The Paschal Mystery

• Paschal Mystery - closely linked to ideas about redemption and salvation
• Paschal Mystery - refers to four realities about the process that Jesus went through to save humanity from sin
• What are the paschal mystery?

  Passion, Death, Resurrection
• What are the essential institution of the Chosen People that Jesus seems to be acting against?

  Jesus and the Law, Jesus and the Temple, Jesus and Israel's faith to the one God and Savior
• Passion of Christ - the story of Jesus Christ's arrest, trial, and suffering
• The Last Supper - the memorial of his voluntary offering to the

  Father for the salvation of men
• Who was the sole culprit for Jesus' Crucifixion?

  Sin
• Sheol - Hebrew word that refers to the present hell
• Gehenna - Greek word that describe the retribution or physical place
• Hades - Greek word meaning the state of death
• Resurrection of Jesus - it is the primordial Christian proclamation
• Resurrection of Christ - it is the foundation of the Christian Faith
• Redemption - means being saved
• Efficacy - something to do with how effective something is in achieving a certain outcome
• Redemptive Efficacy - suggests the best and most effective way for humanity to be saved from sin
• Ascension of Christ - Jesus rose up to heaven after having been resurrected
• Ascension of Christ - an integral part of Christ's Paschal Mystery