCIPLE
If anyone wants to be a follower
of mine, let them renounce
themselves and take up their
cross and follow me.
(Mt 16: 24; Mk 8: 34; Lk 9: 23)
I
II
III
God's Will is not
subject to popular
opinion.

Not in violence,
but radical in
love.
PROPHET
...whosoever shall not receive
you, nor hear your words,
when ye depart...
shake off the dust of your feet.
—Mt 10: 14
...I have made my decree and will not
relent: because they have sold the upright
for silver and the poor for a pair of sandals,
because they have crushed the heads of
the weak into the dust and thrust the
rights of the oppressed to one side...
—Amos 2: 6-7
I hate, I scorn your festivals, I take no
pleasure in your solemn assemblies.
When you bring me burnt
offerings...your oblations, I do not accept
them and I do not look at your
communion sacrifices of fat cattle. Spare
me the din of your chanting, let me hear

none of your strumming on lyres, but let
justice flow like water, and uprightness
like a never-failing stream!
—Amos 5: 21-24
I have made,
and I will bear;
even I will carry,
and will deliver you.
— Is 46: 4b
i
"The whole of the Church's social doctrine, in fact, develops
from the principle
that affirms the inviolable dignity of the human person.“
— The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, 107
Humans share, by knowledge and love, in God's Own Life.
It was for this that God created, and this is the fundamental
reason for human dignity.
— CCC 356
Personhood: a someone, not a something.
THE IMAGE OF GOD

Wash you, make you clean;
put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes;
cease to do evil;
learn to do well;
seek judgment,
relieve the oppressed,
judge the fatherless,
plead for the widow.
— Is 1: 16-17
THE IMAGE OF GOD
Homo est Dei capax
Human Dignity
Human Dignity
schiz·o·phre·ni·a
a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a
breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion,
and behavior, leading to faulty perception,
inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from
reality and personal relationships into fantasy and
delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.
“Moral Law during Armed Conflict”
(CCC 2312-2314)
or
Thou Shalt Not Kill?

ii
serve sacrificedefend
Prophetess/Prophet Queen/KingPriestess/Priest
Fr. Antón de Montesinos, OP
Sublimus Dei
AD 1537
Human Rights and Responsibility
4th of
December
AD 1511
The inviolability of the person...is a
reflection of the absolute
inviolability of God...
—Christifideles Laici, 38
Bonded Labor
domestic servitude

begging rings
jails
Forced Labor
forced marriage
industry: factories
Trafficking
organ removal
sex trade
warfare (fodder)
46m slaves estimated worldwide
150 billion dollars profit per annum
Human beings who are not
compensated for their labor, live
in confinement, and who are
controlled by violence.
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/ezzjcw/slavery-from-space
Modern-day slavery:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PttVKVW0zI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PttVKVW0zI

Mitochondrial Eve & Chromosomal Adam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSEXHzGEzmk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSEXHzGEzmk
✓ life
✓ work
✓ family
✓ freedom
✓ development
…also in utero
✓ food
✓ clothing
✓ shelter
✓ rest
✓ medical care
✓ social services
The means which are
suitable for the proper
development of life:
Pacem in Terris
Centesimus Annus

Previously, the
Church held that
the human was
“ensouled” in
the womb after
3 months’
development.
The soul was
said to
“animate” the
matter in the
womb, bringing
it to life.
Science proves
human life
begins at
conception,
when sperm
fertilizes an
ovum to
form a zygote.
The Church
embraces the

science and
begins to defend
life in the womb.
The truth of our
faith becomes a
matter of
ridicule...if any
[Christian], not
gifted with the
necessary
scientific learning,
presents as dogma
what scientific
scrutiny shows to
be false.
— ST. I, Q. lxvi, A. i
Is “over-population” the cause of economic problems?
Or should poverty, violent conflict, and environmental issues,
bear the blame?
Should having a child have a price tag?
(USD304,480)
—Gn 1: 27
aisthesis (emotion, senses)

inferior understanding/perception
Mortal:
Associated with soma (body)
nous (mind)
superior intellectual capacity
Immortal:
Image of God
Underlying Philosophy
Men weigh in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VmiMHUNVUA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VmiMHUNVUA
Neil Degrasse Tyson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BwOSHMFqAU
...for I am God and not a man...
— Hosea 11: 9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BwOSHMFqAU

There can be neither Jew nor Greek,
there can be neither slave nor freeman,
there can be neither male nor female —
for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
—Gal 3: 28
The “Sin of Woman”
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Co-Redemptrix & Mediatrix
Toleration of inequality
The Cause of the Fall The New Eve

God-Womb
Jeremiah, Hosea
El-Shaddai
God-Breast
Mary, the Blessed Virgin
Anna, prophetess
Mary Magdalene, Apostle
Martha, “sister of Lazarus”
Mary, “sister of Lazarus”
Joanna, wife of Choza
Suzanna
Mary, “mother of James and Joseph”
Salome, “mother of James and John”
—Biblical Commission Report, Can Women Be Priests?, 1976
It does not seem that the
New Testament by itself
alone will permit us to settle
in a clear way and once and
for all the problem of the
possible accession of women
to the Presbyterate.

Feminine term
Hebrew & Aramaic
The Church, the Lord's Bride, was created from His side...
so the Church was created from His side no otherwise than
while dying.
— St. Augustine, Expositions on the Psalms, 127
Salvador Dali
Apostle to the
Apostles
Richard Stodart
And, behold, a woman in the city,
which was a sinner...
—Lk 7: 36
And certain women [were with him],
which had been healed of evil spirits and
infirmities, Mary called Magdalene...
—Lk 7: 36

Pope Gregory I (AD 540–604)
Anonyma, priestess during the persecution of
Julian the Apostate (AD 361-
Constantinople (AD d. 418), ordained by Bishop
Deaconesses Procula and Pentadia, corresponded
Severus, Bishop of Antioquia mentions the
D
sister of St. Basil Magnus, and friend of
and wife of St. Gregory of Nyssa
Human Rights and ResponsibilityArgument: There is no
evidence of these women
I commend to you our
sister Phoebe, a
deacon of the church
at Cenchreæ.
— Rm 16: 1

Guilia Runa, Priestess
AD 4
Sophia of Jerusalem
AD 5
Anastasia of Delphos,
Priestess
Leta, Priestess
Theodora Bishop (c. V AD)
Chapel of Zeno, Church of Saint Praxedes, Rome
Fractio Panis
The Catacomb of St. Priscilla
Argument: There is no evidence of these women
“Agape feast”
—Jude 1: 12

Junias
Salute Andronicus and Junia, my
kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who
are of note among the apostles, who
also were in Christ before me.
—Rm 16: 7
(m)
(f)
Argument: But the 12 Apostles were men…
EMINENTIORI MODO
In the incarnation, Mary was the altar upon which the
victim was laid down and on which He was kindled
through the flame of her love...and at the redemption as
the sacrificial priest who immolated Him.
— Auguste Nicolas, La Vierge Marie d’après l‘Évangile
Theological Evolution
Argument: There is no theological basis

In Persona Iesus
Take, eat: this is my body, which is
broken for you: this do in remembrance
of me. …this cup is the new testament in
my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink
it, in remembrance of me.
—I Cor 11: 23-25
In the Person of Jesus
In Memoriam Christi
In Memory of Christ
Argument: But Jesus was a Man!...?
Family and Community
iii This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved
you.—Jn 15: 12-17
But God did not create [humans to be] solitary, for from
the beginning “male and female he created them” (Gen.
1:27). Their companionship produces the primary form of
interpersonal communion. For by [their] innermost
nature [the human being] is a social being, and unless [he
or she] relates...to others [they] can neither live nor

develop [his or her] potential.
—Gaudium et Spes, 12
Domestic church
iv
You shall not oppress the poor or vulnerable. God will hear
their cry.
—Ex 22: 20-26
A portion of the harvest is set aside for the poor and the
stranger.
—Lv 19: 9-10
Speak out in defense of the poor.
—Pv 31: 8-9
True worship is to work for justice and care for the poor and
oppressed.
—Is 58: 5-7
Mk 12: 13-17; Mt 22: 15-22; Lk 20: 19-26
If anyone is well-off in
worldly possessions and
sees his brother in need
but closes his heart to him,
how can the love of God

be remaining in him?
—I Jn 3: 16-17
The Option for the Poor
Mt 21: 12-17; Mk 11: 15-19; Lk 19: 45-48; Jn 2: 13-16
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some
coveted after, they have
erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many
sorrows.
—I Tim 6: 10
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
—Aristotle
Economic inequality:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA8gGLQnCHY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA8gGLQnCHY
What
Matters
to You
Things

You
Control
Individuals and governments to
remember the saying of the Fathers:
"Feed the people dying of hunger,
because if you do not feed them you
are killing them...”
What can I do?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OL6q_hq5r4
“Give something, however small, to the one in need.
For it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it
small to God, if we have given what we could.”
—St. Gregory Nazianzen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OL6q_hq5r4
v
Participation vs Marginalization

Materials are purchased or traded for. If the
family cannot afford it, donations are encouraged.
The community raises the barn in a day or two.
Good ole-fashion’
Education in the USA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5dU0W673SU
2. Low Income
3. State Spending
1. Apathy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5dU0W673SU
vi
God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on
that day he rested after all his work of creating.
—Gn 2: 1-3
The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
—Mk 2: 27

218 million children are used for labor
Full-time employees in the US average a 47 to 50-hour work.
The are compensated for only 40 of those hours.
Industry enjoys 7 to 10 hours unpaid labor per capita,
which translates into “capital gains”.
1948
2017
Compensation
Late 70s
Dignified Work & Rights of Workers
Inequality for All:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRvFAiSvD0o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRvFAiSvD0o
Full-time employees in the US average a 47 to 50-hour work.
The are compensated for only 40 of those hours.
Industry enjoys 7 to 10 hours unpaid labor per capita,
which translates into “capital gains”.

1948
2016
Compensation
Late 70s
Work is a good thing for [a
person]... because through work
[a person] not only transforms
nature...but [a person] also
achieves fulfilment...
—Laborem Exercens, 9
Reasons for
anxiety, however,
are not lacking.
Many people,
especially in
economically
advanced areas,
seem, as it were,
to be ruled by
economics, so
that almost their

entire personal
and social life is
permeated with
a certain
economic way of
thinking.
“[The human being] is the source, the focus and the aim of all
economic and social life.”
vii
Blessed are the peacemakers: they shall be recognized as
children of God.
—Mt 5: 9
This is the proof of love, that he laid down his life for us,
and we too ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
—I Jn 3: 16
Unconditional Solidarity
Utah’s solution:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RB8CJajfl0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RB8CJajfl0
Everyone knows that the Fathers of the Church laid down the
duty of the rich toward the poor in no uncertain terms.
As St. Ambrose put it: “You are not making a gift of what is
yours to the [poor], but you are giving [them] back what is
[theirs]. You have been appropriating things that are meant to
be for the common use of everyone. The earth belongs
to everyone, not to the rich.”
—Populorum Progressio, 23
viii THE GOOD SHEPHERDJn 10: 14-17
...For lack of a shepherd they have been scattered,
to become the prey of all the wild animals; they
have been scattered.
—Ez 34: 4-5
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Belief
Disbelief
Stewards of Creation
God Exists God does not Exist
Consequence Consequence
Consequence
Global Warming is Real Global Warming is False

Consequence Consequence
ConsequenceOff to Mars
...in the seventh year the land
will have a sabbatical rest, a
Sabbath for Yahweh.
—Lv 25: 1-7
Bisphenol A
(CH₃)₂C(C₆H₄OH)₂
Atrazine
C8H14ClN5
herbicide
plastics/paper
letrozole
"Mother Earth is a source of life,
not a resource.”
—Chief Arvol Looking Horse
...[Humanity] consumes the
resources of the earth...in an

excessive and disordered way...
—Centesimus Annus, 37
Calls for:
✓ dialogue on
environmental
policy
✓ education and
spirituality
✓ studies on how
poverty contributes
to the problem
On the Care of Our Common Home
Can you not buy five
sparrows for two pennies?
And yet not one is
forgotten in God's sight.
—Lk 12: 6
The upright has compassion on his animals,
but the heart of the wicked is ruthless.

—Pv 12: 10
“What pleasure can it give to a cultured
[person] to see weak human beings mangled
by a powerful wild-beast or a splendid
animal transfixed by a hunting-spear?”
— Cicero
After witnessing the games which celebrated the dedication of
Pompey's gift to Rome of her first stone theatre in 55 BC,
500 lions and 17 elephants were slaughtered.
The great rabbi, Judah
Ha-Nasi, was punished with
years of pain when he showed
he was insensitive to the fear
of a calf being led to slaughter.
— Talmud, Baba Metzia, 85a
Dominion does not give the
right to cause indiscriminate
hurt. Slaughtering is designed
to be as fast and painless as
possible, and if anything occurs
that might cause pain, the
flesh of the hurt animal may
not be consumed (haram).
No

Unnecessary
Slaughter
Hunting
(for sport)
Permitted
No
Unnecessary
Slaughter
“My little sisters the birds, ye
owe much to God, your
Creator...He has given you
fountains and rivers to quench
your thirst, mountains and
valleys in which to take refuge,
and trees in which to build your
nests; so that your Creator loves
you much, having thus favored
you with such bounties...”
—St. Francis of Assisi
The Sixth Extinction:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1sN6Qw2dvc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1sN6Qw2dvc
God's purpose in recommending kind treatment of the brute
creation is to
dispose people to pity and tenderness for one another.
— ST I-II:102:6 ad 8um
Wolves
Animals:
Sheep
Serpents
Doves
Good :) Bad :(
Serpents
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves:
—Mt 10: 16
be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

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Thanawala, Kishor. “Catholic Social Teaching and the Changing
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Tornielli, Andrea and Giacomo Galeazzi. This Economy Kills:
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http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents
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http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-
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http://www.zenit.org/article-22414?l=english
vi/en/apost_letters/documents/hf_p-

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xi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-
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http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-
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xvi/en/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_ben-
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splendor.html
Map vs map:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywFMLXEDYwc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywFMLXEDYwc
“Developed countries” 1st world
“Developing countries” 3rd world
4th world:
3rd world conditions in 1st world countries
Installation of Dictatorships
Lessons: Corruption/Coercion
housing
urban living
education
health care

industry
employment
migration
crime &
The control of less-developed countries by first-world countries
through indirect means:
Investments and soft power.
The solidarity which binds all [people]
together as members of a common
family makes it impossible for
wealthy nations to look with
indifference upon the hunger,
misery and poverty of other nations
whose citizens are unable to enjoy even
elementary human rights...it will not be
possible to preserve a lasting peace so
long as glaring economic and
social imbalances persist.
—Mater et Magistra, 157

Cole Sternberg
You have
something we
want...
2 Manufacturing
3 Health Care
Companies:
4 Agricultural
5 Oil
1 Communication
Coffee
Gems
Copper
Tea
Sugar
PetroleumRice
You have
something we

want...
Yes ☺
40,018
Augusto Pinochet
Loans and Foreign “Aid”
http://www.oroklininews.info/2012/08/bingo-in-oroklini-win-
1000-euro.html
The End of Poverty?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeLpqckwh-w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeLpqckwh-w
First World
Apparatuses
Loans and Foreign “Aid”
<%
>%
Poor
Politicians

Producers
(Companies)
1000-euro.html
First World
Apparatuses
Cost of ending world poverty:
$40 billion
(~9% of most military budgets)
We’ll “rescue” the 3rd World instead!
. . .
per annum
"Neoliberalism"
Washington Consensus
Economic Policy Plan
capital account liberalization 112 trillion in tax shelters would
pay 275 billion in tax revenue per annum
2
Free trade agreements have

only served to increase level of
poverty in the 3rd World
"Neoliberalism"
regularization of trade: globalism
First World
Apparatuses
East India Company Hanging “Rebels”
Traditional Indian WeavingEnglish Loom
First World
Apparatuses
Tea
Coffee Free
Trade
3rd World
1st World
1st & 3rd World

First Model
Ensured 3rd World is incapable of
manufacturing, raw materials are sold
back to them as finished products
First World
Apparatuses
Free
Trade
3rd World
1st & 3rd World
tariffs in 1st world to prevent
import of ORIGINAL finished
goods from 3rd world
Second Model
Parts
Cloth 3rd World
Production
Destruction

Production
1st World
3rd World
We want
Democracy!
(Neoliberalism!)
1
2
crop & product control
1000-euro.html
Rwandan genocide (800,000)
1994
"Neoliberalism"
reduction of taxes 3
ostensibly to stimulate
growth, plunges nations

into dependency & debt
3rd world forced to inherit debt of colonists
(Illegal under international law)
The External DebtThe Eternal Debt
Thou shalt not
lend upon usury
to thy brother;
usury of money,
usury of victuals,
usury of any
thing that is lent
upon usury.
—Dt 23: 19
First World
Apparatuses
$13 repaid for every $1 borrowed
The End of Poverty?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUoUjMyddXI
You are not making a gift of what is yours to the [poor], but you
are giving [them]
back what is [theirs]. You have been appropriating things that
are meant to be for

the common use of everyone. The earth belongs to everyone, not
to the rich.
—St. Ambrose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUoUjMyddXI
"Neoliberalism"
privatization 4
selling off state assets
leads to transnational
corporation abuses of
population
Bolivian Water Wars (AD 1999)
-75% in water fees
First World
Apparatuses
First World
Apparatuses
1 in 3 die due to:

First World
Apparatuses
privatization of 3rd World Schools
has led to increase in illiteracy
SOCIO-POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REALITY
There can be no racial animosity, because there are no races.
...We [are masqueraders]
in English breeches, Parisian vest, North American jacket, and
Spanish cap.
— José Martí
“Our America”, La Revista Ilustrada, 1891
[email protected]
Ethnicity of a person
from Latin America
(common language,
ancestry, milieu...).
HISPANIC
Person who hails
from a country in

which Spanish is the
official language.
Entire 1989 C-Span Interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw65PBCQJrc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw65PBCQJrc
Argentina
1890
Bolivia
1987
Chile
1891
1973
Dom. Rep.
1903-04
1914
1916-24
1965-66
Costa Rica
1921
Cuba
1898
1906-09
1912

1917-33
1961-62
Greneda
1983-84
Panama
1895
1908
1918-20
1921
1964
1989
Guatemala
1920
1954-?
1966Honduras
1911-12
1924-25
1982-90
2009
Mexico
1913
1914-18
Nicaragua
1898-99
1910

1912-33
1981-90 Puerto Rico
1898-
1950
Uruguay
1947
Venezuela
2002
Gustavo Gutiérrez, OP
A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, Salvation
1971
I. Political and Social Liberation
eliminate the causes of poverty and injustice
II. Liberation of the Poor and Marginalized
free the oppressed from all that limits their dignity
III. Liberation from Selfishness and Sin
re-establishment a relationship with God and neighbor
CONGREGATIO PRO DOCTRINA FIDEI
née “The Holy Inquisition”
anathema
Atheism

economic system economic AND political system economic
system
Capitalism Communism Socialism
Revolution
peaceful transformation
Socio-analytical mediation
Marxism as a tool
Praxis
living the Christian Faith
The Mother Church
collusion and injustice?
Free-Market Capitalism
the root of the problem
Atheism
no, there is a rejection of this
underlying dialectic
vs.
Proletariat
marginalized poor
preferential option for the poor
Class Struggle

no, there is a rejection of this
un-Godly violence
vs.
My grace is sufficient for you,
for my power is made perfect in weakness.
—II Cor 12: 9
No armed struggle.
No violent resistance.
No “resistance of evil”.
Love
The Tribes of Yahweh:
A Sociology of Religion of
Liberated Israel
Norman K. Gottwald
All the believers were one in heart and mind.
No one claimed that any of their possessions
was their own, but they shared everything they
had. …God’s grace was so powerfully at work in
them all that there were no needy persons
among them. For from time to time those who
owned land or houses sold them, brought the
money from the sales and…it was distributed to
anyone who had need.

—Acts 4: 32-35
All the believers were together and had
everything in common. They sold property and
possessions to give to anyone who had need.
—Acts 2: 44-45
[Religion] is the opium of the people.
—Karl Marx
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed…
Economic Inequality,
Secularization
and
SOCIAL "EQUALITARIANISM"
The Law of the Ten Commandments
defends freedom…defends the
rights of the little people against the
everlasting temptation of power
and greed.
— Carlos Mésters
God’s Project, 1987
freedom reimagined

In the temple he found
those who were selling oxen
and sheep and pigeons, and
the money-changers at their
business.
And making a whip of cords,
he drove them all, with the
sheep and oxen, out of the
temple; and he poured out
the coins of the money-
changers and overturned
their tables.
“Take these things away;
you shall not make my
Father’s house a house of
trade.”
Jn 2: 14-16
Assassinated 1980
Beatified 2015
Blessed Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez
Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
Organización de Estados Americanos
Organization of American States

Central and South America
and the Caribbean…in Washington DC
35
Member StatesHeadquartered
First General Conference (1955)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Second General Conference (1968)
Medellín, Colombia
Fifth General Conference (2007)
Aparecida, Brazil
Fourth General Conference (1992)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Third General Conference (1979)
Puebla, Mexico
Basic
Ecclesial
Communities
in action
Bateyes
El Cibao

Santiago de los Treinta Caballeros
Dominican Republic
Bateyes
El Cibao
Dominican Republic
Bateyes
El Cibao
Dominican Republic
Bateyes
El Cibao
Dominican Republic
Bateyes
El Cibao
Dominican Republic
Fr. Damián Calvó Martín, OP

Bateyes
El Cibao
Dominican Republic
Bateyes
El Cibao
Dominican Republic
Bateyes
El Cibao
Dominican Republic
Part I
The Gospels
Acts of the Apostles

The Epistles
The Book of Revelation
Written circa:
50 AD to 120 AD
Earliest instance of Canon:
367 AD (Athanasius)
Koine
Aramaic
The Gospel According to Saint MATTHEW
The Gospel According to Saint MARK
The Gospel According to Saint LUKE
The Gospel According to Saint JOHN
Sy
n
o
p
ti
c
ipsissima verba vs ipsissima voxFrom the Greek:
“syn” & “opsis”
“together” & “see”

(Good News)
W
h
a
t’
s
th
e
p
ro
b
le
m
?
Mark
LukeMatthew
Matthew’s
Original
Material
Luke’s
Original

Material
Q
The Synoptic
Solution
?
The Four-Source Hypothesis
Pharisees
Sadducees
Essenes
Herodians
Zealots
High Priests
Followers of Jesus
Disciples of John

Scribes
Elders
Community: Romans
Theme: Blood, Violence, Passion, Death
The Messianic Secret
(Is 9:6; Mt 16:13 & Mk 8:27; Mt 16:16)
The Blundering Disciples
Passion and Death
(Lv 9:2; Nm 28:19)
Mattias Strom
Community: Jews
Theme: The Messiah of the OT

The Sermon on the Mount
(Mt 5-7)
Mosaic (but not Pharisaic) Law
The Church’s Mission is Evangelization
Guido Reni
Community: Greeks
Theme: New ideas and philosophies
A Christmas Story
The Women of the Gospel
(Lk 10:38-42)
Rich and Poor
Mattias Strom
Community: Humanity

Themes: Divinity of Jesus & Love of God
The Word (logos) made Flesh
(1:1-3)
Miracles of Power over Nature
“I Am” = YHWH
...
Pompeo Batoni
The Annunciation by the Archangel St. Gabriel (Lk 1:26-38)
Ave Maria, Gratia Plena, Dominus Tecum, Benedicta... Sandro
Botticelli
Henry Ossawa Tanner
A Christmas Story

Linus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2snO9zNV7o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2snO9zNV7o
The Word made Flesh
Jesus as a Child Teaching in the Temple (Lk 2:41-52)
The Festival of Passover
Mt 3:13-17; Mk 1:9-11; Lk 3:21-22; Jn 1:29-32
John the Baptist
This is My beloved Son,
in Whom I am well pleased.
Calling of the Twelve (Mt 3:13-17, Mk 1:9-11, Lk 3:21-22; Jn

1:29-32)
...the Lord appointed seventy others. (Lk 10:1)
1.Andrew
2.Bartholomew / Nathanael
3.James, the Elder
4.James, the Lesser or Younger
5.John
6.Judas
7.Jude / Thaddeus
8.Matthew / Levi
9.Peter or Simon Peter
10.Philip
11.Simon the Zealot
12.Thomas
Lk 10: 38-42

The Women of the Gospel
The Temptation
(Mt 4: 1-11; Mk 1: 12-13 Lk 4: 1-15)
Jesus in the Synagogue
(Mt 13: 53-58; Mk 6: 1-6; Lk 4: 16-30)
The Spirit of the Lord God
is upon me; because the
Lord hath anointed me to
preach good tidings unto
the meek; he hath sent

me to bind up the
brokenhearted, to
proclaim liberty to the
captives, and the opening
of the prison to them that
are bound...
— Is 61: 1-11
Walking on Water (Mt 14: 22-36; Mk 6: 45-56; Jn 6: 16-21)
Raising Lazarus from the Dead (Jn 11: 38-44)
Multiplication of Loaves (Mt 14: 13-21; Mk 6: 30-44; Lk 9: 10-
17; Jn 6: 1-15)
Miracles I

The Wedding at Cana (Jn 2: 1-12)
The Pool at Siloam (Jn 9)
Healing II
Jesus and Legion (Mt 8: 28-34; Mk 5: 1-20; Lk 8: 26-39)
ExorcismsIII
Mosaic (but not Pharisaic) Law
Mt 15: 21-28
Only person to ever contradict Jesus,
and be commended for it.

The Kingdom of God is like...
'Mine is not a kingdom of this world; if my kingdom were of
this world, my men would have fought to prevent my
being surrendered to the Jews. As it is, my kingdom does not
belong here.'
— Jn 18: 36
Preaching & Parables IV
“I Am” = YHWH
18:8
4:26
6:20
8:24
8:28
8:58

13:19
18:5
18:6
7:28
7:29
7:33
7:34
7:36
12:26
13:13
13:33
14:3
17:11

17:14 17:16
17:24
18:37
19:21
8:1614:9
“I Am” = YHWH
Bread: of Life; from Heaven; Living
(6:35; 6:41; 6:48; 6:51)
Light of the World
(8:12; 9:5)
Witness to Myself
(8:18)
From above
(8:23)

The Gate
(10:7)
The Door
(10:9)
The Good Shepherd
(10:11; 10:14)
The Resurrection and the Life
(11:24)
The Way, the Truth and the Life
(14:6)
The Vine
(15:1; 15:5)
The Messianic Secret
“WHOM DO
PEOPLE SAY THAT

I AM?”
Mk 8: 27-30
Salvador Dali
Maundy Thursday, Holy Friday, and Saturday of Vigil
The Garden of Gethsemene
(Mt 26: 36-46; Mk 14: 32-42; Lk 22: 39-46)
Betrayal and Mercy
Carl Bloch
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
The Soldiers Mock Jesus (Mt 27: 27-31; Mk 15: 16-20; Lk 22:
63-65; Jn 19: 1-15)

Ecce Homo (Jn 19: 5)
Antonio Ciseri
When he was
set down on
the judgment
seat, his wife
sent unto him,
saying, Have
thou nothing to
do with that
just man: for I
have suffered
many things
this day in a
dream because
of him.
—Mt 27:19

I. Lk 23: 34
II. Lk 23: 43
III. Jn 19: 26-27
IV. Mt 27: 46 (cf. Ps 22: 1)
V. Jn 19: 28
VI. Jn 19: 30
VII. Lk 23: 46
Darkness descends
Earthquake
Rending of the Veil
The Women (and John) at the Foot of the Cross
La Pietà

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
(Mt 27: 32-44; Mk 15: 21-32; Lk 23: 26-43; Jn 19: 16-27)
The Shroud of Turin
Mary of Magdala — Apostle to the Apostles
Not a whore!
Bruce Wolfe
Richard Stodart
William Bouguereau
Mt 28: 1-10; Mk 16: 1-8; Lk 24: 1-12, Jn 20: 1-9

The Church’s Mission is Evangelization
Mt 28: 16-20
'Lord, has the time
come for you to
restore the kingdom
to Israel?'
—Acts 1: 6
Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe. (Jn 20: 24-
29)
— Lk 12:49

I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be
already kindled?
THE SACRAMENT OF ORDINATION
Acts 2: 1-13
St. Steven Martyr
St. Paul on the Road to Damascus
Why are you persecuting Me?
Bernardo Cavallino
Acts 9: 1-9
Acts 7: 54-60

The TaNaK
The Pentateuch
The Covenant
Torah
El Shaddai El Elyon El Olam Elohim
God Almighty God Most High Everlasting God God
Semetic Origins
Mesopotamian Il/Ilu
Canaanite El
Hebrew El/Eloah

Aramaic El/Elah
Arabic Ylah
T
Torah
The Law
N
Nebi’im
The Prophets
K
Ketubi’im
Words of Wisdom
(Hagiographa)

Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Former Poetical Historical
Joshua
Judges
Samuel
Kings
Psalms
Proverbs

Job
Daniel
Ezra-Nehemiah
Chronicles
Latter Megillot
Major Minor
Song of Songs
Ruth
Lamentations
Esther
Ecclesiastes
Isaiah
Jeremiah

Ezekiel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah

Malachi
Pentateuch Historical Wisdom Prophets
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
I & II Samuel
I & II Kings
I & II Chronicles

Ezra
Nehemiah
Ruth
Esther
Lamentations
Judith
Tobit
Baruch
I & II Maccabees
Job
Psalms
Proverbs

Ecclesiastes
Song of Songs
Ecclesiasticus (Sirach)
Wisdom (of Solomon)
Major
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Daniel
Minor
Hosea
Joel
Amos

Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Apocrypha: “hidden”
Deuterocanonical: “second canon/law”

Baruch
Sirach
Letter of Jeremiah
Prayer of Manasseh
I & II Maccabees
The Prayer of Azariah
Additions to Esther
I & II Esdras
Tobit
Judith
Wisdom of Solomon
Ecclesiasticus
Susanna

Bel and the Dragon
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
DeuteronomyMosaic Authorship?
Time of composition?
Asserts that the Pentateuch was composed by a of four authors
over centuries. Each had a
distinctive style and theology:
J – YAHWIST (Jehovah = J)

E - ELOHIST
P - PRIESTLY
D - DEUTERONOMIC
A fifth biblical author may have been involved :
R – a redactor who shaped the Pentateuch by compiling J, E, P
and D’s texts into the
present form.
J - JAHWIST E - ELOHIST P - PRIESTLY D -
DEUTERONOMIC
stress on Judah stress on northern Israel stress on Judah stress
on central shrine
stresses leaders stresses the prophetic stresses the cultic stresses
fidelity to Jerusalem
anthropomorphic speech God refined speech about God majestic
speech about God speech recalling God's work

God walks and talks with us God speaks in dreams cultic
approach to God moralistic approach
God is YHWH God is Elohim God is Elohim God is YHWH
uses "Sinai" Sinai is "Horeb" has genealogies and lists has long
sermons
Creation (1:1 - 2:3)
Primeval History (2:4 - 11:26)
-25)
ood (6:9 - 9:29)
- 11:26)
Greek in origin and comes from the word geneseos, and
depending on context,

can mean "birth," "genealogy," or "history of origin"
Patriarchal History (11:27 - 50:26)
(11:27 - 25:11)
-18).
- 35:29)
- 37:1)
- 50:26)
Gn 2: 4-25 - 3
Gn 1: 27...
Gn 6: 4-7

Tigris
Euphrates
MESOPOTAMIA
The ziggurat of Ur, constructed towards the end of
the 3rd millennium BC by King Ur-Nammu.
Gn 11:26–28
Ur of the Chaldeans
Haran
Hazor
Jerusalem
Beersheba

Zoan
Jo
rd
a
n
NEGEV
MESOPOTAMIA
BABYLONIA
CANAAN
SUMER
AKKAD
Babylon
Gn 11:31 — Ur to Haran
Gn 12:1 — Haran to Canaan

Gn 12:10 — Canaan to Egypt
Gn 13:1 — Egypt to the Negev
Gn 12:1-20
The Akedát Yitzḥák
The Binding of Isaac
Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Dan

Naphtali
Gad
Asher
Issachar
Zebulun
Joseph
Gn 37:3
Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Dan

Naphtali
Gad
Asher
Issachar
Zebulun
Joseph
Detail rom the tomb of Nefeteri c. 1250 BC
Guido Reni
Reuben
Simeon
Levi

Judah
Dan
Naphtali
Gad
Asher
Issachar
Zebulun
Joseph
Benjamin
Gn 41:45
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Prologue (1-2)

Israel Blessed & Oppressed (1)
Moses called (2)
Judgment of Plagues on Egypt (6:28;11:10)
The Passover (12:1-28)
The Exodus from Egypt (12:29-51)
Crossing the "Red Sea" (13:17)
Song of Miriam (15:21)
Covenant at Sinai (19-24)
The Decalogue (20:1-17)
Rebellion—Withdrawal of God (32-34)
The golden calf (32:1-29)
Renewal of the covenant (34)

God's Royal Tent Set Up (35-40)
derived from Greek Exodos, meaning "exit,“ or "departure"
Ex 10:12-15
Ex 7:17-18
First plague: water turned to blood (7:14-24)
Second plague: frogs (7:25;8:15)
Third plague: gnats (8:16-19)
Fourth plague: flies (8:20-32)
Fifth plague: against livestock (9:1-7)
Sixth plague: boils (9:8-12)

Seventh plague: hail (9:13-35)
Eighth plague: locusts (10:1-20)
Ninth plague: darkness (10:21-29)
Tenth plague: death of the firstborn (11 - 12)
Ex 12: 7-13
Ex 14: 21-22
Manna
Traditional Route of
the Exodus

Jericho in
Canaan
The 12 Spies
Giving of the Law on
Mt. Sinai
The Five Main Offerings (1-7)
The Burnt Offering (1)
The Grain Offering (2)
The Fellowship Offering (3)
The Sin Offering (4:1;5:13)
The Guilt Offering (5:14;6:7)
The Installation and Ministry of Aaron and His Sons (8-10)

The Distinction Between Clean and Unclean (11-15)
The Annual Day of Atonement (16)
Holy Living (17-26)
Covenant Blessings and Curses (26)
Regulations for Offerings Vowed to the Lord (27)
derived from Greek Leuitikos, meaning "relating to the Levites"
Property
Criminal Laws
Punishment & Restitution
Idolatry

Agriculture
Clothing
The Firstborn
Priests & Levites
Tithes & Taxes
The Temple
Sacrifices & Offerings
Ritual Purity
Leprosy
The King
Nazarites
Wars
God

Torah
Signs & Symbols
Prayer & Blessings
Love & Brotherhood
The Poor
Gentiles
Family
Forbidden Sex
Times
Dietary Laws
Business Practices
Employees

Vows
Sabbatical & Jubilee
Court
Injuries & Damages
Ex 20: 1-17
VI. You shall not commit adultery.
VII. You shall not steal.
VIII. You shall not bear false
witness against your neighbor.
IX. You shall not covet your
neighbor's wife.
X. You shall not covet your
neighbor's goods.

I. I am the LORD your God. You
shall worship the Lord your God
and Him only shall you serve.
II. You shall not take the name of
the Lord your God in vain.
III. Remember to keep holy the
Sabbath day.
IV. Honor your father and your
mother.
V. You shall not kill.
Lv 6:9
Olah: Burnt Offering (holocausts)
Zebach Sh'lamim: Peace Offering
Chatat: Sin Offering

Asham: Guilt Offering
Minchah: Food and Drink Offerings
Parah Adumah: The Red Heifer
http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=im
ages&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjql4HrxqPLAhUD6i
YKHbtdB6oQjRwIBw&url=http://messianic-torah-truth-
seeker.org/Torah/Midbar-
Mishkan/mishkan.html&psig=AFQjCNG3Zo6nnejeipYwR37MII
11vwkJZQ&ust=1457061351489381
7 And he shall take the two
goats, and present them before
the LORD at the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon
the two goats; one lot for the

LORD, and the other lot for the
scapegoat.
9 And Aaron shall bring the goat
upon which the LORD's lot fell,
and offer him for a sin offering.
10 But the goat, on which the lot
fell to be the scapegoat, shall
be presented alive before the
LORD, to make an atonement
with him, and to let him go for a
scapegoat into the wilderness.
— Lv 16: 7-10Th
e
Sc

ap
eg
oa
t
Israel at Sinai, Preparing to Depart for the Promised Land
(1:1;10:10)
The Commands for the Census of the People (1-4)
The Commands for Purity of the People (5:1;10:10)
The Journey from Sinai to Kadesh (10:11;12:16)
The 12 Spies and Their Mixed Report of the Good Land (13)
Israel on the Plains of Moab (22:2;32:42)
Balaam Blesses Israel in Seven Oracles (23-24)
The Second Census (26)

The War against Midian (31)
The Settlement of the Transjordan Tribes (32)
named for the looooooong lists of names that seem unending...
Historical Prologue (1:6;4:43)
Stipulations of the Covenant (4:44;26:19)
This is the Law: Absolute Allegiance (4:44)
God's covenant Lordship (4:44;5:33)
Ratification; Curses and Blessings (chs. 27-30)
Leadership (chs. 31-34)
Change of Leadership (31:1-29)
Song of Moses (31:30;32:47)
Moses' Testamental Blessing on the Tribes (32:48;33:29)

Death of Moses and Succession of Joshua (ch. 34)
meaning "repetition of the law") arose from a mistranslation in
the
Septuagint (the pre-Christian Greek translation of the OT) and
the Latin
Vulgate of a phrase in Dt 17:18, which in Hebrew means "copy
of this law."
Prolegomena
Media vita in morte sumus, responsory in mode 4

R
e
lig
io
n
i
s
n
o
t.
..
We do not believe in ourselves until someone
reveals that deep inside us something is valuable,
worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch.
Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity,

wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience
that reveals the human spirit.
— e. e. cummings
Religion is...
www.16personalities.com
http://www.16personalities.com/
https://atheists.org/activism/resources/what-is-atheism
Atheism is not a belief
system nor is it a religion…
The only common thread
that ties all atheists together

is a lack of belief in gods
and supernatural beings
(materialism).
Respect for:
or
Atheist
vs
Atheism
Shinto
mushinron
Islam
al'iilhad

Judaism
k'fiyrah
Buddhism
anissaravāda
Hinduism
naastikata
Confucianism
wúshénlùn
Daoism
C
h
ri
st
ia
n

it
y
a
th
e
is
m
https://atheists.org/activism/resources/what-is-atheism
Instead of a term to
force admission of Jesus
as Lord from other
people, the “Our” in the
TITLE “Our Lord” should
be understood as a

reference by a
Christian, not only to
him- or herself, but to
the entire CHRISTIAN
community.
“OUR” LORD
SAR CHASM
Parable of the Sower:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9IOhGPrRvY
The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea

side. And great multitudes were gathered together
unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole
multitude stood on the shore. And he spake many
things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth
to sow; And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the
way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell
upon stony places, where they had not much earth:
and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of
earth: And when the sun was up, they were
scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung
up, and choked them: But other fell into good ground, and
brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold,
some thirtyfold. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. And the
disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou
unto them in parables? He answered and said unto them,
Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the

kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever
hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more
abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken
away even that he hath. Therefore speak I to them in
parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear
not, neither do they understand. And in them is
fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye
shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall
see, and shall not perceive: For this people's heart is waxed
gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes
they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their
eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand
with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal
them. But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your
ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many
prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things

which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things
which ye hear, and have not heard them. Hear ye
therefore the parable of the sower. When any one heareth the
word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then
cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown
in his heart. This is he which received seed by the
way side. But he that received the seed into stony places, the
same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy
receiveth it; Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a
while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because
of the word, by and by he is offended. He also that received
seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and
the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the
word, and he becometh unfruitful. But he that
received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word,
and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and
bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. —

The Gospel According to Saint Matthew; XIII: 1 - 23
Prey Thirst Thorns Destiny
Faith
Theology
Religion
Certainty in the act
Reasoning behind the act
Performance of the act
Faith & Reason
Religion & Theology
Anthropocentric

Theocentric
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of
heaven and earth.
El
“Might” “Strength” “Power”
God
?
Sanskrit: hu
Derived from ‘good’? Dutch: God/Germanic: Gott
Persian: Khoda
Adonai
“Lord” “Master” “Owner”
Before and After Old

Testament
Patriarchs
Matriarchs
Judaism
Temple
Sacrifice
Sin & death
New
Testament
Saints
(Canonization)
Judeo-Christianity
Church

Last Sacrifice
Life & Resurrection
irreformable
Mutable
Theological Sources (loci theologici)
the intrinsic sources (loci proprii)
Sacred Scriptures
Sacred Tradition
Dogma (Magisterium)
Concilia or Councils
Papal Infallibility (ex cathedra)

Fathers of the Church
Theologians
the extrinsic sources (loci alieni)
Natural Law
Philosophers
Historians
Fr. Melchor Cano, OP
Hinduism 1938 S.E. (Saka Era)
Buddhism 2560 B.E. (Buddhist Era)
Confucianism 4715 (Year of the Rooster)
Daoism 4715 (Year of the Rooster)
Shinto Heisei 29 (Emperor)

Judaism H.Y. 5777 (Hebrew Year) (C.E.)
Christianity 2017 A.D. (Anno Domini)
Islam 1438 A.H. (Anno Hegiræ)
Calendar
W R I T I N G
ERA or AGE
ANCIENT 3500 BC – AD 500
MEDIEVAL AD 500 – 1500
MODERN AD 1500 – Present
H i s t o r y

TRIBAL
POLITICAL
Ties That Bind
Biblical Timeline
Creation SlaveryFlood Covenant Exodus Israel
Adam & Eve Noah Abraham & Sarah Moses Joshua
Judges CaptivityKingdom
Kingdom
Return Christ
Deborah David Rehoboam
&
Jeroboam

Ezra & Nehemiah Jesus
Divided
Babylon
SolomonSamuel
Saul
MaccabeesDaniel
Isaiah
Huldah
Seth Jacob & Rachel
Isaac & Rebecca
BIBLICAL VERSIONS
New International Version

Douay-Rheims
King James Version
New Jerusalem
4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow
of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your
rod and your staff, they comfort me
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of
my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup
overflows.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow
of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod
and thy staff they comfort me
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of

mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my
cup runneth over.
4 For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow
of death, I will fear no evils, for thou art with me. Thy
rod and thy staff, they have comforted me
5 Thou hast prepared a table before me against them
that afflict me. Thou hast anointed my head with oil;
and my chalice which inebreateth me, how goodly is
it!
4 Even were I to walk in a ravine as dark as death I
should fear no danger, for you are at my side. Your
staff and your crook are there to soothe me.
5 You prepare a table for me under the eyes of my
enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup brims

over.
Fields of Theological Study
Biblical or Exegetical Theology
Historical Theology
Systematic Theology
Pastoral or Practical Theology
Different forms of biblical criticism (next)
Biblical languages - Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic
Archaeology - Especially with regard to dates
Christology - the study of Jesus.
Pneumatology - the study of the Holy Spirit.
Angelology - the study of the angelic beings.

Christian Anthropology - the study of humanity in re
Revelation.
Ecclesiology - the study of the Church.
Soteriology - the study of Salvation.
Harmatology - the study of sin.
Eschatology - the study of last things or end times.
BIBLICAL
CRITICISM
ex· e· ge· sis
critical interpretation of a text
Sitz im Leben
Historical1
Prose & Poetry
Form
2

Theology
Redaction
4
Source
3 Q?
Textual
5 Semantics...
https://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/
Chicago Manual of Style:
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org
/tools_citationguide.html
In-text citations
For all other citations in both

footnotes and bibliography:
1. Abbreviate the title of a book of the Bible:
Example
Genesis = Gen or Gn
2. Identify the chapter (the big number): Chapter 1
3. Identify the verse (the little number): Verse 2
4. Book, chapter and verse in parentheses: (Gn 1: 2)
BIBLICAL CRITICISM
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
Repository
of
Faith

Sacred Tradition and Church Schisms
Amen
The Apostle’s or Nicene Creed
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth, and of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God,
Begotten, not made, one in Being with the Father.
Through Him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation, He came down from heaven: by the
Power of the Holy Spirit
He was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man.

For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He suffered,
died, and was buried.
On the third day He rose again in fulfillment of the Scriptures;
He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the Right Hand of the
Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and His kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of life, Who
proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son He is worshipped and glorified. He
has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the
world to come.

Unity
“So we can only pray, if we are Hindus, not that a Christian
should become
a Hindu...But our innermost prayer should be a Hindu should be
a better
Hindu, a Muslim a better Muslim, a Christian a better
Christian.”
— Gandhi
There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be
neither slave nor freeman, there can be neither male nor
female—for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
— Gal 3: 28
Let there be no compulsion in religion.
— Surat Al-Baqarah 2: 256

Love
Enlightenment
Respect
Liberation
Happiness
Virtue

INSTRUCTIONS:
graphic’s second season of
The Story of God. The episode is entitled
“Proof of God?” You will find the video in Modules in Canvas
and attached to this assignment.

reflecting upon whatever stuck you as most
interesting in the video. Look for evidence of “religious” vs
“theological” material.
FORMATTING:
Calibri 11 pt font, double-spacing. Files should be .doc or
.docx. No .pages files;
No bibliography or footnotes are required. Should you choose
to include a critical apparatus, it should
be CMS. Use parentheses for in-text biblical citations of sacred
text/s;
Use universal language (e.g. “humankind” not “mankind”).
EVALUATION:
A maximum of 5 points will be awarded. I will be looking for
evidence of connecting what was viewed
with what you have learned in class.

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