VS 104 COURSE TITLE

TRANSFORMATIVE MISSION
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 In realizing the mission initiated and continuosly inspired by

St. Vincent de Paul, he reminded his followers with these
words, “however great the work that God may achieve as an
individual, he/she must not indulge in self-satisfaction. He
should rather be more humbled, seeing him/herself merely as a
tool which God has made use of.”
 VS 104 COURSE DESCRIPTION

 Faithful to the missionary nature of the Catholic Church and to

the calling of Pope Francis to go to the periphery and have
an encounter with the marginalized, this subject will enable
the learners to engage in a more active immersion to and direct
contact with the poor that will lead to the embodiment of the
true imitation and living out of the Vincentian spirituality.
 PERFORMANCE TASK

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND

IMMERSION
By strand
In collaboration with ICESA
THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH

VS 104, Lesson 2.
 The Fathers of the Church
• The word FATHER is used in the New Testament to mean “a teacher of
spiritual things” by whose means the soul of man is born into the likenesss
of Christ.
• The first teachers of Christianity collectively spoken as “the Fathers –
Church Fathers, Christian Fathers, ”, they may also be influential
theologians, bishops or scholars

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 The Purpose of the Fathers of the Church
• They were ancient and influential Christian theologians and writers
considered by the Church as models of Christian living and authentic
witnesses of Christian faith.
• Their lives and writings were exemplary in building Christian community
life and decisive in matters of doctrine establish the intellectual and
doctrinal foundations of Christianity.

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Four categories of the Fathers of the Church

• Apostolic Fathers
• Greek (Eastern) Fathers
• Latin (Western) Fathers
• Desert Fathers

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 Apostolic Fathers

• St. Clement
• St. Ignatius of Antioch
• St. Polycarp of Smyrna

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 Greek (Eastern) Fathers

• St. Irenaeus of Lyons • St. Cyril of Alexandria

• St. Clement of Alexandria
• St. Athanasius
• The Cappadocians
• St. John Chrysostom
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• Maximus the Confessor
• St. John of Damascus
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 Latin (Western) Fathers

• Tertullian • St. Isidore

• St. Ambrose
• St. Jerome
• St. Augustine
• St. Gregory
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Embrace the Faith of our Fathers…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiKrgZ_YUMA

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 Sources
• https://catholicnewsherald.com/faith/198-news/faith/fai
th-facts/497-the-fathers-of-the-church
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiKrgZ_YUMA
 Mini-task #2: “My Church Family Tree”

Instruction
1.From the lesson presentation, be able to make your Church family tree, with the
picture and names of members.
2.Provide a brief description of your output.
3.Design you own template and do it in a long size bondpaper.
4.Remember this rubrics for grading:
5 pts – illustration
5 pts – attached pictures
5 pts – template design
5 pts – promptness of submission
5.To be submitted on Feb 1, 2024.