THY 1 ________ ________________________________________________
THEOLOGY - UNIT 1
___ ____________________________ ________________
From where or from whom can we find
the Truth or the Absolute Truth?
UNIT I: CALLED TO SALVATION IN CHRIST
INTRODUCTION - Knowing the absolute
truth/universal truth is only
possible through a personal
What is the meaning and purpose of our
relationship is only possible with
life? What is the true answer?
the One who claims to be the Truth
● To exist
– Jesus Christ
● To love
- Jesus claimed to be the only way to
● To live
the way, the truth, and the life only
● To be rich
path to God (John 14:6)
● To die
● To be happy Our DIGNITY is revealed in the very mystery
● To give meaning and purpose to our of the person of JESUS CHRIST who is the
life image of the invisible God, and the Good
Teacher.
What is TRUTH?
● Is there an Absolute Truth? WHO IS JESUS CHRIST?
> In the claim from the bible, yes it A. The ultimate revelation of the
does. Jesus is the Truth. Father
● From where or from whom can we B. The Good Teacher
find Truth or the Absolute Truth? C. Sheds Light on the Mystery and
Dignity of the Human Person
Jesus Christ is the one who is the absolute D. Calls us to Discipleship
truth
TRUTH LESSON 1: CHRIST AS THE IMAGE OF
INVISIBLE GOD
- VERITAS or Truth
- According to the dictionary it is
“conformity to fact or actuality; a Why do we have to listen to the church
statement proven to be or accepted - ˈkætəˌkɪzəm - Katecheo - echo
as true” - Church as the vessel of truth
- Philosophically, it is “the equation
of thought and thing”. Truth resides Abraham maslow’s hierarchy of values
formally, or as such, in the intellect - Ranks or orders human needs
which rightly judges a thing to be according to importance,
what it really is. immediacy, and level of difficulty in
terms of acquisition; at the bottom
2 types of Truth stands the psychological needs,
● Objective while perched at the pinnacle is
● Subjective self actualization.
WHAT IS OUR CORE?
, THY 1 ________ ________________________________________________
THEOLOGY - UNIT 1
___ ____________________________ ________________
- In latin - COR means Heart and so, and St. Monica (confessions
we ask the question, what is our book 1, chapter 1)
hearts? “God is a personal absolute in whom is
found the reason for our existence, and
WHAT IS THE MEANING AND PURPOSE OF therefore, He is a being who gives absolute
LIFE? meaning to our lives”
- It is natural for human beings to
desire to be happy “God (Beloved by God), infinitely perfect
- Human beings embark on lifelong and blessed himself, in a plan of sheer
search for that absolute good, goodness freely created to make him share
which lead them to the happiness in his own blessed life. For this reason, at
that never ends. every time and in every place, God draws
close to man. He calls man to seek Him, to
Beatific Vision - The immediate know him, to Love Him with all his
knowledge of God which the angelic spirits strength” - catechism of the catholic church
and the souls of the just enjoy in Heaven.
“To be a human being means to come from
Summa theologica - book of st. thomas God and to go to God”. YOUCAT, 1
aquinas
WHY JESUS IS THE ULTIMATE REVELATION
Nothing but you, Lord - St. Thomas Aquinas OF THE FATHER?
Domie Non Nisi Te,
God, as our personal absolute, gave
HOW DO WE ATTAIN GOD TAKEAWAYS: Himself to us through incarnation of
● By claiming that we are redeemed Christ, His only Son or Lord.
● The road that leads to God is
described as: b. Christ is God in Human Way
○ Narrow - He shared his life with them, which
○ Passing through the eye of a happened perfectly through the
needle incarnation of Christ
- “In His Son and through Him, He
1. JESUS CHRIST, THE ULTIMATE invites men to become, in Holy
REVELATION OF THE FATHER Spirit, His adopted children and
- It is only through Christ, the heirs of his blessed life” CCC, 13
only true mediator between
God and man, that human
beings can reach God. Through the mystery of Christ’s
incarnation people actually live with God,
a. God as our Personal Absolute have a special bond or relationship with
- “Thou hast made us for Him, and most importantly they feel or
Thyself, O Lord, and our experience His love everyday of their lives -
hearts are restless until they Luke 18: 15-17
rest in thee” - St Augustine
, THY 1 ________ ________________________________________________
THEOLOGY - UNIT 1
___ ____________________________ ________________
Through the mystery of incarnation, God ● Christ became an example for all
came down to meet man in grace so that people to be followed because He
man actually lives in a condition of active manifested those characteristics
communication with the One who, in this that makes a man perfect.
relationship becomes the “living God” and ● Jesus Christ, thorough His life,
this encounter with God takes place in an words, and works, revealed how
act of faith people should live their lives
● Jesus corrected the false belief that
By becoming like us, God entered into the people are bad or helplessly sinful
most abysmal sufferings of mankind, ● Jesus revealed what is true and
since them, no one can say God does not good about human beings: they are
know what I’m suffering” all invited by God to be perfect like
Him.
God did more for human beings than for
any other creature that He has created: He
When asked When the In his
shared His life with them, which happened how many woman caught encounter
perfectly through the incarnation of Christ times we in the act of with Zaccheus
should adultery was - tax collector
forgive, his brought to Him (Luke 19:1-10)
“In His Son and through Him, He invites response was: (John 8:1-11), he exemplified
men to become, in Holy Spirit, Hid adopted Always! Jesus did not before the
crowd that an
children and heirs of his blessed life” CCC, (Matthew show
act of
13 18:21). Christ condemnation
compassion
demonstrated but only
can move
that goodness mercy and even the most
c. Christ is Human in a Divine Way is not give compassion. hardened
- God’s coming down to meet His and take. When he sinner. When
people also means raising them up Doing good lovingly told he asked to
does not the woman to eat dinner
and liberating them from their expect sin no more, with the tax
sinful condition. something in Jesus showed collector, he
return but is that people, demonstrated
the habitual by the grace of that we are
Christ is the Anti-thesis to the thesis that
response of God, can capable of
man is perverse and crooked someone who change for the seeing the
is created in better. good in
the image others.
By becoming human, Christ becomes an
and likeness
example for all people to follow because
of God.
He possesses those characteristics that
make a man perfect.
Jesus revealed what is true and good
about human beings: that they are
created by God to be perfect like Him To be truly human is to be like God
(Matthew 5:48) > that man can love, forgive, show
compassion, and set aside prejudices
By becoming human ….
, THY 1 ________ ________________________________________________
THEOLOGY - UNIT 1
___ ____________________________ ________________
towards others, shows that the divine is “once we give up our own wealth
truly shared with the human. and very self”
Christ is our redeemer chose the cross so
In the Mary In saint
as to bear the guilt of the world and responses magdalene, paul who
shudder the pain of the world. So he of Disciples from whom became the
brought the world back home to God by his whom jesus cast apostle to
Perfect love” DOCAT, 101 Jesus out seven the Gentiles
invited to demons
follow Him (Luke 8:2)
2. IMAGE OF JESUS IN THE GOSPELS: THE
as fishers and who
WAY THE TRUTH, THE LIFE of men later
> What is the meaning of life? Who am i? (Matthew became the
What must I do? 4:19) apostle to
the
It is only in the mystery of the incarnation apostles
of Christ that people can understand who
they are and what their purpose in this Following Christ entails radical conversion:
world is forgetting oneself and committing
everything to Christ.
Before performing his mission or public ● Stripping old self of that sinful life
ministry, Jesus was led by the spirit to the to take on the new white garment
desert where he was tempted by the devil of Christ
(Mark 1:12,13; Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13). ● It is dying to oneself but rising
again as new person configured to
CHRIST TEMPTATION : Learnings Christ, no longer living one’s life for
> the devil lured or tempted Him with one’s own but for Christ
everything that human beings are craving ● Being immersed in the waters of
or longing for: food, power, and wealth baptism all over again and time
> the devil wanted Christ to follow or and time again
surrender to his selfish desires
> Christ’s saying “NO” to the devil serves
LESSON 2: JESUS AS THE GOOD
as an example for us to choose God always
TEACHER
The very name of Jesus which means “the John paul II exhorts people of today to
one who is to save people from their Christ once again in order to receive from
sins” also means that Jesus is the Him the answer to their deepest questions
greatest sign of God’s love for his people - VeritasSplendor, 8
People today needs to turn to Christ once
OUR GOAL: SEQUELA CHRISTI again in order to receive from Him the
- We rise from the temporary answer to their questions about what is
setbacks of our lives and we good and what is evil
redirect ourselves back to christ,
THEOLOGY - UNIT 1
___ ____________________________ ________________
From where or from whom can we find
the Truth or the Absolute Truth?
UNIT I: CALLED TO SALVATION IN CHRIST
INTRODUCTION - Knowing the absolute
truth/universal truth is only
possible through a personal
What is the meaning and purpose of our
relationship is only possible with
life? What is the true answer?
the One who claims to be the Truth
● To exist
– Jesus Christ
● To love
- Jesus claimed to be the only way to
● To live
the way, the truth, and the life only
● To be rich
path to God (John 14:6)
● To die
● To be happy Our DIGNITY is revealed in the very mystery
● To give meaning and purpose to our of the person of JESUS CHRIST who is the
life image of the invisible God, and the Good
Teacher.
What is TRUTH?
● Is there an Absolute Truth? WHO IS JESUS CHRIST?
> In the claim from the bible, yes it A. The ultimate revelation of the
does. Jesus is the Truth. Father
● From where or from whom can we B. The Good Teacher
find Truth or the Absolute Truth? C. Sheds Light on the Mystery and
Dignity of the Human Person
Jesus Christ is the one who is the absolute D. Calls us to Discipleship
truth
TRUTH LESSON 1: CHRIST AS THE IMAGE OF
INVISIBLE GOD
- VERITAS or Truth
- According to the dictionary it is
“conformity to fact or actuality; a Why do we have to listen to the church
statement proven to be or accepted - ˈkætəˌkɪzəm - Katecheo - echo
as true” - Church as the vessel of truth
- Philosophically, it is “the equation
of thought and thing”. Truth resides Abraham maslow’s hierarchy of values
formally, or as such, in the intellect - Ranks or orders human needs
which rightly judges a thing to be according to importance,
what it really is. immediacy, and level of difficulty in
terms of acquisition; at the bottom
2 types of Truth stands the psychological needs,
● Objective while perched at the pinnacle is
● Subjective self actualization.
WHAT IS OUR CORE?
, THY 1 ________ ________________________________________________
THEOLOGY - UNIT 1
___ ____________________________ ________________
- In latin - COR means Heart and so, and St. Monica (confessions
we ask the question, what is our book 1, chapter 1)
hearts? “God is a personal absolute in whom is
found the reason for our existence, and
WHAT IS THE MEANING AND PURPOSE OF therefore, He is a being who gives absolute
LIFE? meaning to our lives”
- It is natural for human beings to
desire to be happy “God (Beloved by God), infinitely perfect
- Human beings embark on lifelong and blessed himself, in a plan of sheer
search for that absolute good, goodness freely created to make him share
which lead them to the happiness in his own blessed life. For this reason, at
that never ends. every time and in every place, God draws
close to man. He calls man to seek Him, to
Beatific Vision - The immediate know him, to Love Him with all his
knowledge of God which the angelic spirits strength” - catechism of the catholic church
and the souls of the just enjoy in Heaven.
“To be a human being means to come from
Summa theologica - book of st. thomas God and to go to God”. YOUCAT, 1
aquinas
WHY JESUS IS THE ULTIMATE REVELATION
Nothing but you, Lord - St. Thomas Aquinas OF THE FATHER?
Domie Non Nisi Te,
God, as our personal absolute, gave
HOW DO WE ATTAIN GOD TAKEAWAYS: Himself to us through incarnation of
● By claiming that we are redeemed Christ, His only Son or Lord.
● The road that leads to God is
described as: b. Christ is God in Human Way
○ Narrow - He shared his life with them, which
○ Passing through the eye of a happened perfectly through the
needle incarnation of Christ
- “In His Son and through Him, He
1. JESUS CHRIST, THE ULTIMATE invites men to become, in Holy
REVELATION OF THE FATHER Spirit, His adopted children and
- It is only through Christ, the heirs of his blessed life” CCC, 13
only true mediator between
God and man, that human
beings can reach God. Through the mystery of Christ’s
incarnation people actually live with God,
a. God as our Personal Absolute have a special bond or relationship with
- “Thou hast made us for Him, and most importantly they feel or
Thyself, O Lord, and our experience His love everyday of their lives -
hearts are restless until they Luke 18: 15-17
rest in thee” - St Augustine
, THY 1 ________ ________________________________________________
THEOLOGY - UNIT 1
___ ____________________________ ________________
Through the mystery of incarnation, God ● Christ became an example for all
came down to meet man in grace so that people to be followed because He
man actually lives in a condition of active manifested those characteristics
communication with the One who, in this that makes a man perfect.
relationship becomes the “living God” and ● Jesus Christ, thorough His life,
this encounter with God takes place in an words, and works, revealed how
act of faith people should live their lives
● Jesus corrected the false belief that
By becoming like us, God entered into the people are bad or helplessly sinful
most abysmal sufferings of mankind, ● Jesus revealed what is true and
since them, no one can say God does not good about human beings: they are
know what I’m suffering” all invited by God to be perfect like
Him.
God did more for human beings than for
any other creature that He has created: He
When asked When the In his
shared His life with them, which happened how many woman caught encounter
perfectly through the incarnation of Christ times we in the act of with Zaccheus
should adultery was - tax collector
forgive, his brought to Him (Luke 19:1-10)
“In His Son and through Him, He invites response was: (John 8:1-11), he exemplified
men to become, in Holy Spirit, Hid adopted Always! Jesus did not before the
crowd that an
children and heirs of his blessed life” CCC, (Matthew show
act of
13 18:21). Christ condemnation
compassion
demonstrated but only
can move
that goodness mercy and even the most
c. Christ is Human in a Divine Way is not give compassion. hardened
- God’s coming down to meet His and take. When he sinner. When
people also means raising them up Doing good lovingly told he asked to
does not the woman to eat dinner
and liberating them from their expect sin no more, with the tax
sinful condition. something in Jesus showed collector, he
return but is that people, demonstrated
the habitual by the grace of that we are
Christ is the Anti-thesis to the thesis that
response of God, can capable of
man is perverse and crooked someone who change for the seeing the
is created in better. good in
the image others.
By becoming human, Christ becomes an
and likeness
example for all people to follow because
of God.
He possesses those characteristics that
make a man perfect.
Jesus revealed what is true and good
about human beings: that they are
created by God to be perfect like Him To be truly human is to be like God
(Matthew 5:48) > that man can love, forgive, show
compassion, and set aside prejudices
By becoming human ….
, THY 1 ________ ________________________________________________
THEOLOGY - UNIT 1
___ ____________________________ ________________
towards others, shows that the divine is “once we give up our own wealth
truly shared with the human. and very self”
Christ is our redeemer chose the cross so
In the Mary In saint
as to bear the guilt of the world and responses magdalene, paul who
shudder the pain of the world. So he of Disciples from whom became the
brought the world back home to God by his whom jesus cast apostle to
Perfect love” DOCAT, 101 Jesus out seven the Gentiles
invited to demons
follow Him (Luke 8:2)
2. IMAGE OF JESUS IN THE GOSPELS: THE
as fishers and who
WAY THE TRUTH, THE LIFE of men later
> What is the meaning of life? Who am i? (Matthew became the
What must I do? 4:19) apostle to
the
It is only in the mystery of the incarnation apostles
of Christ that people can understand who
they are and what their purpose in this Following Christ entails radical conversion:
world is forgetting oneself and committing
everything to Christ.
Before performing his mission or public ● Stripping old self of that sinful life
ministry, Jesus was led by the spirit to the to take on the new white garment
desert where he was tempted by the devil of Christ
(Mark 1:12,13; Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13). ● It is dying to oneself but rising
again as new person configured to
CHRIST TEMPTATION : Learnings Christ, no longer living one’s life for
> the devil lured or tempted Him with one’s own but for Christ
everything that human beings are craving ● Being immersed in the waters of
or longing for: food, power, and wealth baptism all over again and time
> the devil wanted Christ to follow or and time again
surrender to his selfish desires
> Christ’s saying “NO” to the devil serves
LESSON 2: JESUS AS THE GOOD
as an example for us to choose God always
TEACHER
The very name of Jesus which means “the John paul II exhorts people of today to
one who is to save people from their Christ once again in order to receive from
sins” also means that Jesus is the Him the answer to their deepest questions
greatest sign of God’s love for his people - VeritasSplendor, 8
People today needs to turn to Christ once
OUR GOAL: SEQUELA CHRISTI again in order to receive from Him the
- We rise from the temporary answer to their questions about what is
setbacks of our lives and we good and what is evil
redirect ourselves back to christ,
