Welcome to CCD … Lesson Ch’s 11/12
• Call CCD Class to order at 3:45 PM
– Say Grace and eat snack
– Take attendance
– Make announcements
• A Blessing for Us
– Father, he who knew no sin was made sin for us, to save us and restore us
to your friendship. Look upon our contrite heart and afflicted spirit and heal
our troubled conscience, so that in the joy and strength of the Holy Spirit
we may proclaim your praise and glory before all the nations. Jesus Christ,
King of heaven, through your saints you have given us the courage to follow
after your Son, help us to imitate the example of the saints who show us
the way to Christ. Amen.
– Hail Mary
• Welcome … say opening prayers
– Mt 28:19-20 … Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all
that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age.
– Eph 1:15-16 … For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and
your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in
my prayers,
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Saints in Our History
Chapters 11/12
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Lesson Study … Chapter 11
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Chapter 11 … Saints in Our History … The First Thousand Years
– Text book pages 74-79
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Proclamation: The Church grew and spread during her first thousand years. God
raised up many saints in the midst of those who persecuted and challenged the
Church. During this time monastic orders played an important role in the Church.
– Eph 1:15-16 … For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and
your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you
in my prayers
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The early Church grew and spread, but there were persecutions and many martyrs
gave their lives for Christ.
– The 1st missionaries and evangelists were the Apostles, Mary, and disciples of Christ
• Mt 28:19 … Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
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On Pentecost, Peter went out and preached … 3,000 were baptized on this occasion
Peter became the 1st Bishop of Rome (the 1st Pope) … martyred ~ 64-67 AD
St. Paul was greatest missionary of these early days (called Apostle to the Gentiles) … martyred ~ 68 AD
Through Paul, the Apostles, and other disciples, there was no country then known that had
not heard of Jesus Christ by the end of the 1st century
– The first 300 years after Christ left earth, Christians were persecuted
• What is a martyr? … Greek word for witness
– The first martyr was St. Stephen … stoned to death
• Martyrs witnessed to the truths of Christ and His Church
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Martyrs were inspirational witness to fellow Christians and gentiles
Martyrdom fuelled rapid Christian growth … “the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church”
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Lesson Study … Chapter 11 … cont.
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Even when Christianity eventually became legal, many saints of the Church still had to
combat heresies that threatened the Church during their ages.
– Constantine legalized Christianity and ended Roman persecutions
• Martyrdom ended ~ early 4th century (around 300 AD)
– The early Church faced problems with heresies, such as Arianism
• What is a heresy? … a denial of a basic doctrine of the Faith (or acceptance of false doctrine)
• Arianism is an ancient heresy that denied Jesus was God or co-eternal with the Father
– Fathers and Doctors of the Church worked to protect the Church from heresy and error
• Who were the Fathers and Doctors of the Church? … a select group of early Christian teachers and
theologians (most are saints … Athanasius, Justin, Ignatius, Augustine, Jerome, etc. ~100)
– Preserved and protected the unity and integrity of the Apostolic Faith
– Acts 4:32 … Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of
the things which he possessed was his own, but they had everything in common.
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Those called to a life of poverty, chastity, and obedience live in religious communities to
serve Christ in this special way.
– What is a Monastery? … community in service to Christ … centers of learning/missionary work
– What are Monks? … men who live a life of poverty, chastity, and a rule of life in service to
Christ
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Christianized and educated much of Europe
As the first millennium came to a close the Church faced threats from Islam, schism,
and corruption of her clergy.
– What is Schism? … refusal to maintain union with the church and/or Pope
• Arianism produced a huge schism; the Nestorian and Monophysite schisms still last today
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Nestorian … believes Jesus divine and human natures are two distinct persons
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Monophysite … deny Jesus’ human nature, claim single hybrid of human and divine
• East/West Schism … separation of Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church in 1054
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Lesson Study … Chapter 11 … cont.
… A split due to a difference of opinion
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What is a monastery?
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What is heresy?
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Community in service to Christ
Centers of learning/missionary work
A denial of a basic doctrine of the Faith (or acceptance of false doctrine)
What is schism?
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A refusal to submit to the Pope and/or the Church
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Quiz Review … Chapter 11
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Lesson Study … Chapter 12
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Chapter 12 … Saints in Our History … The Second Thousand Years
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Proclamation: God continued to bless the Church during her second millennium, raising up
saints to combat heretics and rebels as well as to help the faithful grow in holiness.
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Text book pages 80-87
Eph 1:18 … having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which
he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
Some holy men and women, who became saints, worked to reform the monasteries and to
combat Muslims who had invaded the Holy Land.
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St Bernard founded and reformed monasteries
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Near the end of the 11th century, Muslims gained control of the Holy Lands
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Mendicant orders formed … survived by begging
St. Francis of Assisi (Franciscans), St. Dominic (Dominicans), St. Thomas Aquinas (Western
theologian)
St. Catherine of Siena guided the Pope back to Rome
Several groups rebelled and broke away from the Church during the Protestant Reformation.
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St. Louis IX, a French king, fought in the Crusades
Many new religious orders were founded and missionary work flourished.
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He preached all over Europe and rekindled the faith of laity and monks
Martin Luther – Lutherans … Council of Trent defended Church teachings against Protestants
St. Ignatius founded Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) … defended the faith and obedient to the Pope
In modern times the Church fights new heresies. She is called evangelize.
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Church defended herself against Modernism (teaches faith and morals evolve and are relative; no
truth)
St. Maximilian Kolbe strove to win the world for Mary … was martyred in his pursuit
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Lesson Study … Chapter 12 … cont.
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What is a mendicant orders
– Community that survives by begging
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Religious orders living in the communities where they worked … did not own land
Depended upon the generosity of ordinary people for their basic needs
What is a Protestant?
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Christian brethren who are members of a church separated from the Catholic Church
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The Protestant Reformation began with Martin Luther and several groups rebelled and broke
away from the Catholic Church
The Council of Trent addressed the needs of reform and strengthened the position of the Church
… known as the Counter-Reformation
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Quiz Review … Chapter 12
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Review Activity Book Questions
(from Chapter 11)
• Review “Activity Book” homework assigned last week
– Provide pass/fail grade for work accomplished
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Review Activity Book Questions … cont.
(from Chapter 11)
• Review “Activity Book” homework assigned last week
– Provide pass/fail grade for work accomplished
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Review Activity Book Questions
(from Chapter 12)
• Review “Activity Book” homework assigned last week
– Provide pass/fail grade for work accomplished
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Review Activity Book Questions … cont.
(from Chapter 12)
• Review “Activity Book” homework assigned last week
– Provide pass/fail grade for work accomplished
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Summary Bios of Saints
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St. Paul the Apostle
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Born … c.3 at Tarsus, Cilicia (modern Turkey) as Saul
Died … beheaded c.65 at Rome, Italy
Jewish Talmudic student. Pharisee. Tent-maker by trade. Saul the Jew hated and
persecuted Christians as heretical, even assisting at the stoning of Saint Stephen the Martyr. On his way
to Damascus, Syria, to arrest another group of faithful, he was knocked to the ground, struck blind by a
heavenly light, and given the message that in persecuting Christians, he was persecuting Christ. The
experience had a profound spiritual effect on him, causing his conversion to Christianity. He
was baptized, changed his name to Paul to reflect his new persona, and began travelling,
preaching and teaching. His letters to the churches he help found form a large percentage of the New
Testament. Knew and worked with many of the earliest saints and fathers of the Church. Martyr.
St.’s Perpetua and Felicity
– Saints Perpetua and Felicity were martyrs who died for the faith around the year 203.
– St. Perpetua was a young, well-educated, noblewoman and mother living in the city of Carthage in
North Africa. Her mother was a Christian and her father was a pagan. In terms of her faith,
Perpetua followed the example of her mother. Despite the pleas of her father to deny her faith,
Perpetua did the very opposite, and fearlessly proclaimed it. At the age of 22, she was imprisoned
for her faith. While in prison she continued to care for her infant child and put up with the
tortures designed to make her renounce her faith. Perpetua remained steadfast until the end. St.
Perpetua was sacrificed at the games as a public spectacle for not renouncing her faith.
– St. Felicity was a pregnant slave girl who was imprisoned with St. Perpetua. Little is known about
the life of St. Felicity because, unlike Perpetua, she did not keep a diary of her life. After
imprisonment and torture, Felicity was also condemned to die at the games. Only a few days
before her execution, Felicity gave birth to a daughter who was secretly taken away to be cared for
by some of the Faithful.
– The feast of these Saints is March 7.
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Close Lesson for Chapter 11/12
• Assign homework for next lesson … 23 Dec 2015
– Read from “Our Life in the Church” – Text Book Chapter
13, pages 88-94
– Review, with your parents, the Blue highlighted
questions/answers at the end of Chapter 13, page 94 of
your “Our Life in the Church” - Text Book
• Closing prayer verse
– (LUMEN GENTIUM) LG 50 … For just as Christian communion among
wayfarers brings us closer to Christ, so our companionship with the saints
joins us to Christ, from Whom as from its Fountain and Head issues every
grace and the very life of the people of God. It is supremely fitting,
therefore, that we love those friends and coheirs of Jesus Christ, who are
also our brothers and extraordinary benefactors, that we render due
thanks to God for them and "suppliantly invoke them and have recourse
to their prayers, their power and help in obtaining benefits from God
through His Son, Jesus Christ, who is our Redeemer and Savior."
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