26 February and 3 March 2012 Classes

The 26 February and 3 March 2012 classes go together:

Creed from 26 Feb:

God from God, Light from Light,

true God from true God,

begotten, not made,

consubstantial with the Father;

through him all things were made.

Old version:

God from God, Light from Light,

true God from true God,

begotten, not made,

one in Being with the Father.

Commentary from USCCB:

http://old.usccb.org/romanmissal/samples-people.shtml#nicene

[One] major wording change [is] from “one in being” to “consubstantial with the Father.”  “Consubstantial” (“consubstantialem” in the Latin text) is an unusual word that will require some catechesis, but it is a crucial early theological term, asserting that the Son is of the “same substance” with the Father – meaning He equally shares the Father’s divinity as a Person of the Holy Trinity.

Although it carries the same basic meaning as “one in being,” the more precise use of “consubstantial” is an acknowledgement of how the Greek equivalent of the word was so important for safeguarding orthodoxy in the early Church.  In the Fourth Century, the description “homoousios” (“same substance”) was affirmed over “homoiousios” (“like substance”).  The reality of who Christ is thus hinged upon a single letter!

Original Latin:

Deum de Deo, Lumen de Lumine,

Deum verum de Deo vero,

genitum non factum,

consubstantialem Patri;

per quem omnia facta sunt.

http://www.thesacredheart.com/latpray.htm
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Creed from 3 March:

New Version:

For us men and for our salvation

he came down from heaven,

and by the Holy Spirit

was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,

and became man.

Old version:

For us men and for our salvation

he came down from heaven:

by the power of the Holy Spirit

he was born of the Virgin Mary,

and became man.

Commentary from USCCB:

http://old.usccb.org/romanmissal/samples-people.shtml#nicene

There is another important change in the middle of the Creed: “and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man.”  The current wording of “born of the Virgin Mary, and became man” can easily be misinterpreted to mean that Christ did not actually become man until the time He was born.  Of course, the reality is that the Son of God took on human nature from the moment of His conception in the Blessed Virgin Mary’s womb, at the Annunciation.  By using the term, “incarnate,” the new translation leaves no ambiguity.

Original Latin:

Qui propter nos homines et propter nostram salute

descendit de caelis.

Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto

ex Maria Virgine,

et homo factus est.

http://www.thesacredheart.com/latpray.htm

Latin vowels:    a-ah    e-eh    i-ee   o-oh    u-oo                           (no diphthongs)

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Subject for 26 February and 3 March 2012 classes:

The Four Last Things: (CCC here)

1. Death

            “It is appointed for men to die once.”

(Heb 9:27 / CCC 1013)

2. Judgment

            a. Particular Judgment

            b. The Last Judgment (Matt 25) [Matt 25:31-46]

3. Heaven

            a. Immediate

            b. Through Purification (Purgatory);

Prayers and sufferings on Earth assist those in Purgatory

4. Hell

            CCC 1857 “For a sin to be mortal, three conditions must together be met: ‘Mortal sin is sin whose object is [1] grave matter and which is also committed with [2] full knowledge and [3] deliberate consent.’”

            “Deliberate and unrepented venial sin disposes us little by little to commit mortal sin.”

cf. CCC 1863

The reality of the Four Last Things is a call to:

1. Personal responsibility

2. Ongoing conversion to Christ through His

    Church (Sacrament of Reconciliation)

The above info and more can be seen here (in 26 Feb class, gave out first page of the following link with CCC/Bible references for four last things and more):

http://www.dioceseoflacrosse.com/ministry_resources/catechesis/15_fourlastthings.pdf

At the end of class, I presented this downloaded audio excerpt (Time 38:25-47:09 only) from my computer from here: http://www.aotmclub.com/Media
(Argument of the Month TM)
Catholic Challenged Culture - Michael Voris - 10/12/2010 - Talk/Debate
Time 38:25-47:09 only (see the video below for the excerpt)

Also, passed out this article on Bin Laden (did not go over; good summary of Mortal sin/forgiveness):

http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/is-osama-bin-laden-in-hell/

Had this on the board to describe the Four Last Things: