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• The Unity of God shows that God is One and is mentioned in the Bible, Creed, and CCC.
• Christianity is a monotheistic religion.
• Music allows the whole church community to express belief in God.
• Some music is a tradition of the Church.
• Music helps to strengthen one's faith on a personal level.
• The words of the music emphasise key teachings of Christianity.
• The roles of the persons in the Trinity include the Father who creates, continues to show love, and teaches us to call God 'our father'.
• The Son is Jesus, God made man, who has lived among us and made God the Father known, bringing salvation, and showing complete love.
• The Holy Spirit communicates with humanity today, inspired the Bible and the Church today, helps Catholics live holy lives today, and is present in the world now.
• At baptism Catholics use the Trinity to bring new members into the Church.
• During the Mass, the sign of the cross is said at the beginning, reminding us of the Trinity.
• The Nicene Creed was put together at the Council of Nicea.
• At the baptism of Jesus, the 3 persons of the Trinity are mentioned.
• In John 1:1 - 18, it mentions how the Word, Jesus, has always been present with the Father and the Holy Spirit.
• Catholics can use artwork as a form of devotion and prayer.
• Artwork is used within both the home and within churches as a good way of evangelisation, and can engage people in discussing how the artwork is done.
• Statues are seen as sacred objects, and can be used to aid one in being dedicated to God.
• Frescoes are done in churches to show the glory and greatness of God, as a way of expressing faith in God to many, and an example is Michael Angelo's Sistine Chapel.
• Hunger cloths are used traditionally over the altar to depict stories from the Bible and are used today in developing countries signifying God’s presence.
• Catholics often show devotion to statues.
• Paintings can express belief and love and glory of God, enhance one's own faith, and an example is Rembrandt's Prodigal's Son.
• Icons are done as a form of prayer and reflection, often depicting important individuals of the faith.
• Statues can be used in prayer and meditation, helping people connect with God.
• Sarcophagi are box-like containers for corpses, still used today, and many popes are buried in them.
• Sacred vessels include the chalice used for the blood of Christ, the paten where the larger host is used during the Mass, and the ciborium where the hosts are kept during communion and then stored in the tabernacle.
• At the Council of Constantinople, it argued that the Holy Spirit was also God and that Arianism and Appolinarinism was heretical.
• The Second Vatican Council's Sacrosanctum Concilium emphasized the involvement of the laity in the liturgy, the use of the vernacular in Mass, and the reception of both Body and Blood by Catholics.
• In our times, a special obligation binds us to make ourselves the neighbor of every person without exception.
• The Church as the Body of Christ means we continue the message of Jesus, we are apostles, and all have unique and individual roles.
• The task of interpreting the Word of God has been entrusted solely to the Magisterium.
• Lumen Gentium emphasized the importance of what the laity could do and recognized the services of the laity.
• Mary is a model of the Church, Mother of Christ, and remained with Him.
• Gaudium et Spes emphasized the need to treat all fairly and equally and the importance of the Church talking to all.
• Dei Verbum focused on how the Church could use the Bible in teachings and encouraged Catholics to use the Bible to learn more about Jesus.
• The Four Marks of the Church are One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic, and they mean that the Church is united in the sacraments and the roles we play, made holy by following the example of Jesus and the teaching of the Church, universal in every country, and continues the work of the Apostles by going and preaching to all people.
• Catholics view the creation story as a metaphor, teaching Catholics of the power of God, but they believe that the world was caused/created by the Big Bang.
• Mary always had faith in God and Christ.
• Mary lived a perfect life, was sinless, and was the immaculate conception.
• There are places of pilgrimage to where Mary has appeared.
• Conscience is informed by God and is the centre of us as it allows us to make rational decisions.