CLE lt # 1 reviewer

• Jesus became man

  Jesus was

  conceived by

  mother mary.,

  Jesus belonged to a

  family – the holy

  family!,

  Jesus was born!,

  JESUS

  EXPERIENCED

  BEING MAN, AND

  SHOWED US HOW

  TO BE TRULY HUMAN
• Jesus is god

  Jesus is the son of

  god!,

  Jesus was accused of blasphemy – claiming to god, and equal with God, Jesus is the word-made-flesh, God who takes the

  human form!, JESUS is worshipped
• Jesus is true — and true —


  Jesus is true god

  and true man!
• From the beginning of his public life, Jesus chose certain men, twelve in number, to be with him and to participate in his mission
• CCC, 551: 'Jesus calls his disciples'
• Jesus gives the Twelve a share in his authority

  He sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal
• There are 2 versions of how Judas died: Matthew 27:1–10 and Acts 1:18-19
• Matthias became the twelfth disciple after the Ascension
• John is known as the Beloved
• Twelve in number signifies the Twelve Tribes of Israel
• Peter is referred to as the unshakeable rock of the Church in Matthew 16:18
• Jesus entrusted a specific authority to Peter
• The “power of the keys” designates authority to govern the house of God, which is the Church
• John 21:15-17: 'Feed my sheep'
• Christ’s disciples are to conform themselves to Him
• Conforming means to be in agreement, to be similar or identical
• Disciples are to conform to Christ in thoughts, words, and deeds
• The bishops are the successors of the apostles
• Christ’s disciples are to conform themselves to Him until He is formed in them (Galatians 4:19)
• The apostles consigned to their immediate collaborators the duty of completing and consolidating the work they had begun (CCC, 861)
• The bishops have taken the place of the apostles as pastors of the Church by divine institution (CCC, 862)
• Whoever despises the bishops despises Christ and him who sent Christ (CCC, 862)
• The Church is apostolic through the successors of St. Peter and the apostles, and she is “sent out” into the world
• The Christian vocation is a vocation to the apostolate as well
• Apostolate means every activity of the Mystical Body of the Church that aims to spread the Kingdom of Christ over all the earth (CCC, 863)
• An apostle is a "messenger" or "one who is sent" while a disciple is a "student" or "learner"
• Disciples were any of Jesus' followers who devoted themselves to learning from him
• Apostles were primarily people who had met and followed Jesus during his life and were called by him to spread the gospel
• The Lay Christians are non-ordained Christians entrusted by God with the mission of salvation by virtue of Baptism and Confirmation (common priesthood)
• The Ordained Christians are Christians who possess the "sacred power for the service of the faithful," rooted in the Apostolic Succession (ministerial priesthood)
• Threefold mission of Christ: Teaching (Prophet), governing (King), sanctifying (Priest)
• John 8: 31-32: 'If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free'