Roman Catholicism

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Roman Catholicism
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Roman Catholicism

• Key Ideas
• True Historic Church
• True Interpreter of Scripture
• Papacy
• Mediator of Gods Earthly Presence
• Sacramentalism

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Roman Catholicism

• Shares Common Christian Tradition
• Bible (with Apocrypha)
• Ecumenical Creeds Councils
• Trinity (with filioque)
• Deity of Christ

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Roman Catholicism

• Evolution of Doctrine
• Teaching Goes Beyond Biblical Mandate
• Tradition Develops the Seed of Doctrine in NT
• Tradition Develops the Trajectory of Images in
  the NT
• Tradition is Consistent with the NT
• The Substance of a Doctrine is one thing. .
  .the way it is presented is another. John
  XXIII

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Roman Catholicism

• Built on Scripture (with Apocrypha)
• Early Councils Creeds
• God is Transcendent
• Church is Divinely Commissioned Representative
• Vertical Church
• Hierarchy
• Authoritarian

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Roman Catholicism

• Mission
• Proclamation of the Gospel
• Celebration of the Sacraments
• Witnessing to the Gospel
• Service to all in need

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Roman Catholic Ecclesiology

• Mediates Gods Presence
• Pope is the Vicar of Christ on Earth
• Monarchical Episcopate
• No Salvation outside the Church

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Roman Catholic Ecclesiology

• Unity
• Holiness
• Catholicity
• Apostolicity

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Papacy

• Biblical Basis
• Matt 1618-19, John 2115-17
• Role
• Shepherd
• Elder
• Rock
• Fisherman

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Papacy

• Historical Elevation
• Theologically
• Politically
• Temporal Powers
• Feudalism
• Holy Roman Empire
• Crowning of Charlemagne
• Innocent III

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Papacy

• Supreme over Councils
• Infallibility
• Can speak Ex Cathedral to define doctrine.
• e.g. the assumption of Mary
• perpetual and visible source and foundation of
  the unity of the bishops and of the multitude of
  the faithful Vatican II

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Sacraments

• Mediate Gods grace to man
• a reality imbued with the hidden presence of
  God Paul VI
• Causes of grace that could be received
  independent of the merit of the
  recipient Trent
• Ex opero operato
• Validity of the Sacrament is dependent on the
  faith of the recipient Vatican II

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Sacraments

• Infuse the grace of Christ through his body the
  Church
• Baptism
• Confirmation
• Eucharist
• Penance
• Anointing the Sick (Extreme Unction)
• Holy Orders
• Matrimony

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Sacraments

• Baptism
• Remits original sin
• Remits personal sin
• Is necessary for Salvation
• Types of Baptism
• Water Baptism
• Baptism of Blood (Martyrdom)
• Baptism of Desire
• Even those who . . . do not know Christ may be
  counted as anonymous Christians if their striving
  to lead a life is . . . a response to his grace.
  . .
• Vatican II

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Sacraments

• Confirmation
• Strengthening grace of the Spirit
• Sometimes administered at baptism

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Sacraments

• Eucharist
• Unbloody Sacrifice
• Transubstiation
• Elements changed in their substance to body
  blood of Christ
• Dogmatized at Fourth Lateren Council, A.D. 1215
• Identical with the bloody sacrifice of the cross.

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Sacraments

• Penance
• Satisfaction
• Works to earn reconciliation
• Confession
• Verbal acknowledgment of sin
• Contrition
• Attitude of sorrow
• Absolution
• Declaration of forgiveness by a priest

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Sacraments

• Anointing the Sick (Extreme Unction)
• Biblical Basis James 514
• Is any among you sick? Let him call for the
  elders of the church, and let them pray over him,
  anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord
  515 and the prayer of faith will save the sick
  man, and the Lord will raise him up and if he
  has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

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Sacraments

• Holy Orders
• Bishops
• Priests
• Deacons

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Sacraments

• Matrimony
• Indissoluble union

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Sacramentals

• ex opere operantis
• cause grace through the faith devotion of the
  worshipper
• Holy Oil
• Baptismal Water
• Candles
• Holy Ashes
• Crucifixes
• Statues

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Status of Mary

• Theotokos
• Medieval Feasts honoring Mary
• Annunciation
• Purification
• Assumption
• Nativity
• Co-Redemptrix
• Human Mediator with the Mediator/Judge (Christ)
• Immaculate Conception (dogmatized 1869)

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Revelation Authority

• Historically
• Tradition equal level with Scripture
• Presently
• Tradition interprets the Scripture
• Teaching office is not above the Word of God,
  but serves it. . .sacred tradition and sacred
  scripture, and the teaching office of the Church.
  . . are so linked . . .that one cannot stand
  without the other.
• Vatican II

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Critique

• Sacramentalism
• Nature of Grace
• Appropriation of Salvation
• Captivity of Grace to the Priesthood
• Nature of Authority
• Superstition in Popular Piety