catechism

IN CHURCH of the
catholic
church
71. BUT GOD’S DEFINITIVE REVELATION IN JESUS CHRIST
DID NOT STOP WITH CHRIST’S ASCENSION TO HIS FATHER.
JESUS HIMSELF HAD GATHERED AROUND HIM A GROUP OF
DISCIPLES WHO WOULD FORM THE NUCLEUS OF HIS
CHURCH.
IN THIS CHURCH, THE “ GOOD NEWS” OF JESUS CHRIST WOULD
BE PROCLAIMED AND SPREAD TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH BY
THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, SENT DOWN UPON THE
APOSTLES AT PENTECOST (CF. ACTS 1:8) WHAT WAS HANDED ON
BY THE APOSTLES COMPRISES EVERYTHING THAT SERVES TO
MAKE THE PEOPLE OF GOD LIVE THEIR LIVES IN HOLINESS AND
INCREASE THEIR FAITH. IN THIS WAY THE CHURCH IN HER
DOCTRINE, LIFE AND WORSHIP. PERPETUATES AND TRANSMIT TO
EVERY GENERATION ALL THAT SHE HERSELF IS,
ALL THAT SHE BELIEVES(DV 8; CF. CCC 77-99). PCP II
SUMMARIZES THIS BY STATING THAT SACRED SCRIPTURE
AND THE LIVI9NG TRADITION OF THE CHURCH TRANSMIT
TO US THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS” PCP II65).
 LITURGY OR
ECCLESIAL SIGNS
72. GOD CONTINUES TO MANIFEST HIMSELF TODAY
THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE CHURCH. HE IS PRESENT
IN THE CHURCH’S PREACHING THE TRUTH OF SCRIPTURES,
IN ITS WITNESS OF LOVING SERVICE, AND THROUGH THE
CELEBRATION OF ITS CHRIST GIVEN SACRAMENTS, CHRIST’S
REVELATION IN THE CHURCH IS “ THE NEW AND DEFINITIVE
COVENANT [WHICH] WILL NEVER PASS AWAY. NO NEW
PUBLIC REVELATION IS TO BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE
GLORIOUS MANIFESTATION OF OUR LORD (1TIM 6:14; TI
2:13” (DV 4)
IN SUMMARY, THEN, FILIPINO CATHOLICS GOD’S SELF
REVELATION TODAY. FIRST, GOD SHOWS HIMSELF IN THE
NATURAL SIGN OF THE ABUNDANCE OF OUR NATURAL
RESOURCES AND OUR RICH FILIPINO CULTURE. SECOND,
THE BIBLICAL SIGNS IN GOD’S INSPIRED WORD IN
SCRIPTURE, THE BOOK OF THE CHURCH. REVEAL HIM.
THIRD, THROUGH THE CHURCH’S LITURGICAL SIGNS WE
ENCOUNTER THE RISEN CHRIST IN THE SACRAMENT.
FINALLY, GOD MAKE HIMSELF KNOWN TO US THROUGH
THE ECCLESIAL SIGNS OF THE CHURCH’S PROCLAMATION
OF THE CREED AND IN HER MORAL TEACHINGS AND
COMMITMENT OF THE SERVICE.
IN OTHER CATECHISM
OF THE

RELIGION CATHOLIC
CHURCH
74. BUT MANY OF THE CATHOLICS ASK IF NON-
CHRISTIANS RECEIVE GOD’S REVELATION.
THE CHURCH, IN HER POPHETIC MISSION OF
“READING THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES AND OF
INTERPRETING THEM IN THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL”
(GS 4) DISCERNS THE SEEDS OF THE WORD IN THE
HISTORY AND CULTURE OF ALL MEN OF GOOD WILL.
 THUS, EVEN NON-CHRISTIAN “ WHO DO NOT KNOW THE
GOSPEL OF CHRIST OF HIS CHURCH, BUT WHO
NEVERTHELESS SEEK GOD WITH A SINCERE HEART, AND,
MOVED BY GRACE, TRY IN THE ACTION TO DO HIS WILL AS
THEY KNOW IT THROUGH THE DICTATES OF THEIR
CONSCIENCE, MAY ACHIEVE ETERNAL SALVATION.
75. FOR WHATEVER IS TRUE AND HOLY IS NON-CHRISTIAN
CULTURES AND RELIGIONS IS ACCEPTED BY CATHOLIC
CHURCH SINCE IT “OFTEN REFLECT[S] A RAY OF THAT
TRUTH WHICH ENLOIGHTENS ALL MENS. “FILIPINO
CATHOLICS, THEREFORE, SHOULD “ACKNOWLEDGE,
PRESERVE AND ENCOURAGE THE SPIRITUAL AND MORAL
TRUTHS FOUND AMONG NON-CHRISTIANS, ALSO THEIR
SOCIAL LIFE AND CULTURE.
PCP II PROVIDES GUIDELINES FOR THIS INTER-RELIGIOUS
DIALOGUE. IT MUST BE BASED FIRMLY ON THE FACT THAT
SALVATION IN JESUS CHRIST IS OFFERED TO ALL, AND
THAT THE CHURCH IS THE ORDINARY MEANS OF
SALVATION (CF. UR 3) THIS MAKES POSSIBLE “OPENNESS
IN UNDERSTANDING AND RELIGIOUS CONVICTION OF
OTHERS. [FOR] DIALOGUE BASED ON HOPE AND LOVE
WILL BEAR FRUIT IN THE SPIRIT.
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1 COUNCIL OF
PROPAEDEUTIC
ADJOURNED Bakit may original sin kahit
natubos na tayo ni
Hesus?