r.e- catholic

• Pope banned them- mystery plays


  1954
• Mystery plays


  • In the language of the people (not Latin)
  • Used humor
  • Made spiritual message clear and simple
• Passion plays


  Tell the stories of Easter (Palm Sunday, Resurrection)
• Passion plays

  • Put form message of Christ's passion (forgiveness, eternal life, love)
  • In language of the people
  • Shows importance of his sacrifice
• Benefits of drama for Catholics

  • Drama helps people understand and remember Bible stories in a more powerful way than reading
  • Performances may bring Catholics together and inspire and teach the younger generation
• Concerns about drama for Catholics


  • Drama may become more important than the actual worship
  • Drama may remove some of the meaning
  • Costumes/clothing could be disrespectful
• Elements of traditional Catholic music


  • Hymns
  • Psalms
  • Worship songs
• Traditional Catholic music


  • Featured in mass as bread and wine are brought to altar
  • Used to open mass
  • Important parts (e.g. Gloria) are sung
• Benefits of music for Catholics

  • Music helps Catholics understand and remember church teaching
  • Music helps Catholics express their faith and love in God
  • Music brings Catholics together
  • Has been used to praise God from the earliest days of the Bible
• SOWA- music


  he who sings prays twice
• Paschal mystery


  Term used by the Catholic Church to refer to the death and resurrection of Jesus and their effects on salvation
• Paschal mystery importance


  • Last Supper is the basis of mass (Eucharist)
  • Crucifixion brought forgiveness of sin
  • Humans can now enter heaven
  • Jesus freely offered himself for our salvation symbolised by the bread and wine
  • If humans follow Jesus they can be with him in heaven
• Salvation means being saved from sin
• Salvation


  Restoring the relationship with God through salvation bought by Jesus' death on the cross
• Without salvation, a person's sin will prevent them from entering heaven
• The purpose of Jesus coming was to earn salvation for Christians
• Sources of grace in the Catholic Church


  • Sacraments of baptism
  • Confirmation
  • Reconciliation/confession
  • Eucharist in the mass
• SOWA paschal mystery John 3:16: 'For God so loved the world so much that he gave his one and only son'
• Baptism


  Washes away the original sin with which one child is born
• Importance of baptism 


  Without it a person cannot receive the other sacraments
• Baptised


  Can conceive salvation, enter heaven
• Confirmation


  • Makes a person a full member of a church
  • Renews baptismal vows to fully join church
  • Importance is the individual's own choice to declare their belief
  • Gives the strength of the spirit to live the Christian life
• Eucharist


  • Receiving the body and blood of Christ
  • Importance is the real presence of Christ in a physical way
  • Unites the Catholic community in mass
• Reconciliation


  • The forgiveness of sins
  • Importance is it offers mercy and forgiveness
  • Takes two to properly receive
  • Gives people grace which will aid them in living a Christian life
  • Restores relationship with God and community
• Anointing of the sick

  • Gives seriously ill people the strength to face serious illness
  • Importance is it provides spiritual strength and healing
  • Allows a person's sins to be forgiven so they can enter heaven
• Matrimony


  • A sacrament involving God, groom and bride
  • Importance is it opens the possibility to procreate and start a family
  • God is present throughout the couple's lifelong love commitment
• Holy orders


  • When men are consecrated into the ordained ministry
  • Importance is it furthers religion - can perform sacraments for others
• Divergent views on sacraments


  • Catholics - first five sacraments are essential for salvation
  • Protestants - only baptism and the Eucharist are essential for salvation as they were instituted by Jesus
• eschatology 


  When people die they are judged by God

  christians who are purified from sin will go to heaven(eternal peace with God)

  Thpse who rejected God will go to hell(eternal separation from God)
• Purgatory 


  Preparation for heaven, a place of purification or cleansing. Non catholics don’t believe in purgatory bc it’s a teaching of the church not the bible
• Importance of eschatology 


  They believe they will be judged by God so this belief gives them incentive to live a good Christian life by loving god and theirs neighbour.

  gives life meaning and purpose

  sin can prevent them from going to heaven so they will avoid committing sin.
• Divergent views 


  Catholics- miracle takes place

  protestants- Eucharist is important but a miracle don't take place only symbolic
• Confirmation - strengthening faith and receiving gifts of holy spirit
• Baptism - washing away original sin and welcoming into christian community
• God the father 


  • Has a relationship of love and care with his creation
  • Will provide for and protect his people
• The Trinity


  • Christians believe in only ONE God
  • This one God exists as three persons (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) in ONE God
• The Nicene Creed (Christian declaration of faith) explains that this one God exists as all 3 persons - all equal and all eternal
• The funeral rite

  1. Vigil service

  2. Rite of committal3. The funeral liturgy
• Jesus said Christians should pray
• Meditative prayer can bring inner peace