THEO- LESSON A: CHRIST AS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD Flashcards
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In Latin COR means?
HEART
In the first part of the PPT, what are we finding
What is in our hearts?
or what is the meaning of our lives.
“You’ve got to figure out what you love… and its going to bring you great joy.” \
Who stated this?
Jeff Bezos
Ranks or orders human needs according to importance, immediacy, and level of difficulty in terms of acquisition: at the bottom stands the physiological needs, while perched at the pinnacle is self-actualization.
Values
What is values?
Ranks or orders human needs according to importance, immediacy, and level of difficulty in terms of acquisition: at the bottom stands the physiological needs, while perched at the pinnacle is self-actualization.
To find purpose in life, we should look at our?
Core
It is natural for human beings to desire? what?
Happiness
Human beings, embark on a lifelong search for that absolute good, which will lead them to the happiness that never ends.
True or False?
True
What was St. Thomas Aquinas’ response to God in Latin? + Translate it in english
Domine, non nisi te
“Lord, nothing except you”
How do we attain God?
By claiming that we
are redeemed.
• The road that leads to
God is described as:
✔ “narrow”
✔ “passing through
the eye of a needle.”
God is described as:
✔ “narrow”
✔ “passing through
the eye of a needle.”
It is only through Christ, the only true mediator between God and man, that human beings can reach God.
TRUE OR FALSE?
True
We can reach God directly without any mediator.
TRUE OR FALSE?
FALSE
“No mission is activated and no identity is clarified apart from Christ.”
PCP II
- JESUS AS THE ULTIMATE REVALATION OF THE FATHER
- IT IS ONLY THROUGH CHRIST WE CAN REACH GOD
- HE IS THE GOOD TEACHER THAT LEADS US TO THE FATHER
- THE ULTIMATE REVELATION OF THE FATHER
We look up to Christ as the ultimate revelation of the Father, who
calls us to communion, and as the good teacher who leads us to
the Father
A. GOD AS OUR PERSONAL ABSOLUTE
Who stated this quote:
“Thou hast made us for Thyself, O Lord and our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee”
ST. Augustine and St. Monica
-Confessions: Book 1, Chapter 1
A. GOD AS OUR PERSONAL ABSOLUTE
who stated this ?
“ God is a personal absolute in whom is found the reason for our existence, and therefore, He is a being who gives absolute meaning to our lives.”
Schillebeeckx, Edward. Christ the Sacrament of the Encounter with God. London: Sheed and Ward, 1963.
“God, infinitely perfect and blessed in Himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life. For this reason, at every time and in every place, God draws close to man. He calls man to seek Him, to know Him, to love Him with all his strength.”Catechism of the Catholic Church
WE ARE BELOVED BY GOD
A. GOD IS PERSONAL ABSOLUTE
“To be a human being means to come from God and to go to God.”
Who stated this?
YOUCAT
God, as our personal absolute, gave Himself to us through the incarnation of Christ, His only Son our Lord.
B. CHRIST IS GOD IN A HUMAN WAY
WHAT DOES THIS ENTAIL?
God did more for human beings than
for any other creature that He has
created:
He shared His life with them, which
happened perfectly through the
incarnation of Christ.
“In His Son and through Him, He
invites men to become, in Holy Spirit,
His adopted children and heirs of his
Through the mystery of Christ’s incarnation people actually live with God, have a special bond or relationship with Him, and most importantly they feel or experience His love everyday of their lives
God’s coming down to meet His people also means raising them up and liberating from their sinful
What kind of Christ is stated?
Christ is human in a divine way