Church and The Kingdom of God

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  • Church and the Kingdom of God
    • KEYWORDS
      • Hierachy- a ranking system that gives structure to the church.
      • Pope- The head of the Catholic church, the successor of Peter.
      • Bishop- high- ranking clergymen who have the power to confirm and ordain.
      • Kingdom of God- also called trhe reign of God, where all people live as God intends.
      • Prayer- the raising of the heart and mind to God. Thew way that people are able to enter into and develop a personal, loving realtionship with God.
    • Stations of the cross
      • 14 images that remind Catholics about the events that happened during this painful journey.
      • 1. Jesus is condemed to die.
        • 2. Jesus takes up his cross.
          • 3. Jesus falls for the first time.
            • 4. Jesus meets his mother.
              • 5. Simon helps  Jesus to carry the cross.
                • 6. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus.
                  • 7. Jesus falls for the second time.
                    • 8. The women of Jerusalem weep for Jesus.
                      • 9. Jesus falls for the third time.
                        • 10. Jesus is stripped off his gartments.
                          • 11. Jesus is nailed to the cross.
                            • 12. Jesus dies on the cross.
                              • 13. Jesus is taken down from the cross.
                                • 14. Jesus is buried.
    • Justice in the life of a Catholic
      • POPE FRANCIS
        • When he became Archbishop pf Buenos Aires he increased the number of priests working in towns and among the poor.
        • He does not allow money to be wasted on himself.
        • He has criticised economic policies that lead to inequality.
          • He speaks out against all forms of abuse and exploitation.
        • He triues to make all people realise that abuse in any form damages all people's lives and leads to injustice.
      • OSCAR ROMEO
        • He spoke against what the government was doing.
        • Preached about the poor and how they shouldn't be discriminated.
        • Used his Christianity to raise awareness aboput injustice and inequality.
        • "The ones who have a voiuce must speak for those who are voiceless."
        • "It is not God's will for some to have everything and others to have nothing."
        • Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador.
    • Catholic Social Teachings
      • Church belives that Catholics should not let their fellow human beings suffer.
        • Especially when their suffering is due to the effects of economic exploitation and greed on the part of others.
      • Church is made up of human beings and that God loves all people.
        • This love needs to be shown in the way the Church supports the weakest or poorest members of society.
      • "nothing genuinely human fails to raise an echo in their hearts"- Gaudium et Spes 1

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