CHAPTER 3CHAPTER 3

CATHOLIC: OPEN AND CATHOLIC: OPEN AND RESPECTFUL OF ALLRESPECTFUL OF ALL

CATHOLICCATHOLIC

• THE WORD CATHOLIC MEANS THE WORD CATHOLIC MEANS “UNIVERSAL” OR “OPEN TO ALL” “UNIVERSAL” OR “OPEN TO ALL”

• CATHOLICS ARE CALLED TO CATHOLICS ARE CALLED TO WELCOME ALL PEOPLEWELCOME ALL PEOPLE

• OUR IDENTITY AS CATHOLICS MUST OUR IDENTITY AS CATHOLICS MUST EXTEND TO THE ENTIRE WORLDEXTEND TO THE ENTIRE WORLD

DISAGREEMENT IN THE EARLY DISAGREEMENT IN THE EARLY CHURCHCHURCH

• SOME CONVERETED JEWS WERE TEACHING SOME CONVERETED JEWS WERE TEACHING THAT GENTILES WOULD NOT BE SAVED IF THAT GENTILES WOULD NOT BE SAVED IF THEY DID NOT FOLLOW THEY DID NOT FOLLOW MOSAIC LAWMOSAIC LAW

• MOSAIC LAW-”LAW OF MOSES”-SETS MOSAIC LAW-”LAW OF MOSES”-SETS FORTH RULES AND PRACTICES THAT THE FORTH RULES AND PRACTICES THAT THE JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE FOLLOWED SINCE JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE FOLLOWED SINCE THE TIME OF MOSES.THE TIME OF MOSES.

• RULES ABOUT PRAYING, EATING, RULES ABOUT PRAYING, EATING, DRESSING, WORKING, CLEANSING THE DRESSING, WORKING, CLEANSING THE BODY, AND ASSOCIATING WITH OTHERS.BODY, AND ASSOCIATING WITH OTHERS.

ST.PAUL & BARNABAS/ST.PAUL & BARNABAS/APOSTLES & PRESBYTERSAPOSTLES & PRESBYTERS• ST. PAUL & BARNABAS ARGUED THAT THE ST. PAUL & BARNABAS ARGUED THAT THE

GENTILES (THAT WANTED TO BE BAPTISED AND GENTILES (THAT WANTED TO BE BAPTISED AND BECOME CHRISTIANS) WERE NEVER JEWS TO BECOME CHRISTIANS) WERE NEVER JEWS TO BEGIN WITH, THE LAWS OF MOSES WOULD BE BEGIN WITH, THE LAWS OF MOSES WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND AND DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND AND FOLLOW. THEY FELT THE IMPORTANT THING WAS FOLLOW. THEY FELT THE IMPORTANT THING WAS FOR GENTILES TO FOLLOW JESUS’ LAW OF LOVE.FOR GENTILES TO FOLLOW JESUS’ LAW OF LOVE.

• SOME JEWS FELT THAT IT WAS NOT RIGHT FOR SOME JEWS FELT THAT IT WAS NOT RIGHT FOR ANYONE TO ENTER THE CHURCH UNLESS THEY ANYONE TO ENTER THE CHURCH UNLESS THEY FOLLOWED MOSAIC LAW.FOLLOWED MOSAIC LAW.

• ST. PETER AGREED WITH ST. PAUL& BARNABASST. PETER AGREED WITH ST. PAUL& BARNABAS

COUNCIL OF JERUSALEMCOUNCIL OF JERUSALEM

• THE FIRST CHURCH COUNCILTHE FIRST CHURCH COUNCIL

• THE DISCIPLES AGREE WITH ST. PAUL THE DISCIPLES AGREE WITH ST. PAUL THAT THE CHURCH SHOULD BE OPEN THAT THE CHURCH SHOULD BE OPEN TO ALL PEOPLE-JEWS AND GENTILESTO ALL PEOPLE-JEWS AND GENTILES

• GENTILES DID NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW GENTILES DID NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW MOSIAC LAWSMOSIAC LAWS

WE BELIEVE:WE BELIEVE:

• THROUGH THE GRACE OF THE LORD THROUGH THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS, SALVATION IS FOR ALL JESUS, SALVATION IS FOR ALL PEOPLE. CATHOLICS WELCOME ALL PEOPLE. CATHOLICS WELCOME ALL AND WORK FOR THE COMMON AND WORK FOR THE COMMON GOOD.GOOD.

OUR CHURCH TEACHESOUR CHURCH TEACHES

• ““AS CATHOLICS, WE TRY TO SPREAD AS CATHOLICS, WE TRY TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION. IT THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION. IT IS A CHALLENGE TO SHARE THIS IS A CHALLENGE TO SHARE THIS NEWS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT NEWS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT OPEN TO RECEIVING IT.”OPEN TO RECEIVING IT.”

POPE PIUS IX (1846-1878)POPE PIUS IX (1846-1878)

• HE CONDEMED THE ERRORS OF THE HE CONDEMED THE ERRORS OF THE MODERN WORLDMODERN WORLD

• HE ASSEMBLED VATICAN I COUNCIL & HE ASSEMBLED VATICAN I COUNCIL & GUIDED IT TI ADAPT THE DOGMA OF GUIDED IT TI ADAPT THE DOGMA OF PAPAL INFALLIBILITYPAPAL INFALLIBILITY

• HE PROCLAIMED THE TEACHING HE PROCLAIMED THE TEACHING AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH-THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH-THE MAGISTERIUMMAGISTERIUM

• DURING HIS REIGN, MASS ATTENDANCE DURING HIS REIGN, MASS ATTENDANCE SOAREDSOARED

POPE JOHN XXIII (1958-POPE JOHN XXIII (1958-1963)1963)• HE ASSEMBLED VATICAN COUNCIL II-HIS HE ASSEMBLED VATICAN COUNCIL II-HIS

PURPOSE WAS TO “UPDATE THE CHURCH” SO IT PURPOSE WAS TO “UPDATE THE CHURCH” SO IT COULD FIND WAYS TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS COULD FIND WAYS TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS OF THE MODERN CHURCHOF THE MODERN CHURCH

• HE OPENED DIALOGUE WITH OTHER WORLD HE OPENED DIALOGUE WITH OTHER WORLD RELIGIONSRELIGIONS

• HE ALLOWED MODERN LANGUAGES TO BE USED HE ALLOWED MODERN LANGUAGES TO BE USED IN THE LITURGYIN THE LITURGY

• HE ENCOURAGED LAY PEOPLE TO TAKE PART IN HE ENCOURAGED LAY PEOPLE TO TAKE PART IN THE CHURCH’S MISSIONTHE CHURCH’S MISSION

• HE SUPPORTED ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL HE SUPPORTED ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FREEDOM FOR ALL PEOPLEFREEDOM FOR ALL PEOPLE

THE PRAYER OF THE THE PRAYER OF THE FAITHFULFAITHFUL• THE PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL WAS THE PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL WAS

INCLUDED IN THE MASS AS PART OF INCLUDED IN THE MASS AS PART OF THE LITURGICAL REFORMS OF VATICAN THE LITURGICAL REFORMS OF VATICAN II.II.

• THIS PRAYER PROVIDES AN IDEAL THIS PRAYER PROVIDES AN IDEAL OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH PARISH OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH PARISH CONGREGATION TO INCLUDE PETITIONS CONGREGATION TO INCLUDE PETITIONS FOR ITS UNIQUE CONCERNS AND FOR ITS UNIQUE CONCERNS AND NEEDS.NEEDS.