| CONTENTS |
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| CHAPTER ONE - JESUS AND THE CHURCH |
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| Introduction |
3 |
| See |
5 |
| Discern |
12 |
| A. Jesus and the Church |
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| B. The Pentecost Experience |
16 |
| C. The Church Interprets Itself |
21 |
| D. The Church, People of God Today |
24 |
| Art |
27 |
| Glossary |
31 |
| CHAPTER TWO - THE CHURCH’S PILGRIMAGE |
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| Introduction |
35 |
| See |
38 |
| Discern |
43 |
| A. The First Age: The Beginnings OF THE |
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| Jesus Movement (30 - 325) |
48 |
| B. The Second Age: The Christian Empire |
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| (325-640) |
50 |
| C. The Third Age: The Conversion of the |
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| Barbarians in the West (640 - 960) |
53 |
| D.The Fourth Age: a United Christian Europe |
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| (960-1517) |
55 |
| E. The Fifth Stage: a Ghetto Church (1517-1830) |
59 |
| F. The Sixth Age: Our Age (1830 TO THE PRESENT) |
62 |
| Act |
66 |
| Glossary |
69 |
| CHAPTER THREE - IMAGINING THE CHURCH TODAY |
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| Introduction |
73 |
| See |
76 |
| Discern |
81 |
| A. Two Visions of thf. Church |
81 |
| B. The Ecclesiologies of Vatican II |
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| C. The Choice of One Perspective |
89 |
| D. The Tension after the Second Vatican Council |
92 |
| E. The Second Plenary Council of the Philippines (1991): a Renewed Church FOR A Renewed Mission |
95 |
| F. Mary, Model of Discipleship |
100 |
| Atc |
102 |
| Glossary |
107 |
| CHAPTER FOUR - SACRAMENTAL BASICS |
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| Introduction |
111 |
| See |
113 |
| Discern |
114 |
| A. The Word sacrament |
114 |
| B. Jewish Sacraments and Our Seven Sacraments |
115 |
| c. Towards Better Understanding of Sacraments .,.. |
116 |
| Act |
125 |
| Glossary |
127 |
| CHAPTER FIVE - THE EUCHARIST |
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| Introduction |
129 |
| See |
131 |
| Discern. |
134 |
| A. Our Jewish Roots |
134 |
| B. Jesus and the Eucharist |
136 |
| C. Active Participation in the Celebration OF THE Eucharist |
137 |
| D. The Mass has Begun |
143 |
| Act |
144 |
| Glossary |
146 |
| CHAPTER SIX - UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATING THE OTHER SACRAMENTS |
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| Introduction |
149 |
| A. Baptism |
150 |
| See |
150 |
| Discern |
151 |
| 1. Symbolism in Baptism: Water and spirit |
151 |
| 2. Themes of Baptism |
152 |
| 3. Infant Baptism and Original Sin |
153 |
| 4. The Role of the Christian Community |
155 |
| Act |
157 |
| B. Confirmation. |
159 |
| See |
159 |
| Discern |
160 |
| 1. Confirmation as a Celebration of Christian Initiation |
160 |
| 2. Symbols in Confirmation |
160 |
| 3. Essential Characteristics of Confirmation |
161 |
| 4. Age for Confirmation |
162 |
| Act |
164 |
| C. Penance |
165 |
| See |
165 |
| Discern |
167 |
| 1. Names of the Sacrament: Penance or Reconciliation |
167 |
| 2. Roots of the Sacrament |
167 |
| 3. The Church as Forgiving Community |
167 |
| 4. Conversion in the Judaeo-Christian Tradition |
168 |
| 5. The Developmental Process of Conversion in Community |
170 |
| 6. Dimensions of Total Christian Conversion |
171 |
| 7. Celebrating the Sacrament of Penance/Reconciliation |
171 |
| Act |
172 |
| D. Marriage |
175 |
| 1. Themes on Marriage in the Bible |
175 |
| 2. Marriage and the Church Fathers |
176 |
| 3.Marriage after Augustine ..... |
177 |
| 4. Marriage becomes a Sacrament |
179 |
| 5. Shifts in the Understanding of Marriage |
179 |
| 6.Symbols Used in Marriage |
180 |
| Act |
182 |
| Glossary |
185 |