HeyJaredThe Spirit & The Bride
Dr. Alan Schreck guides us through the work of the Holy Spirit throughout the history of the Catholic Church - seen in the Church’s rich history of council documents, encyclicals, and other writings.
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Laity and Consecrated or Religious Life (opens the original)
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After reviewing how lay people participate in the priestly, prophetic, and kingly ministries of Christ today, Dr. Schreck describes the important vocation and apostolate those who consecrate themselves to Jesus Christ and his service through the evangelical counsels of poverty, chaste celibacy, and obedience. The various forms of religious or consecrated life has, for centuries, been a powerful witness to the Lord and an instrument of the Church's mission.
The Dignity and Mission of the Laity (opens the original)
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Following the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, the Catechism of the Catholic Church reveals a new emphasis and clarity on the essential role and mission of lay people in the Church and the world.
The Gift of Infallibility (opens the original)
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Jesus' promise that the Holy Spirit would guide the Church into all truth is fulfilled in this gift of infallibility: that God's people would know with certainty the truth which is essential to Christian faith as revealed by the Spirit. Dr. Schreck explores how this gift is manifested in the Church and our faith response to what God reveals.
"Who's Who" in the Church's Hierarchy: Bishops, Priests, Deacons, and the Pope (opens the original)
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Jesus commissioned his Apostles to guide and lead his Church, and they passed on this authority to others. By the beginning of the second century, each local church was led and served by a single bishop and by a body of presbyters (priests) and deacons—the same ordained ministers in each diocese or eparchy of the Catholic Church today. Peter was set apart as leader among the Apostles, and the successor of St. Peter—the pope—still leads and serves the worldwide Catholic Church to this day. All th
Review of Teachings on the Church, and How Bishops Share in Jesus' Ministry (opens the original)
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Dr. Schreck reviews how the Catholic catechesis on the Church follows the order of Vatican II's "Dogmatic Constitution on the Church" (Lumen Gentium). He then describes how the Church's bishops, as successors of the apostles, continue Jesus' three-fold ministry of priest, prophet, and king/shepherd (based on chapter 3 of Lumen Gentium).
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