Redemption

• How does the catholic church help people worship?

  - providing a space of worship together

  - side chapels space - individual prayer

  - station of cross - show Jesus suffering

  - care of design helps people feel God is respected
• Churches before 1965 an after 1965


  before

  - facing Jerusalem

  - built in shape of a cross

  - alter facing Jerusalem so priest would have his back turned

  
  

  after

  - everyone can see and join in

  - altar is in the centre
• main features of catholic church

  Lectern

  Altar

  Crucifix

  Tabernacle
• lectern


  - readings of old and new testament Christ is present in the word of God

  - need visibility
• crucifix


  - inspire gratitude

  - reminder of God love
• altar


  -on a raised structure so focus point

  - words of institution the bread is concentrated so Jesus is present
• Tabernacle


  - taken to ill

  - can be use for private prayer

  - houses real present as body and bread inside
• cross vs altar


  altar

  - Christ is truly present in the Eucharist so sacrifice is being made real

  - very important for catholic as is the cross Jesus sacrificed his life

  
  

  table

  - Eucharist is a memorial / re- enactment rather than participation symbolise community meal like the last supper
• Different crosses

  cross

  - symbolise Christ victory over death

  - doesn't allow idolisation or miss information

  - new Adam we can live a new sinless life

  
  

  risen Christ

  - reminds catholic in holy communion their receive the blood the body of risen Christ

  - emphasis importance of Resurrection

  
  

  crucifix

  - catholic preference

  - helps them feel grateful

  - shows Jesus suffering for humanity
• Free will and sin

  God gave humans free will so they can actively choose him

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  humans can use free will to sin

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  catholic church teaches we have tendency to sin as of original sin

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  broke the relationship with God causing a barrier

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  Jesus restored
• Jesus death significance


  - showed perfect obedience, Jesus is the scarfice 'lamb of God'

  - his death open way to God - temple curtain tore

  - continued to show love eg. ' lord forgive them for they don't know'

  - shows God is with them even even in death
• Jesus resurrection significance


  - made life after death possible

  - resorted harmony of creation

  - proved Jesus was the incarnate son of God

  - destroyed sin
• Jesus' Ascension significance


  - The final act of the Paschal Mystery.

  -Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit to empower his followers to continue his mission. (Pentecost)

  - restored comic order making creation perfect again ' God place all things under Jesus feet'

  - gives hope we will one day join him
• Salvation: Past, Present, Future


  Salvation is possible because of Jesus (past)

  Some Christians believe that when Jesus died, all those who had been chosen ( pre determined ) received their salvation in full and cant lose or earn it

  
  

  Salvation can also been seen as a process happening in the present

  Catholics think of salvation as an ongoing process. A person must accept salvation and cooperate with God's Grace

  
  

  Salvation can also be thought of as only fully realised in the future

  Some Christians believe salvation will only be completed at the end of time when sin and death are destroyed
• Jesus as the example

  Mark 14: 32-42 (not my will but yours be done) tells how Jesus knew how much physical and emotional suffering his crucifixion would cause him, but he still went through with it.

  Through showing total, courageous, obedience to God, Jesus set an example for all people to follow.

  through following his example, humanity is saved. his total love for God gave humanity a new way of living which is not self-centred.
• Jesus as the restorer


  Jesus' death restored the relationship between God and humanity " since death came through man Resurrection of dead came also to man" supports how curtain tore
• Jesus as the victor

  Mark 15 shows how Jesus experienced pain, suffering and death as a human.

  By bringing the presence of God into these experiences, Jesus was victorious over them.

  He made it possible for all people to share in the final defeat of suffering and death.
• St. Irenaeus' salvation metaphor

  metaphor to compare trees of good an evil to tree of the cross Adam disobeyed Jesus obeyed destroyed sin.

  criticism : takes creation story to literally
• St. Anselm on salvation

  use metaphor of ransom in slave trade human slave to sin after fall of Adam and eve the only way to atone was Jesus paying it

  support by bible roman 6:22 "But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God,"

  criticism : implies God had a higher being to pay
• conscience


  is a voice of God in our heart and soul " conscience is inner voice in a man that moves him to do good under any circumstance' yocat
• conscience educated vs natural

  natural

  - natural law church teaching all human born with right or wrong

  
  

  educated

  - needs to be informed and develop by listing to Christ teaching
• Words of Institution


  The words said by Jesus over the bread and wine at the Last Supper. The priest repeats these words over the bread and wine at Mass as they are changed into the Body and Blood of Christ.
• Angus Dei


  said after communion ' lamb of God' represent marking of door with blood and how we don't have to do that
• nonconformist on Eucharist


  believe the Eucharist is a memorial of last supper and Christ is present in the bible
• Quakers and the Salvation Army understanding of the Eucharist.

  Don't participate in Eucharist instead believe life is a scarment as people can be caught up in the Eucharist
• Anglican Eucharist


  same as catholic : the spirt of Christ is received when communion is given
• Orthodox on Eucharist


  similar to catholic - Christ is present but more emphasis on symbolism and ritual the concentration take place behind iconstasis
• Catholic Eucharist


  Transubstantiation Jesus real presence is their and experience of heavenly banquet
• Two main purposes of a Catholic church

  • Provide a space where they can meet to worship together
  • Provide a space for individual prayer
• Altar

  • The central focus of the church, as the Mass centres around it
• Images that inspire worship

  • Stations of the Cross
  • Statues of saints
• Quiet spaces for prayer

  • Side chapels
• As a result of the Second Vatican Council, there is a difference between Catholic churches built before and after 1965
• Readings from the Old Testament

  Remind Christians how God has guided his people from the beginning
• Readings from the New Testament

  Tell Christians about Jesus' actions and teachings
• As Jesus is the Word of God made flesh, Christ is truly present when the word of God is proclaimed
• Crucifix

  Inspires gratitude and love for all that Christ has done for humanity, including the forgiveness of their sins
• Contrasting features used in Catholic churches

  • Altar
  • Table
• Altar

  A place of sacrifice and thanksgiving, reminding of Christ's sacrifice on the cross
• Table

  Reminds of the Last Supper, where Jesus gave his disciples a share in the effects of his sacrifice