CLE: LESSON 1-4

• EAST-WEST SCHISM/GREAT SCHISM


  Problem with communication between the eastern orthodox and roman catholic church
• cause of the great schism

  difference in communication due to language, distance, theology and politics
• michael cerularius


  was excommunicated by pope leo IX on July 16 1054
• Byzantine in constantinople


  now called Istanbul, Turkey
• Schism


  The refusal of submission to the roman pontiff or communication with the members of the church subject to him
• Vocation


  call each one of us has in life to be the person god wants us to be
• Ecumenism


  envisioned by pope john xxiii
• Ecumenism


  It refers to the church concerns for unity among the Christian followers of Jesus
• Ecumenism word origin:


  Greek word oikeo meaning to inhabit and oikos meaning a dwelling place
• Oikumene


  greek word meaning whole inhabited world
• Intra-Christian


  Give visible expression to deep unity in the trinitarian life that unites Christians through their common baptism.
• Unitatis redintegratio in English: restoration of unity

  2nd Vatican Council's decree about ecumenism by Pope paul VI on November 21, 1964
• Unitatis redintegratio


  states that god only founded one church and one church only
• Ut Unum Sint meaning in English: that all would be one


  issued by pope john paul ii on may 25, 1995 entitled Christ's prayer at the last supper: father, may they all be one in us
• Ut unum sint


  focuses on the roman catholic church's relationship with the orthodox churches and the Christian ecclesial communities
• Goals of ecumenism


  are in unity in the essentials of the faith, common mission, service, worship, and sacramental life
• Model is unity in diversity


  In essentials: unity, non essentials: Liberty and in all things: charity
• Interfaith or interreligious dialogue 


  christians relations with members of other world religions
• The attitude of the church towards the followers of other religions: Reflections and orientations on dialogue and mission


  indicates the principle elements of this mission: presence and witness, commitment to social development and human liberation, liturgical life, prayer and contemplation, interreligious dialogue, and proclamation and catechesis.
• Nostra aetate 


  meaning in english]: in our time
• Nostra Aetate


  it is the declaration on the relation of the church to non-christian religions
• 3 fundamental reasons why nostra aetate is essential in the life of the church:

  1.) we all belong to one human family 2.) We are all gifted with the sense of spirituality 3.) we have a shared responsibility for the common good
• Four forms of dialogue:

  1.) dialogue of life, dialogue of action, dialogue of religious experience and dialogue of theological exchange
• Inculturation


  expression of dialogue with indigenous people's faith communities.
• Christus vivit 


  meaning in english: christ is alive, published by pope francis dedicated to the young and the entire people of God
• 3 great truths for the youth:


  god loves you, christs saves you, he is alive!
• vocation


  call to missionary service to others
• Mission


  predominant focus of one's life
• Gaudete et exultate


  Meaning: rejoice and be glad, all people are called to be holy by lining s life with love and by bearing witness in everything that they do.
• Vocation


  comes from the latin word: vocare which means to call
• Vocation


  it is defined to as a divine call to god's service and to a Christian life of holiness.
• 4 types of vocation or state of life:

  1.) ordained life 2.)religious life. 3) single life and 4.) married life
• Discernment 


  gift of the spirit which must be implored through prayer, reflection, reading and good counsel
• labor market/ job market


  refers to the supply of and demand for labor, in which employees provide the supply and employers provide the demand.
• Changes that affects the labor market:


  1.) Demographic changes, 2.) Changes brought by technological development 3.0 changes brought by environmental degredation