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• Idolatry is to love somebody more than God
• Blasphemy


  Uttering against God, the saints and sacred things
• God as


  • Our Father
  • Our creator
  • Our provider
  • Our redeemer
  • God's indwelling Spirit
  • Our self-identity /destiny
  • Our motherly Father
• God Revealed as "Father' in the Old Testament and Jesus "Abba" Relationship
• Jesus


  • The Son of God and Son of Man
  • As a Eucharist
  • The Suffering Servant
  • Jesus as King
  • The Miracle worker
• Jesus came not to be served but to serve
• Three Images of Jesus (Filipino)

  • Sr. Santo Niño (Holy child)
  • Jesus Nazaren
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus
• The Journey of Jesus in the Four Gospels
• Synoptic Gospels


  • St. Luke
  • St. Matthew
  • St. Mark
  • St. John
• Three sources of church Authority

  • Gospel
  • Sacred Tradition
  • Magisterium
• SOLA SCRIPTORE - bible alone
• Catholic vs Protestant
• Three Stages in the Formation of the Gospels

  1. The life and teaching of Jesus

  2. Oral Tradition

  3. The written Gospels
• The Four Gospels are the Foundation of our Faith
• Gospel of Mark


  Shortest of the Four Gospels, written 65-70 AD, Presents Jesus as the "suffering Messiah", Symbolised by a lion
• Gospel of Matthew


  Written by the apostle Matthew, a tax collector, represented by a man, written around 80 AD, Presents Jesus as the expected messiah, a Servant Messiah, Emmanuel the Fulfillment of the old testament prophecy
• Gospel of Luke


  Written around 80-90 AD, a companion of Paul, a physician in profession, represented by an ox, a sacrificial animal
• Dogma


  A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority, as incontrovertibly true, cannot be changed
• Doctrine


  A belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a church, political party or other group, can be changed
• Dogmas of Mary

  • Divine Motherhood (Mother of God)
  • Perpetual Virginity
  • Immaculate Conception
  • The Assumption of Mary
• 4 Pillars of the Roman Catholic Church

  • Commandments
  • Creed
  • Sacraments
  • Prayers