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Krystal Patrone May 7, 2023 REL_UE Final Saint Leo University

SHORT ESSAY 3. Explain how the Old Testament portrays God’s care and concern for Gentiles. These Gentiles are the first people to worship Jesus Christ. Gentiles had long been disdained by the Jews, however, Jewish prophecies said that Gentiles would someday seek their God and gladly be ruled by their coming king. God intended the faith of the Jews to be given to all mankind. Jesus was saying that very shortly the Gentiles would be included among the people of God. The inclusion of Gentiles was an Old Testament theme that the Jews often ignored (Isaiah 2:2-5; 26:5-8; 56:3-8; 60:3-5). God promised to bless not only Abraham, in Genesis 12:1-3 but to also bless all the families of the earth through him. And in Galatians 3:13-14, Paul relates this blessing as being bestowed upon the Gentiles through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ on the cross. 8. Explain how Verbum Domini understands the relationship between Scripture and culture. The correct understanding, as taught by Dei Verbum, is that everything in Tradition is rooted in Scripture because the two are one. Tradition is not a corpus of extra-biblical content, as if the authors of the New Testament forgot to write down some of the key points. Dei Verbum goes on to explain how best to understand or interpret the meaning of the Scriptures. For example, Dei Verbum states that because human authors are true authors, it is important to get at the sacred author's intention to best grasp the meaning of a passage. These truths are not always explicitly stated in Scripture but are there at least implicitly, in seed form, requiring Tradition to make them evident. Thus, Tradition is necessary to complete Scripture, making clear the truths of the faith that are contained there because of the direction we need in our lives. LONG ESSAY 4. Explain how Christianity sees continuity in God’s act of creation, covenant with the Jewish people, Incarnation, and establishment of the Church. The Doctrine of Continuous Creation is akin to the idea of God’s preservation. God has created all that exists out of nothing by the Word of His power. In creating all things, He also upholds all things. He holds them all together throughout their existence (Col. 1:17; Acts 17:28). The covenant is a promise that God made with Abraham. According to the covenant, God would offer protection and land to Abraham and his descendants, but they must follow the path of God. God then commanded Abraham and his future generations to perform the ritual of circumcision as a symbol of the covenant. Incarnation, the central Christian doctrine that God became flesh, that God assumed a human nature and became a man in the form of Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the second person of the Trinity. The mission of the Church is to prepare the way for the final establishment of the Kingdom of God on earth. Its purpose is, first, to develop in men's lives Christ-like attributes; and second, to transform society so that the world may be a better and more peaceful place in which to live. The same- action thesis implies that conservation is continued (or “continuous”) creation in the sense that the

ongoing existence of created things through time is an effect of the very action that caused them to exist in the first place. God is the only creator. God existed before he created the world. The world was well- planned and sustained by God. God blessed creation, which means that all creation is holy. (COMMISSION, n.d.) A central doctrine of the Christian faith affirms that God took human form in the body of Christ. In other words, God was 'incarnated' in human flesh. The Incarnation is a response to human fallenness. Humanity had fallen away from God and original sin separated us from the relationship with the divine that we were created for. That separation damaged human nature itself, with the result that it couldn't be healed just by human power. By taking on a united divine human form, God the Father enabled His Son, by the power of the Holy Spirit, to rescue the world from its broken disarray. Without the incarnation, we would not have His death on the cross nor His resurrection. When Jesus established His Church, He received instructions from Heavenly Father. He then instructed His disciples. Jesus taught His followers that revelation from God was the rock on which He would build His Church. (Acts 1:5; 2:1-4; 11:15-17) Therefore, the church began on the day of Pentecost after Christ's resurrection. Finally, when the time was right, God sent Jesus Christ, who gathered a family of faith and established the Church according to God's divine purpose and mission. The purpose of following the New Testament as their rule for faith and practice, giving each other equal rights and privilege to interpret Scripture, and sitting together as the church of God. It is the church's responsibility to represent God to our world. Our main job is to let people know God has forgiven them. The New Testament says that the “forgiveness of sins is proclaimed” in the name of Jesus. The Church is born primarily of Christ’s total self-giving for our salvation, anticipated in the institution of the Eucharist and fulfilled on the cross. “The origin and growth of the Church are symbolized by the blood and water which flowed from the open side of the crucified Jesus.” “For it was from the side of Christ as he slept the sleep of death upon the cross that there came forth the ‘wondrous sacrament of the whole Church.’” As Eve was formed from the sleeping Adam’s side, the Church was born from the pierced heart of Christ hanging dead on the cross. (CCC, no. 766, citing LG, no. 3, and SC, no. 5). The Church is the continuing manifestation of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Church exists by the will of God the Father and his plan to gather all people under the Lordship of his Son. As Head of the Church, Jesus Christ continues to fill her with his life and saving grace, pouring into her the Holy Spirit with his gifts of unity, peace, and love. (Archdiocese of St. Paul, n.d.) References

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(n.d.). Retrieved from Archdiocese of St. Paul: https://www.archspm.org/faith-and-discipleship/catholic- faith/why-did-god-establish-the-church-and-how-did-it-come-to-be/ COMMISSION, T. P. (n.d.). Vatican . Retrieved from The Holy See: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/pcb_documents/ rc_con_cfaith_doc_20020212_popolo-ebraico_en.html

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