LESSON:

The 12 Articles of
Catholic Faith

Prepared By
Ms. Alicia M. Javier

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 ynchronous Session
Opening Prayer
All: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Amen.

Leader: Come Holy Spirit,

All: Fill the hearts of Thy faithful and enkindle in them the fire of
Your love.

Leader: Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created.

All: And You shall renew the face of the earth.

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Leader: Let us pray,

All:
O God, who has taught the hearts of Thy faithful, by the light of the
Holy Spirit, grant that by the gift of the same Spirit, we may be
always truly wise and ever rejoice in His consolation, through Christ
our Lord, Amen.

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Leader: Mary, seat of wisdom
All: Pray for us

Leader: All Dominican Saints

All: Pray for us

Leader: St. Dominic de Guzman

All: Pray for us

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Amen.

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Flow of our discussion:

1. Opening Prayer
2. Roll Call/Attendance
3. Review/Recap of the previous lesson
4. Discussion
5. Summary of the lesson
6. Closing Prayer

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Announcement for October 24, 2023
Arriba good evening class!

Please take note of the important announcement:

We will not meet ONLINE tom., October 24, 2023, but Activity
no. 6 is already published in Canvas to be submitted on
Wednesday, October 25, 2023. Because right now I am sick and
advised by the doctor to lessen movement and talking, please
pray for me.
Thank you and be responsible with your task today.
God bless!

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Activity no. 6

Read and follow instructions carefully:

1. This is a group activity, but you have to submit individually.
2. Watch again this video
athttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udQNdMNcpy0&t=644s
Watch from the beginning until the end about the 12 Articles of
Faith and please be guided of the following:
3. Go to your group and assign each member for their specific
task.

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4. From the discussion of Fr. Hansel Marasigan about the 12
Articles of Faith, please remake his power point presentation
with font size – 40 and the font style is Times New Roman. Use
your creativity in remaking the power point presentation of Fr.
Marasigan by adding related pictures.

5. Deadline of submission: October 25, 2023, Wednesday,

11:59 pm.

Thank you and God bless!

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Announcement for October 26, 2023

Arriba good evening class!

Please take note of the important announcement:

We will not meet ONSITE tom., October 26, 2023, because I

am still sick and advised by the doctor to lessen my movement
and talking, please pray for me. Meanwhile, please do Activity
no. 7.

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And I think, for ACTIVITY NO. 6, you are requesting for an
extension of submission of your group work about REMAKING
THE POWER POINT PRESENTATION ON THE 12 ARTICLES OF
FAITH. Meaning from article 1 to 12. Okey, I am giving you an
extension to submit the whole ppt presentation from Article 1 to
12, put it in USB and submit it next face to face meeting. Submit
in ppt. file not PDF. I will not give any deduction because you are
also good to me and very active in our class. You may submit 1
USB for the whole class, and for your submission please use your
Last Name then First Name as your File name.
Thank you and be responsible with your task today.
God bless!
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Activity no. 7

Read and follow instructions carefully:

A. This is an individual activity, so you have to submit
individually.
B. Based from the discussion of Fr. Marasigan about the 12
Articles of Faith, answer the following questions:
1. What are your learnings about the Christian Faith?
Enumerate them.
2. What is your reflection/realization after watching the video
on the 12 Articles of Faith?

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 3. What is your plan of action in connection with the 12
Articles of Faith?
4. Choose your favorite saint who lived up and died because of
our Christian Faith. Explain why.
5. Compose a prayer with ACTS formula in connection with
your answer in nos. 3 and 4.

C. Deadline of submission: October 28, 2023, Saturday, 11:59

pm. Thank you and God bless!

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING MIDTERM
EXAMINATION – November 4, 2023

Arriba Good Morning class!

On Tuesday, November 7, 2023, we will be having an ONLINE

meeting with regard to our MIDTERM EXAM. Be on time and
please prepare your GROUP TASKING.

Thank you and God bless!

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I. INTRODUCTION TO THE LESSON
1.Lesson Title: 12 Articles of Catholic Faith

2. Lesson Overview:
The Apostles’ Creed is attributed to some of the earliest
missionary followers of Jesus Christ, distilling the fundamental
basics of what it means to be a Catholic and follow in the
teachings of God. The creed acts as a concise summary of His
teachings and is deeply rooted in Scripture. By reciting the
Apostles’ Creed, we can feel a sense of unity and community
with fellow Catholics of every age worldwide.

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The Apostles’ Creed is also known as “Apostolicum,” a
profession of faith used in the Catholic
Church. Previously, the Apostles’ Creed was said to be
composed by the 12 Apostles. Now, the creed is
thought to have been developed from initial
interrogations of catechumens, people receiving
instructions to be baptized. The Apostles’ Creed was
created in response to heresy, defending the Christian
faith and Gospel.

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 The creed was to help articulate the foundational
aspects of the Catholic faith against heresy, specifically
Gnosticism, which denied Christ’s incarnation, divine
creation, salvation by faith in Christ and the deity of
Christ. The articles of the Apostles’ Creed were effective
tools to profess faith and defend the Catholic faith in
the face of heresy. The Apostles’ Creed serves as a
concise summary of Catholics’ beliefs and the core
aspects of the Scripture and God’s teachings.

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3. Lesson Outline:
a. The 12 Articles of Catholic Faith

4. Intended Learning Outcomes:

a. Explain the 12 Articles of the Catholic Faith.
2. Recognize the presence of God in one's life.
3. Demonstrate ways of professing faith in one's life.

5. Time allotment: 3 hours

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II. Pre-Assessment

State the concepts you have remembered in the video we

have watched on the 12 Articles of Faith.

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III. Lesson Proper

Article 1: I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven

and earth.

This affirms that God exists, that He’s a Triune God (one God in
three persons, known as the Holy Trinity), and that He created the
known universe.

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Article 2: And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord.

This attests that Jesus is the Son of God and that He’s most
certainly divine. The word Lord implies divinity, because the
Greek Kyrios and the Hebrew Adonai both mean “lord” and are
ascribed only to God. So the use of Lord with Jesus is meant to
profess His divinity. The name Jesus comes from the Hebrew
Jeshua, meaning “God saves.” So Catholics believe that Jesus is
Savior.

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Article 3: Who was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary.

This affirms the human nature of Christ, meaning He had a real,

true human mother, and also affirms His divine nature,
meaning He had no human father but by the power of the Holy
Spirit was conceived in the womb of the Virgin Mary. He’s
therefore considered both God and man by Christians—fully
divine and fully human.

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Article 4: He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died,
and was buried.

The human nature of Christ could feel pain and actually die,
and he died on Good Friday. The mention of Pontius Pilate by
name wasn’t meant so much to vilify him forever in history but
to place the Crucifixion within human history.

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Article 5: He descended into hell. The third day he arose again
from the dead.

The hell Jesus descended into wasn’t the hell of the damned,
where Jews and Christians believe the devil and his demons reside.
Hell was merely a word that Jews and early Christians used to
describe the place of the dead. This passage affirms that on the
third day He rose, meaning Jesus came back from the dead of His
own divine power. He wasn’t just clinically dead for a few minutes;
He was dead — then he rose from the dead. More than a
resuscitated corpse, Jesus possessed a glorified and risen body.

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Article 6: He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right
hand of God the Father Almighty.

The Ascension reminds the faithful that after the human and
divine natures of Christ were united in the Incarnation, they
could never be separated. In other words, after the saving
death and Resurrection, Jesus didn’t dump his human body as
if he didn’t need it anymore. Catholicism teaches that His
human body will exist forever. Where Jesus went, body and
soul, into heaven, the faithful hope one day to follow.

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Article 7: He will come again to judge the living and the dead.

This article affirms the Second Coming of Christ at the end of

the world to be its judge. Judgment Day, Day of Reckoning,
Doomsday—they’re all metaphors for the end of time when
what’s known as the General Judgment will occur. Catholics
believe that after the death of any human person, immediate
private judgment occurs and the person goes directly to
heaven, hell, or purgatory (an intermediate place in preparation
for heaven).

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Article 8: I believe in the Holy Spirit.

This part reminds the believer that God exists in three

persons — the Holy Trinity — God the Father, God the Son, and
God the Holy Spirit.

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Article 9: The Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints

Catholics believe that the Church is more than a mere institution

and certainly not a necessary evil. It’s an essential dimension and
aspect of spiritual life. Christ explicitly uses the word Church
(ekklesia in Greek) in Matthew 16 when he says, “I will build My
Church.”

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Article 10: . . . the forgiveness of sins

Christ came to save the world from sin. Belief in the

forgiveness of sins is essential to Christianity. Catholicism
believes sins are forgiven in Baptism and in the Sacrament of
Penance.

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Article 11: . . . the resurrection of the body

From the Catholic perspective, a human being is a union of

body and soul, so death is just the momentary separation of
body and soul until the end of the world, the Second Coming
of Christ, the General Judgment, and the resurrection of the
dead. The just go, body and soul, into heaven, and the damned
go, body and soul, into hell.

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Article 12: . . . And in life everlasting.

As Christ Our Savior died, so, too, must mere mortals. As He

rose, so shall all human beings. Death is the only way to cross
from this life into the next. At the very moment of death,
private judgment occurs; Christ judges the soul:

* If it’s particularly holy and virtuous, the soul goes directly to

heaven.

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The Creed ends with the Hebrew Amen, which means: "Yes, I
b e l i e v e . "
Thus, the Creed's final Amen repeats and confirms its first words:
"I believe."
We conclude the profession of faith with Amen to signify our
personal commitment and fidelity to the teaching of Christ, that
we ought to hand over from generation to generation till the end
o f t i m e s .

AMEN

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IV. Class Activity: Sharing
a. Identify a particular experience where you feel the strong
presence of God.
b. As a Letranite, what can you do to sustain your faith in God?

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 Closing Prayer
All: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Amen.

Leader: Dominican Blessing

All: May God the Father, bless us.
May God the Son, heal us.
May God the Holy Spirit, enlighten us.

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All: And give us eyes to see with, ears to hear with, hands to do the
work of God with, feet to walk with, and mouth to preach the word of
salvation with. And may the angel of peace, watch over us and lead us,
at last by the Lord’s gift to the Kingdom, Amen.
Leader: St. Dominic de Guzman,
All: Pray for us.
Leader: All Dominican Saints,
All: Pray for us.
Leader: Mary, our Mother
All: Pray for us.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.

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