ReEd 3 report-THE CHURCH

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History of the Church

7 Ritual Sacrament

of the Church

The Nature and Mission of Church

The Nature and Mission of Church

The sign of the father to us is the Lord Jesus Christ himself. Christ then is our First

Sacrament (Ur Sacrament) or the visible symbol of the Father to us. The church is the Fundamental Sacrament (Ground Sacrament) in which through, with, and in her, the work

of salvation of the Father, through Christ (the Son), guided by His Spirit, continues.

The Nature and Mission of Church

That is why the Church cannot sustain herself in existence without the practice or administration of what the Lord Jesus

Christ himself had started during his early life, i.e., preaching (teaching), sanctifying (healing), and governing

(way of life). And this became explicit when he boldly proclaimed that “He is the Way (Sacrament of Initiation), the Truth (Sacrament of Vocation), and the

Life (Sacrament of Healing).

The Nature and Mission of Church

The Church continues the work of God through Jesus Christ by imitating her founder. She shares the functions of

governance (governing office- Christ is our Way), preaching (teaching office-Christ is our Truth) and healing (sanctifying office-Christ is

our Life).

Etymology and

Definition

BiblicalImages

Models

Marks of the Church

Attributes of the Church

Hierarchical

Structure

Mission and

Ministries

Nature of the Church

Etymology DefinitionOf Church

Roman Catholic Church

Etymology

The early Christian Community used the Jewish word

qahal “ the chosen people, the family of the lord”

to fittingly describe in God’s plan

Etymology

Later the Greek Word

Kircheand Latin word

ecclesia began to emerge that descirbed the church as

“ the assembly of the lord”

Etymology

from which the word

iglesia èglise chiesa were coined. The term stress the action of God in calling the people together. Thus, the church is a

faith –assembly whose root cause is God’s free call to share His divine goodness and love in Christ.

Definition of Church

(A Concise Dictionary of Theology, 43)

The CHURCH can also described as:

“community of believers founded by Jesus Christ and anointed by the Holy Spirit as the final sign of God’s will to save the whole human family. God’s

abiding presence among human being expressed in the preaching sacramental life, pastoral ministry,

organization of local churches presided over by the church of Rome”

Roman Catholic Church

Gaudium et Spes, 1

The ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH is a A community of men and women,

“united in Christ and guided by the Holy Spirit,

under the leadership of the successor of Peter and the bishops in communion with him

pressed onwards the Kingdom of the Fatherand bearers of the message of salvation intended

for all men”

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