9. four marks of the church

Group Quiz

1. What does each model of the Church try to communicate to us?

2. What values does each model aim to develop in us.

3. What models of the Church are obviously seen in your parish?

Living the Faith Together

• Dramatize each model to concretize the different realities of the Church. The skit must show the principal message and the core values that each model represents.

FOUR MARKS OF THE CHURCH

1. ONE/UNITY

A. HOLY TRINITY AS MODEL

B. DIVERSITY AND UNITY

MULTIPLICITY OF PEOPLES AND CULTURES

DIFFERENT GIFTS, OFFICES, CONDITIONS, WAY OF LIFE

THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH IS NOT EXTERNAL UNITY BUT THE INTERIOR UNITY OF MUTUAL CHARITY WHICH LEADS

TO COMMUNION OF FRIENDS (Dulles, 136)

C. BONDS OF UNITY

VISIBLE BONDS OF COMMUNION:

PROFESSION OF ONE FAITHCOMMON CELEBRATION OF DIVINE WORSHIP

APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION

Ang Simbahan ay isa, tulad ng Diyos na Isa, hindi dahil

Siya’y nag-iisa kundi nagkakaisa. Kaya ang

kaisahan ay namamalas nang higit sa pagkakaiba.

• Can you share a personal experience where engaged in an activity that

involved your being a Catholic, but enabled you to act with other religions?

2. HOLY

A. CHRIST JOINED THE CHURCH TO HIMSELF AS HIS BODYTHUS, THE CHURCH IS THE MYSTICAL BODY OF CHRIST

Ang pagiging banal at di nababatay sa pagiging laman

ng Simbahan ngunit nasa pang araw-araw mong

ugnayan sa Diyos.

B. THE CHURCH IS ENDOWED WITH THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Wisdom, Knowledge, Faith, Healings, Working of Miracles, Prophecy, Discernment of Spirit,

Speaking in tongues, Interpretation of tongues

THE CHURCH PARTICIPATES IN THE HOLINESS OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE

HOLY SPIRIT

HENCE:

THE CHURCH IS HOLY NOT BECAUSE OF THE ABSENCE OF SIN THE CHURCH IS HOLY NOT BECAUSE OF ITS MEMBERS

THE CHURCH IS WITHOUT SIN BUT NOT WITHOUT SINNERS

Ang pagmamahal ng Diyos ang nagpapabanal sa

Simbahan na bayan ng Diyos sa halip na likas siyang banal

sa kanyang sariling kakayahan.

3. CATHOLIC/UNIVERSAL

APPLIES TO THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH:SENT OUT TO THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE

UNIVERSALITY OF GOD’S CALL:ALL ARE CALLED TO BELONG TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD

BASIS OF CATHOLICITY:UNIVERSAL MISSION WHICH CHRIST GAVE TO THE

CHURCH

4. APOSTOLIC

GROUNDED FIRMLY ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE APOSTLES

THE CHURCH TEACHES THAT BY DIVINE INSTITUTION, THE BISHOPS HAVE TAKEN THE PLACE OF THE APOSTLES

AS PASTORS