SFX RCIA Church History II

The story so far….

•The Church in the Middle Ages •The Bible •The Renaissance

The Reformation: The origin of Protestantism

• Ulrich Zwingli (1484 – 1531)

• The Anabaptists

• John Calvin (1509 – 1564)

• Martin Luther (1483 – 1546)

AnglicanismKing Henry VIII, ruled from 1509 – 1547

The Council of Trent 1545

• Reaffirm doctrine- Not justification through faith alone but an ability to cooperate with grace and grow in justification.- purgatory and indulgences- transubstantiation - the importance of the priesthood - not Scripture alone but Scripture and the tradition and teachings of the Church.

• Campaign to affirm and spread the teachings of the Catholic faith.

• Stamp out heresy • Images do belong in a

Church. • Gave little ground doctrinally

but agreed that abuses needed to be rectified, the kind of corruption that, in part, led to the Reformation.

Founded 1534 Approved by Pope Paul III 1540

Primary effects of the Reformation

• Violence • Iconoclasm • Reshaped the countries

Europe • Led to a splintering of

Christianity • Set the stage for the modern

world

EUROPE: PRE- & POST- REFORMATION

The Church in Modern Times• The First Vatican Council 1869 – 1870 Pope Pius

IX Inter alia affirmed the Infallibility of the Pope.

• The Vatican State (Lateran Treaty 1929) • Liberalism, Socialism, Communism • Atheism, urbanization, secularism,

materialism, technology… • Catholicism spread to other continents

especially Asia and Africa • Two World Wars, World War I and II. • The real threat of nuclear war.

The Second Vatican Council (1962 – 1965)

The Documents of Vatican II

Four Constitutions of Vatican II

• Sacrosanctum Concilium (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy)

• Lumen gentium (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church)

• Dei verbum (Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation)

• Gaudium et spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World)

Church Documents

• Encyclicals A letter from the pope to the bishops of the Roman Catholic Church, in which he lays down policy on the general welfare of the Church, religious, moral, or political issues.

• It is generally more important than an Apostolic Exhortation and usually deals with a specific doctrine, where the doctrine is clarified, or explained in greater detail.

• http://catholicexchange.com/7-papal-encyclicals-that-changed-the-world

• Apostolic Exhortations Apostolic Exhortation is a type of communication from the Pope that is written to Bishops, Clergy and faithful to encourage them to undertake an implementation of particular set of recommendations in the document.

• Apostolic Letters

The Church in Malaysia

Vatican II Constitution on the Church No 8

“The Church like a pilgrim in a foreign land presses forward amid the persecution of the world and the consolations of God, announcing the Cross and Death of the Lord until He comes. By the power of the Risen Lord, the Church is given strength to overcome patiently and lovingly the afflictions and hardships that assail it from within and without to show forth in the world the mystery of the Lord in a faithful though shadowed way, until at last it will be revealed in total splendour.”

Pray for the Church

I leave you with a gift

(Breathe in) Lord Jesus Christ Son of the Living God

(Breathe out) Have mercy on me A sinner